Fair play to Conor McGregor a very worthy cause.

An impossible looking task of trying to raise €2m to save their child could now possibly be reached over the next couple of weeks which is amazing

Edit: Parents are Niall & Aisling Donoher (Quigley), both former Laois players

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Great to hear that.

I first heard about it on off the ball earlier in the week and they were talking to boxer Eric Donovan who is doing a five hour skip to raise money for Dan.

Good to hear Bernard Brogan making a large donation too.

You could get sponsored.

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If this lad is well known in GAA circles and has a newspaper column, surely there are better ways to raise awareness and money?

This is genuine curiosity too, before somebody gets all upset about it.

The bigger your pectorals andtriceps the easier it is but even a well conditioned man would tire after 100 never mind 1000.

No, because I couldn't care! But you are confirming why I asked the question. It feels like it is more about some fella's ability to do such a feat than the actual cause in question. 

I’m not sure about that. It’s how you look at it I guess.

Because people want to challenge themselves rather than just putting their hand out and others will be interested l in seeing that challenge. Why do we watch 22 men kick a bag of wind around a field?   

Genuinely no offence but your own viewpoint on a lot of general things would be unique enough judging by your posts on here. Not suggesting there's anything wrong with that for a second, just an observation. Think he's close to 6k raised, would guarantee he wouldn't have got close to that if he'd just asked for cash in a column. 

Fair enough. It just seems people's reactions to it are ' that's quite difficult' rather than the actual cause.

I haven't a notion what watching football has to do with it! If he wants to do a 1000 press-ups or dress-ups, that's his own business. I would be sceptical that there wasn't a better way for him to do it, but that's his own business.

By the way, I consider it a compliment for my views to be considered unique. Everybody should have unique views. That isn't to say they can't be broadly similar, but when they are exactly the same not only is it boring but shows an inability to interpret things for themselves. So thanks, I suppose.

There is unquestionably a level of narcissism involved, even if meant in the best possible way.

Anyway, I hope the lad gets all the help he needs 

So you should, it wasn't meant as any sort of insult. I doubt I'm the only one who thinks that of your online persona though. Never met you so can't say if it's any different in the real world. Think I'd enjoy chatting in person. 

People setting themselves physical challenges isn't anything I'd consider unusual. What football has to do with it is simply showing how pointless any of these things are when you break it down. He's doing something to raise money for a good cause and it's something that can be done in his gaff in what are unprecedented times. Fair dues to him. I know the lad and he's as far from narcissistic as you can get. 

To quote the Bible, I think it's Ecclesiastes, to be exact: 'all is vain'.

There's undoubtedly an element of narcissism in it, the debate is whether he would view that as more or less important than the cause and only he can  really know that. Given that you can vouch for him, I am willing to accept that. 

I am, as you probably gathered, naturally cynical an d I often feel people want to do something and then attach a cause, rather than the other way around. I suppose this is most in relation to people who want you to sponsor their holidays in the name of 'charadee'. Feel free to climb Kilimanjaro if you want, but don't bother me  about it or expect me to believe it is anything other than a vain holiday!

My political views leave me cynical of most charity anyway, but this is unquestionably one of the times I would encourage it. I will probably throw a few pound in myself,  I also  understand that saying it is a bit vain in itself, but it is before my curiosity is misinterpreted by others. 

Maybe it is more a criticism of society than the man himself, that even when it is a cause that deserves to be on a pedestal we still need more to support it.

I look forward to a pint with ya at some stage.

I think the only  difference of opinion we had  was when we were drinking in a  pub in London before a Crystal Palace v Sunderland match  it was about Dublin and that was no great surprise.

Your friend was a bit unsure about my rather forthright views on the poppy though!

Feck him.

Likewise.  Am fairly cynical myself. 

Some might say your desire for the last word in every discussion I've seen you involved in on here is the very definition of narcissism. 

* This post may have been influenced by your exchange with Hat-field  earlier this week. 

In saying that, despite how it might appear in a virtual world, I despise being the centre of attention, and struggle with those that love it unnecessarily.

Anyway let's hope they raise they money for the little lad. Great cause 

Over €1.7 million raised as of now , the target will probably be reached over the weekend hopefully.

As for the challenge itself (which reinforces the point PM is making, but in case any one is curious) I think Moylette reached just over 960 in the hour. He had said before hand that he was aiming for roughly 17 press ups per minute.