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Brendan O'Carroll

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  • #92
    Yakkyda
    Site Banned Posts: 167 ✭✭Yakkyda


    Orangebrigade wrote: »
    Who cares, charity will be back next week asking for more money off people who work all week.

    You seem like a wonderful specimen of humanity....


  • #93
    xzanti
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 10,464 Mod ✭✭✭✭xzanti


    Lovely man, fair play to him.


  • #94
    smurgen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,933 ✭✭✭smurgen


    diomed wrote: »
    Follow his example and give a few Euro to St Vincent de Paul.

    You know what, I certainly will!


  • #95
    Sam Kade
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,297 ✭✭✭✭Sam Kade


    K.Flyer wrote: »
    Brendan has been doing this for the last number of years and not a peep out of him about it then or now. SVP mentioned it and the papers got a hold of it.
    You don't have to like the guy to acknowledge a generous deed well done without an ulterior motive.
    Well done for keeping the notion alive that Ireland is still a nation of begrudgers.
    The begrudgers line when all else fails :rolleyes:
    Did you ever hear of anonymous donations, when people request that no one can breathe a word about it.


  • #96
    Billy86
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,495 ✭✭✭✭Billy86


    I hate that show with an absolute passion, but there is no denying that Brendan O'Carroll really is an absolutely great guy, good on him.


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  • #97
    Billy86
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,495 ✭✭✭✭Billy86


    Sam Kade wrote: »
    The begrudgers line when all else fails :rolleyes:
    Did you ever hear of anonymous donations, when people request that no one can breathe a word about it.
    Actually it tends to be quite fitting...

    begrudgery (bɪˈɡrʌdʒərɪ )
    Definitions
    noun
    (Irish, informal) resentment of any person who has achieved success or wealth


  • #98
    Azalea
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,796 ✭✭✭Azalea


    Sam Kade wrote: »
    The begrudgers line when all else fails :rolleyes:
    Did you ever hear of anonymous donations, when people request that no one can breathe a word about it.
    So what? He is still giving a lot to needy people, which he doesn't have to do. What are you giving to needy people?

    The charity has its own press team - it is good press for awareness of the charity.


  • #99
    Figbiscuithead
    Closed Accounts Posts: 307 ✭✭Figbiscuithead


    Azalea wrote: »
    So what? He is still giving a lot to needy people, which he doesn't have to do. What are you giving to needy people?

    The charity has its own press team - it is good press for awareness of the charity.


    The vast majority of people give to charity or volunteer their time because they get something back from it be it a sense of self-worth or feeling good about themselves or being seen as a decent sausage by others because most of us want to be liked and accepted and why would BOC be any different? He's only human like the rest of us. The most important thing is he's doing SOMETHING; people are being helped as a result of his efforts.


  • #100
    Valetta
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,611 ✭✭✭Valetta


    Sam Kade wrote: »
    The begrudgers line when all else fails :rolleyes:
    Did you ever hear of anonymous donations, when people request that no one can breathe a word about it.

    He does give anonymously .

    Begrudging post is begrudging.


  • #101
    arybvtcw0eolkf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,608 ✭✭✭✭arybvtcw0eolkf


    earlyevening wrote: »
    Doesn't like to talk about his donations to charity lol:

    Dec '13 http://www.irishmirror.ie/showbiz/irish-showbiz/brendan-ocarroll-charity-donation-mrs-2928550

    Jan '15 http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/charity-no-laughing-matter-for-brendan-ocarroll-308698.html

    Dec '11 http://www.politics.ie/forum/current-affairs/178229-brendan-ocarroll-gives-50-000-vdp.html

    Seems to do it quite often

    Oh the little, small minded Irish begrudgery.. Still alive and kicking eh!.


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  • #102
    smurgen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,933 ✭✭✭smurgen


    Macie Easy Rabble-rouser wrote: »
    Oh the little, small minded Irish begrudgery.. Still alive and kicking eh!.

    This isn't an Irish thing.it's just assholes being assholes


  • #103
    Arbiter of Good Taste
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,200 ✭✭✭Arbiter of Good Taste


    smurgen wrote: »
    This isn't an Irish thing.it's just assholes being assholes

    Yeah, but the Irish seem to do it so well


  • #104
    screamer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,191 ✭✭✭screamer


    What a load of begrudging curmudgeons . I am sure that Brendan won't lose a wink of sleep over the views expressed here. Like him or not he's made it after years of trying and now lives in Florida. But he doesn't forget where he came from.


  • #105
    Laois_Man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,758 ✭✭✭Laois_Man


    JP Liz V1 wrote: »
    Good on him, now can U2 share too


    I fooking hate this ****e!

    There's an underlying assumption here (and in many other places) that many people know that U2 don't make generous charity donations.

    No such thing is known!


  • #106
    ISOP
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 423 ✭✭ISOP


    fair play to him, its threads like this that make me realise why I left Ireland, full of begrudging assholes with nothing good to say about anyone, even when they are doing something positive


  • #107
    Valetta
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,611 ✭✭✭Valetta


    Sam Kade wrote: »
    The begrudgers line when all else fails :rolleyes:
    Did you ever hear of anonymous donations, when people request that no one can breathe a word about it.

    You've changed your begrudging tune.

    Why would he request that no one can breath a word about it?

    What would that achieve over and above the situation as it is now?


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