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I know Guards have had their difficulties in your part of the world for many years, but I am not a Guard.
SixtiesKid (Galway) - Posts: 327 - 15/12/2023 11:17:52 2516896 Link 0 |
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Fair play to JP McManus, he didn't need to do this but it really is a great gesture. bdbuddah (Meath) - Posts: 1400 - 15/12/2023 11:21:29 2516897 Link 0 |
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reading the comments mostly negative it strikes me that most of the people on this forum have no hand act or part in anything to do with the gaa , just people with a negative view on everything . thank you j p , noreen and the entire mcmanus family for the marvellous gesture mickcunningham (Westmeath) - Posts: 1871 - 15/12/2023 11:34:14 2516899 Link 2 |
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A brilliant gesture by JP Mac but ots a pity the money did nt go straight to the clubs.I mean a million per county means the clubs in Cork get a lot less than Leitrim or Longford.A club in Cork might get 4k whereas a club in Leitrim might get 38 k. CiarraiMick (Dublin) - Posts: 3844 - 15/12/2023 11:46:31 2516904 Link 0 |
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Wouldn't that even things up a bit overall Mick?
Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 13880 - 15/12/2023 12:12:52 2516908 Link 0 |
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I doubt that Jenifer or too many Social Democrats are into "the gah," But I share your sentiments, Same goes for all the others who have no problem whatsoever with foreign billionaires funding all sorts of nonsense here.
BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 3120 - 15/12/2023 12:33:47 2516916 Link 2 |
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First of all welcome the donation and applaud JPs generosity. However I think you are innocently naive if you believe that when a tax exile makes such a donation it is not going to draw some reasonable and critical comments on tax avoidance through foreign domicile. In Ireland we have a progressive taxation system for the most part, low earners pay a smaller % of their income than higher earners. However when it comes to the super rich this progression does not hold true and the very wealthy can reduce their tax liability through various tax avoidance schemes such as being a tax exile. When a tax exile such as JP makes such a generous donation, well inevitably it is going to draw attention to his tax status.
sligo joe (Dublin) - Posts: 795 - 15/12/2023 12:39:13 2516917 Link 0 |
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Here here.The Social Democrats will never go above 3% with the South County Dublín attitude of what her name? For her sake she better maintain that Greystones vote. jobber (Westmeath) - Posts: 1601 - 15/12/2023 12:49:55 2516921 Link 2 |
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Thank you JP and family. This makes a huge difference to our own wee club. It will ne invested into much needed infrastructure. Shearer (Louth) - Posts: 885 - 15/12/2023 13:11:06 2516925 Link 0 |
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so will slow sligo hand it back
mickcunningham (Westmeath) - Posts: 1871 - 15/12/2023 13:13:23 2516926 Link 0 |
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There's an old saying about examining the mouths of gift horses! My own small club in Dublin will get over 4k. I don't resent a small club in Sligo or Fermanagh getting a bit more. Life is made of such twists and turns of fortune. I hope, and know, that all will make best use of it. BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 3120 - 15/12/2023 13:30:38 2516931 Link 1 |
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As I said earlier it'll be worth circa 20k to our club between men and ladies football. Only a stones would turn down that sorta twine. Weve put in a new walkway(grant aided) but this gesture will leave enough in the accounts for us to access other schemes where you need to have a healthy bank balance. It means we won't be bouncing along the bottom with the odd good hop regarding getting future funding. We could never gather up that money fundraising. I met him once at a race meeting I was involved in a syndicate and our horse won a race his brother sponsored. He was genuinely delighted for us came across a decent man. Bitterness towards him is typical Irish behaviour, at least he is giving back. JP has that touch of class about him. He might not live here but by jaysus he's done more than any man for the Midwest and the Irish racing industry. Yet insignificant politicians try and point score against him, yet she'll get her pension for one term and thinking nothing of it. Will she give it back till she's 65? Will she ****. 2maroonjerseys (Galway) - Posts: 98 - 15/12/2023 14:04:32 2516935 Link 2 |
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Stop acting like 1.
updwell (Limerick) - Posts: 847 - 15/12/2023 14:13:01 2516936 Link 0 |
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Oh I agree Barney its brilliant but if your club was anywhere else besides Dublin or Cork they d get a good bit more.However im just knitpicking as its great news for every club.
CiarraiMick (Dublin) - Posts: 3844 - 15/12/2023 14:34:26 2516938 Link 0 |
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He obviously has a comical amount of money to be in a position to do this. I personally am not going to get on my knees and thank billionaires for their money like the rest of you. Men like this live on a different realm to the rest of us. PattyONeill (Derry) - Posts: 246 - 15/12/2023 14:48:51 2516941 Link 2 |
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It is perfectly natural to feel bitterness towards millionaires, it is not unique to Ireland. I am bitter towards them, any half sane person would be bitter. I am not going to spend my time sticking up for billionaires online.
PattyONeill (Derry) - Posts: 246 - 15/12/2023 14:55:41 2516944 Link 0 |
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He can try bribe us all he wants but we here in Wexford will never throw a game especially against Limerick . Formertownie (Wexford) - Posts: 301 - 15/12/2023 15:01:06 2516945 Link 0 |
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What an incredible generous gesture from JP and his family ! carlowman (Carlow) - Posts: 1849 - 15/12/2023 15:15:19 2516947 Link 0 |
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10k or so per club in Donegal, it will be a great help to the smaller clubs, fair play to JP, a nice Christmas present and it will be well spent by the clubs. As far as the Soc Dems and the Greens go I hope they never again win a seat in the Dail. I can't understand why anyone votes for them at all. Tirchonaill1 (Donegal) - Posts: 3030 - 15/12/2023 15:29:28 2516951 Link 1 |
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Which means?
SixtiesKid (Galway) - Posts: 327 - 15/12/2023 15:32:01 2516952 Link 0 |