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JP McManus Donates €1M To Each County Board

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Fair play to the man, whatever about his own tax status and your views on that, he doesn't have to give the GAA anything. We could badly do with it in Leitrim anyhow. Thoughts? Square_B (Leitrim) - Posts: 1025 - 14/12/2023 12:14:46 2516731 Link
A great man. He has also donated a fortune to various charities down the years. yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11409 - 14/12/2023 12:26:28 2516733 Link
Replying To Square_B: "Fair play to the man, whatever about his own tax status and your views on that, he doesn't have to give the GAA anything. We could badly do with it in Leitrim anyhow. Thoughts?" He pays tax for whoever works for him here. He doesn't lived here and his business is not based here. Besides which he contributes way more to Irish society through his donations than how that money would be frittered away if it was in general revenue. That's my thoughts. BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 3120 - 14/12/2023 12:34:19 2516736 Link
As a limerick man I've always thought the man was a gentleman.as you said he doesn't need to give anything to the Gaa..this is huge for county boards and I hope it's appreciated..thanks jp. CTGAA10 (Limerick) - Posts: 2379 - 14/12/2023 12:34:53 2516737 Link
Good man JP highdropingball (Donegal) - Posts: 110 - 14/12/2023 12:39:42 2516739 Link
What a generous man JP is. Fair play to him. That 1million to each county board, will make a massive difference to all. It is some gesture..... Fionn (Dublin) - Posts: 3981 - 14/12/2023 12:42:32 2516741 Link
Wonderful generosity. ThePowerhouse (Leitrim) - Posts: 141 - 14/12/2023 12:49:38 2516743 Link
That will make a massive difference to the smaller counties. Believe he gave out 100k to all counties 5 or 6 years ago too. Chris6788 (Cavan) - Posts: 8 - 14/12/2023 12:54:46 2516745 Link
I hope he has strings attached. ie. that it has to be spent on infrastructure or something that leaves a legacy or is revenue generating for the future. I'd hate to think it would be wasted on the extravagance of the I/C set up or general current spending. Mayonman (Galway) - Posts: 1890 - 14/12/2023 12:58:08 2516746 Link
Ba mhaith liom comgardeachas a dhéanamh go dtí JP. Well done. What a great patriot he is. ( To all begrudgers, FFg just gave Irish rugby a huge donation) galwayford (Galway) - Posts: 2565 - 14/12/2023 13:04:38 2516748 Link
Massive shot in the arms to clubs all over the 32 counties- incredible act of generosity OpenStand (Limerick) - Posts: 717 - 14/12/2023 13:05:03 2516749 Link
Replying To BarneyGrant: "He pays tax for whoever works for him here. He doesn't lived here and his business is not based here. Besides which he contributes way more to Irish society through his donations than how that money would be frittered away if it was in general revenue. That's my thoughts." I'm not disagreeing with you, I'm putting it out there before anyone starts talking about where or how he contributes to the running of the country. There will be lots who will be lining up to critise him. Square_B (Leitrim) - Posts: 1025 - 14/12/2023 13:09:47 2516751 Link
He is gifting a much lower percentage of his personal wealth than most of us give to charity in any given year, and we all pay tax on top of that. Where is our write-up? If I didn't pay any taxes I would be donating a much more considerable chunk of my annual earnings to charities, like Donegal Hospice, SVP, Simon Community, and yes, I would spend more money on local GAA fundraisers. Philanthropy is a disease. SurelyToGod (Donegal) - Posts: 437 - 14/12/2023 13:33:52 2516754 Link
Replying To SurelyToGod: "He is gifting a much lower percentage of his personal wealth than most of us give to charity in any given year, and we all pay tax on top of that. Where is our write-up? If I didn't pay any taxes I would be donating a much more considerable chunk of my annual earnings to charities, like Donegal Hospice, SVP, Simon Community, and yes, I would spend more money on local GAA fundraisers. Philanthropy is a disease." i dont give 1% of my wages to charity Whestofthewest (Clare) - Posts: 177 - 14/12/2023 13:39:32 2516756 Link
