Joe Brolly

[cadence]

what a star.

[glens abu]

Fair play that is some selfless act,few of us would do that.

[ONeill]

One hell of a gesture.

[EC Unique]

Fair play to him. How many of us can honestly say we would do the same?

[Tony Baloney]

Fair play to him. How many of us can honestly say we would do the same?

Depends if they were a United supporter or not.

[LeoMc]

A great gesture all right. As EU says, there are few of us would do it.

But now he'll be slumped over worse than ever on TSG

[5 Sams]

Holy fcuk he must be a good friend!!

[squire_in_navy_slacks]

Maybe Spillane can donate a couple of inches off his flute to the bould Marty Morrissey 

[moysider]

Can t believe some are taking this lightly. Don t think this is an opportunity to be funny.

A few days ago I wanted to break his mouth - now I m almost in tears at what he s done. This is not a gesture. It is something most people would only do for family. And even then many could not. Sincerely hope it is successful for the recipient.

And I ll think twice about clobbering Joe when I see him.

[Lar Naparka]

Fair play that is some selfless act,few of us would do that.

Amen to that.

[Ard-Rí]

Great deed ... not a lot else to be said. My estimation of the man has risen greatly.

[Muchachos]

Fair play to him. Might not allways agree with him but that's a hell of an act.

[Asal Mor]

Well done Joe. I've always liked him as an analyst too.

[thebuzz]

Can t believe some are taking this lightly. Don t think this is an opportunity to be funny.

A few days ago I wanted to break his mouth - now I m almost in tears at what he s done. This is not a gesture. It is something most people would only do for family. And even then many could not. Sincerely hope it is successful for the recipient.

And I ll think twice about clobbering Joe when I see him.

Fair play Moysider. I just got the paper there and the first thing I thought of was 'What will the Mayos think of that?'.
If I had to do it for my son I'd be scared shitless and he has done it for someone he isn't even related to.

[bannside]

I know the whole story here lads but from the other way round. Shane Finnegan, the reciever is a close relation, and the extent, dedication and absolute committment to making this work from Joe Brollys end was unbelievable.

Shane Finnegan was a county minor for Antrim 22 years ago and picked up a kidney injury that year and has not played since. His two brothers Greg and Donagh played for St Pauls and Antrim for many years, and Shane was destined for great things too.

The efforts Shane has gone to to get donors, and then get a correct blood match (which was the very hard bit) was a long heartbreaking journey. The physical and mental torture involvedcannot be properly explained. Shane couldnt pass urine. He peed for the first time in many years yesterday.

I wont spoil the story which hopefully will appear in the media once the two guys get out of hospital. The great news is the operation looks to have been a real success. Joe has taken two months off work to make this happen, and was the driver all along since he first heard about Shanes condition.

Will always hold him in high esteem after this. Delighted for Shane as well - his life can get back to normality again.