CHARITIES which pay high admin salaries are not charities

how can a charity justify paying directors or senior managers over 100k? if its a doctor, then maybe.........but admin staff and Managers.............what the heck? that means a substantial portion of donations are being paid to employees........ITS A BUSINESS.

Bdj how many times have ya been stopped in Oliver Mc Plunkett St. by young fellas recruited to get a direct debit standing order? That in imo is a hard sell tactic which is morally wrong.

i watched prime tonight. and i am absolutely shocked that a former government advisor gets paid 110k as chairman of a charity.............ITS A CHARITY............how can he justify this salary..............sounds like a high paid job to me.

prime time

I don,t know,its certainly the antithesis of charity,think there is a thread alluding to it on here and from what i seen on the news there are calls for more transparency towards where the good people that donate goes which is proper order.

i would of thought he got paid 50-60k, and would have said thats the amount i take because ITS A CHARITY............not double

BBC 2 now a documentary called All in good causes bdj, an English "prime time" that is questioning charities,started a while ago.

call me naive but i didnt think charities invested money in the stock exchange..........i thought it would get transferred straight from donor to those that needed it.

Yeah in the case of comic relief(think that is for children) investing in drink, arms,and tobacco isn,t the way to go,looking at it a bit more widely suppose they have to get some sensationalism in these programmes,i,d imagine the majority of charities are ethical and think of the donor as well.

comic relief invested in managed funds............the fact that that included arms/alcohol/tobacco is not the issue.........the fact that it invested in managed funds is the problem i have with this..........its a bloody charity. that managed fund can lose money as well as make it........what the heck is it doing........

former CEO of CRC received a 200k goodbye pay off and will get 100k per year pension..........this is what happens to your money when u donate to so called charities

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/crc-board-member-paul-kiely-resigned-in-wake-of-topup-controversy-29830045.html

Barney Curley doesn't take a single cent from his one

Fergus Finlay came across as thinking he was a great guy by "only" earning 110k p.a. same as a manager grade in the HSE.Firstly I think its way too much for some who is constantly on about the effect of cutbacks.Secondly I wonder how many faceless HSE managers there are at the same grade...The mind boggles...

If we were to form a charity for distressed forum members,we could lodge what we like to any account with no questions asked.

A desultory look at the board members would worry any right thinking person.

there is too much focus on this money transfer for a phantom fund..........more focus should be on top ups, pay offs and in particular annual pensions paid to ex senior staff. the irish people have had enough of bloated pensions being paid to ex politicians and employees of state bodies for doing a few years work. its immoral.

That should be        Not hard.

Trocaire and Concern have murky history,anyone remember Quicksilver.

According to this morning's news there are 8,400 charities operating in Ireland.

I remember being told a story about a well known Charity CEO who would only travel first class when flying. Incredible stuff.

Who was that, Gotchee ?


There are lots of charities out there that are very deserving of help and don't involve a milking machine. Mr Mischief has referred to Barney Curley's Direct Aid For Africa above. I reckon Barney gets great value for every cent donated and applies the same diligence in that area as he does to separating Bookies from their satchels. In terms of cost control, I'd say he is to his charity what Michael O' Leary is to RyanAir !

I go to Barneys Cheltenham preview every year in Salthill and as well as always being an excellent night of racing talk there's always a bit about DAFA and what they do. It's a real eye opener and as previously stated every cent contributed goes directly to their work in Africa, other charities could learn a lot

reb, he is the one with the big ego. I won't mention his name but it wouldn't be hard to work out who he is. Anyway, he got shafted a few months ago.

Did he have a 75k a year secretary.

did willie mackay name an oss after him.....lol

or his charity......

Think I've got it now, Gotchee !