GOAL
In 1977, he began his charitable organisation with a 10,000 punts donation for a feeding project in Calcutta. O'Shea founded GOAL (organization) which originally was an acronym for "Go on give a lot", however, whilst the name GOAL remained the acronym was discontinued. The charity has a major sporting backbone. John McEnroe, Pat Cash and Gordon D'Arcy are amongst the sportstars to have become "Goalies"(volunteers).
In its 32 years of operation, GOAL has distributed €536 million and has had over 1,400 volunteers. It has operated in over 50 countries worldwide. O'Shea sites watching the "Goalies" working around the world has the best part of his years involved in the charity. O'Shea believes that first world countries Governments should be far more involved in the distribution of aid and not just giving money. Speaking on a tribute to his work in GOAL in 2007 on Ireland foremost chat show-The Late Late Show, O'Shea said;
| “ | They were writing cheques and saying "it was nothing to do with us"...To help the poor, you've got to love the poor and this is why governments have failed. They talk about the poor, they issue statements about the poor but you don't get the feeling that Mandela had for his people, because he loved his people. We don't have people of that stature, we don't have people of that moral fibre at the top | ” |
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—Speaking on the reaction of the first world to the 2005 tsunami on The Late Late Show |
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| “ | 'There is a fire raging - we need someone to put out the fire not hand out chocolate | ” |
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—Speaking about Live 8 and its failure to tackle corruption in Africa in distributing aid to The Guardian |
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In 2012, O'Shea was asked to slow down by his doctor.
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