Irish America Hall of Fame: Charles Feeney

bailey: If you are a petty bigot and need to import people from China, Africa, Eastern Europe, Pakistan etc. to stop being a bigot, then that just shows what an empty head you are. You have very low self-esteem, probably rightly in your case. And you're out of step with your countrymen, too, since all surveys show that 70% and more of the Irish people want a prudent and measured Immigration policy, not the Open Door madness that was promoted by your Fianna Fail buddies. They don't want a jerk like Feeney interfering in the affairs of a sovereign foreign country. Look at the ruin Fianna Fail have brought on your country, bailey. Trying to come here as illegal aliens, while tens of thousands of Russians, Indians, Chinese etc. move in to settle Ireland. Don't come here looking for work, you waster, there's plenty work in your own country but you're too lazy to do it. You should be ashamed of your lack of self respect. And Cranleigh--maybe you need to invest in a spell checker, if you're so illiterate as to be unable to spell "them".

Dillon, you're off dem yellow pills again.

I don't know what George Dillon is ranting about! Chuck Feeney has made a huge and generally unrecognised contribution to Ireland and in particular its University sector. Since Ireland joined the EU we signed on to the idea of free movement of workers. Over the last decade we also welcomed many others,from Asia in particular, who have been and continue to be very welcome in Ireland. Ireland is a lot better place for not be the closed society of petty bigots it once was.

This guy deserves no award. He is abusing the Irish political process by pumping in millions into pro-Mass Immigration pressure groups who seek to thwart the desires of most Irish people--to operate a prudent and controlled immigration policy. The majority of Irish people hold a different view, but they cannot match the billionaire's unlimited funds. If you investigate the funding of the various tiny groups in Ireland that aadvocate unlimited immigration into the country, you will invariably find that the chain of shame comes to an end with Feeney. It's disgusting that a foreign billionaire sticks his nose into the affairs of a small country like Ireland. Shame on this jerk Feeney!