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JP McManus and family donate €1m to every GAA county board

Donation comes direct from McManus and his family and is intended to equally fund GAA, ladies football and camogie

JP McManus: Limerick billionaire is a well-known philanthropist. Picture: Getty

JP McManus, the Limerick billionaire, has donated €1 million to every GAA county board in the country.

County secretaries around the country are receiving cheques worth €1 million in the post today, the Business Post understands, with the donation coming directly from McManus, his wife Noreen, and his family – rather than from the charitable foundation he has established.

Many counties have received the contribution – which is intended to equally fund the development of ...