Ive been running my own personal crusade for the last few years to get QPR over here for pre season. When the club had Q&A sessions a few years ago, I always posed the question of a pre season tour but that would be as far as it would go.Before the F1 boys took over, some of the answers I got for it not happening were no money, or we'll certainly look into it.
I once met GP in the club shop before a game and told him about all the Irish R's that travelled over on a regular basis. He told he his wife was Irish (bullshit I reckon

) and they certainly would do a tour ....................if I paid for it or got a sponsor to cover it!
Needless to say my regard for the man went lower than an ant’s arse after that conversation.
As regards a meet up, I was one of the founding members of
www.iqpr.org. The idea was first mooted on a flight back from a famous day at Luton (0-0 against 9 lutonians

) We contacted all the IRish R's on the various message boards at the time and arranged a meet up in Athlone (centre of Ireland!) on a Staurday afternoon. It was well attended by about 15 R's from north and south of the border.
Maybe if we organised an overnight stay incorporating one of the live TV games???