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Why do people want their own fecking country beat

Then talking about poetic justice with seven Japanese players. Anyone who feels like that- did you support Ireland in the Jack charlton era?

Because I have no time for Bourgeois Nationalists telling me that I have to answer Ar-land's Call....

I love when a new board member joins for a specific purpose . I am not attacking o leary at all I know nothing about the man other the article posted here earlier from the daily mail.
my uneasiness come's from the fear he is a tourist with no credentials other than money  and to Quote Shania twain ' that don't impress me much'
Much as people seem to distrust the county board they are Elected by the counties club are are answerable to those clubs . people like o leary  are answerable to no one .
While he money is welcome he should have no say in the running of Mayo GAA other than advisory and stop trying to shame the CB

Actually, joined a year ago last September so you're entitled to your own opinion but not your own facts...…..

You say you're not bashing Mr. O'Leary but then you dismiss him out of hand with as a tourist with no credentials other than money. What do you base this on? What particular knowledge do you have of him other than what you read in the Daily Ranger?

Maybe if you did your homework you would know that he has supported Burrishoole for a number of years.

Maybe if you did your homework you would understand that he is not trying to tell the County Board how to do their job but he is trying to do the job required of him as the Trustee of a charitable foundation, a foundation whose by-laws, make plain that the Foundation is raising funds not just for the Senior Footballers but for the Gaelic Games, as a whole, in the county and by Gaelic Games that includes the Hurling Clubs which our County Board tried to stiff last year when the JP McManus bequest was received.

So, before you say anything in reply, keep the counsel of Abraham Lincoln and remember that "It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt."

We only know one side of the story at the minute but from Tim O'Leary's POV, he wants assurances that the remainder of the money will be invested in the academy squads or the Lough Lannagh training facility. He doesn't want it spent on some day to day costs, i.e. senior team expenses or the MacHale Park loan.

Why can't these assurances be provided? It would be interesting to hear what issues the county board has?

this reminds me a bit of the Cat scan and dialysis machines   charities buy  for hospitals and then there is not the Staff to run them and they are left idle for years .
like it or not the County board are in charge of the GAA in Mayo and have to take an overall view of finances and not just vanity   Projects instigated by people who seem willing clear off at he first opportunity when they Don't get their own way.

Rosnarun, play the ball not the man. The Supporters Foundation was set-up as a 501c3 Corporation to aid with meeting compliance obligations related to fundraising in the states. One of those obligations is that Trustees, like Mr. O'Leary, have a duty of care to ensure that the charities they support exhibit good governance rooted in the principles of transparency and accountability.