Denis O'Briens donation

[beautifulrock]

Denis O Brien is the man who coughed up, fair play to him

[geysir]

What did O'Brien cough up?

[eekers]

Denis O Brien is the man who coughed up, fair play to him

yes fair play to tax exile denis o' brien. 1 million is 0.04 percent of his personal wealth btw (pocket money to him)

[beautifulrock]

yes fair play to tax exile denis o' brien. 1 million is 0.04 percent of his personal wealth btw (pocket money to him)

stupid comment, has anyone else done it typical Irish begrudier

[Maroon 7]

Media seem to be concentrating on O'Brien's contribution rather than Trap himself.

[NeilMcD]

Jeus the journalist are ****s, they only concentrate on the O Brien issue. I know we dont want cheerleaders with laptops but this is unreal.

[Ireland4ever]

Fair FOOCks to denis obrien...irishman investing in irish football!

[Metrostars]

Givens at one point seemed exasperated when the journos kept going on about O'Brien.

[Maroon 7]

Givens at one point seemed exasperated when the journos kept going on about O'Brien.

So was I.

No doubt the O'Brien angle looks like it will be all over the papers tomorrow.

[LeixlipRed]

Givens is exasperated because Trap's appointment probably means he'll be shown the door. Which is long overdue in my mind

[Serb]

Fair FOOCks to denis obrien...irishman investing in irish football!

It's not really an investment on his part, unless he has some sort of agreement with the FAI about renumeration which we don't know about. Looks like he's just giving the cash away, would that be correct?

[Superhoops]

Jeus the journalist are ****s, they only concentrate on the O Brien issue. I know we dont want cheerleaders with laptops but this is unreal.

Media seem to be concentrating on O'Brien's contribution rather than Trap himself.

This just goes to show the depths that the Irish sports media have stooped to. Tomorrow's stories will be more about Denis O'Brien than the new manager.

On a side issue, Don Givens, who takes a lot of flak, particularly on this site, deserves credit for the job he had done and how he went about it.

[Metrostars]

No doubt the journos will keep harping on about this as it give them more stories to talk about. And perhaps TO'D should do a bit of research, Abramovich is known to have made a similar deal or Hiddink and last time I checked, Russia is in Europe.

[rodrigo cardoso]

All this talk of DOB giving a donation to help fund the appointment of is making me sick. What clubs has this guy helped out financially? Where was Mr.O'Brien when Kilkenny City had to close up shop? How is money going to help league of Ireland clubs finance their day to day activities as they try to keep their heads above water.

[cavan_fan]

All this talk of DOB giving a donation to help fund the appointment of is making me sick. What clubs has this guy helped out financially? Where was Mr.O'Brien when Kilkenny City had to close up shop? How is money going to help league of Ireland clubs finance their day to day activities as they try to keep their heads above water.

I wanted to write a reasoned argument but cant be bothered. Can we find a room for the begrudgers pls

[Sheridan]

Can't believe what I'm reading here, I guess that's the modern Irish fair-play-to-the-cute-hoor, money-cures-all ethos. For a start, this money isn't going into Irish football, it's going on a speculative appointment to the management staff of a Britsh-based team for short-term gain (which in itself is unlikely to accrue.) I can think of a million and one better uses for this money within domestic football. Secondly, unless you're hopelessly naive or your moral compass is wildly askew you couldn't say with hand on heart that Denis O'Brien or his money are entirely lillywhite.

[sullanefc]

Fair play Denis O'Brien. He didn't have to do this but obviously wants to see the national team do well.

All this talk of DOB giving a donation to help fund the appointment of is making me sick. What clubs has this guy helped out financially? Where was Mr.O'Brien when Kilkenny City had to close up shop? How is money going to help league of Ireland clubs finance their day to day activities as they try to keep their heads above water.

Could be worse, he could have invested in a british club like sunderland or celtic a la Drumaville or Dermot Desmond. Even John Delaney had a dig at this practise on the 6 one. Fair play to all involved.

[Ireland4ever]

All this talk of DOB giving a donation to help fund the appointment of is making me sick. What clubs has this guy helped out financially? Where was Mr.O'Brien when Kilkenny City had to close up shop? How is money going to help league of Ireland clubs finance their day to day activities as they try to keep their heads above water.

What are you on about? He doesnt have to give any money to anyone yet he did. Its his money. No-one said he helped out any clubs, and he doesnt have to, obviously he doesnt give a hoot about kilkenny, and why should he? He has no obligation to any LOI teams. Again its his money and he can do with it what he wants!

[carloz]

I hope people let this go and focus on the main matter today, the fact we have one of the most gifted managers in the world taking over little old us

[cavan_fan]

Can't believe what I'm reading here, I guess that's the modern Irish fair-play-to-the-cute-hoor, money-cures-all ethos. For a start, this money isn't going into Irish football, it's going on a speculative appointment to the management staff of a Britsh-based team for short-term gain (which in itself is unlikely to accrue.) I can think of a million and one better uses for this money within domestic football. Secondly, unless you're hopelessly naive or your moral compass is wildly askew you couldn't say with hand on heart that Denis O'Brien or his money are entirely lillywhite.

Firstly it is going into grassroots football. This will increase the FAI's income to spend on other things. Secondly everyone else in the world understands that international success leads to domestic popularity.Thirdly, British based...you just cant resist can you.