Replying To SurelyToGod: "He is gifting a much lower percentage of his personal wealth than most of us give to charity in any given year, and we all pay tax on top of that. Where is our write-up? If I didn't pay any taxes I would be donating a much more considerable chunk of my annual earnings to charities, like Donegal Hospice, SVP, Simon Community, and yes, I would spend more money on local GAA fundraisers. Philanthropy is a disease." bet if he gave you a million you would be licking his...... Whestofthewest (Clare) - Posts: 177 - 14/12/2023 13:40:12 2516757 Link
Replying To SurelyToGod: "He is gifting a much lower percentage of his personal wealth than most of us give to charity in any given year, and we all pay tax on top of that. Where is our write-up? If I didn't pay any taxes I would be donating a much more considerable chunk of my annual earnings to charities, like Donegal Hospice, SVP, Simon Community, and yes, I would spend more money on local GAA fundraisers. Philanthropy is a disease." The begrudgery is large in this one..... Pikeman96 (Wexford) - Posts: 2621 - 14/12/2023 13:47:14 2516758 Link
Replying To SurelyToGod: "He is gifting a much lower percentage of his personal wealth than most of us give to charity in any given year, and we all pay tax on top of that. Where is our write-up? If I didn't pay any taxes I would be donating a much more considerable chunk of my annual earnings to charities, like Donegal Hospice, SVP, Simon Community, and yes, I would spend more money on local GAA fundraisers. Philanthropy is a disease." and begrudgery is a burden Two_Hops (Sligo) - Posts: 12 - 14/12/2023 13:47:25 2516759 Link
Replying To SurelyToGod: "He is gifting a much lower percentage of his personal wealth than most of us give to charity in any given year, and we all pay tax on top of that. Where is our write-up? If I didn't pay any taxes I would be donating a much more considerable chunk of my annual earnings to charities, like Donegal Hospice, SVP, Simon Community, and yes, I would spend more money on local GAA fundraisers. Philanthropy is a disease." He raised a 140 million for charities with his golf pro am. Now I'm sure you're some saint yourself so you're in a great position to criticise JP but I'd personally find it very hard to begrudge the man Daly99 (Roscommon) - Posts: 3 - 14/12/2023 13:50:30 2516761 Link
Replying To SurelyToGod: "He is gifting a much lower percentage of his personal wealth than most of us give to charity in any given year, and we all pay tax on top of that. Where is our write-up? If I didn't pay any taxes I would be donating a much more considerable chunk of my annual earnings to charities, like Donegal Hospice, SVP, Simon Community, and yes, I would spend more money on local GAA fundraisers. Philanthropy is a disease." Firstly he pays taxes in another county.No Irish person with our taxi bonanza of multinationals can criticise that while availing of very dubious taxi collection ourselves. Some people are just negative by nature and are to be more pitied than scorned. Secondly this is a hugely generous thing he has done and of huge benefit to small counties particularly dual counties.Thank you JP now lets put It to good use jobber (Westmeath) - Posts: 1601 - 14/12/2023 14:01:35 2516762 Link
Replying To SurelyToGod: "He is gifting a much lower percentage of his personal wealth than most of us give to charity in any given year, and we all pay tax on top of that. Where is our write-up? If I didn't pay any taxes I would be donating a much more considerable chunk of my annual earnings to charities, like Donegal Hospice, SVP, Simon Community, and yes, I would spend more money on local GAA fundraisers. Philanthropy is a disease." Most "philanthropy" goes to fund left wing activists here. Billions of it over the years. Much prefer a wealthy person who contributes to genuine community organisations. How much of what you donate to certain organisations goes to the people it is supposed to by the way? Not alleging corruption but vast bulk of NGO spending is on their own wages. BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 3120 - 14/12/2023 14:04:20 2516764 Link