This afternoon.
US-based footballer Robbie Keane at Our Lady’s Childrens Hospital in Crumlin [Dublin] to donate a cheque worth $50,000 from the LA Galaxy Foundation and Herbalife to CMRF Crumlin, the fundraising arm of the hospital. Robbie also helped launch the hospital’s lenten ‘Give It Up‘ campaign.
Mmmf.
From top: Grace Keneally (in the isolation unit) and Aidan Doyle, aged 5.
Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital
Meanwhile…
Robbie Keane with Squee at Aras an Uachtarain this afternoon.
(Sam Boal/Photocall Ireland)
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What a national treasure that man is, Great work Robbie.
Class act, that fella.
A great Irishman
Well done Robbie. Legend.
The longer he sticks around the more I like him. So I like him a lot at this juncture
Same here
‘Never forgets where he came from.
Which is just across the road on Captains, and lads around here say him and Morrissey are cousins BTW.
Started off with Crumlin United whose lights you can see from Our Ladies
Morrissey wears Robbie Keane pyjamas I’d say.
Forgot about the cousin thing but you reminded me of a pic of them in LA and this little blurb from Morrissey;
“Well, family tree aficionados will be aware that Robbie and I share the same Irish blood; his late grandfather (Thomas Nolan) being my own father’s cousin. In filial terms the Irish blood, English heart genetic between Robbie and I is evident – his chin is my chin, my chin is his.”
You can tell when sportspeople do this NOT for their own publicity. Like now. G’man Robbie.
So a guy pops into a state funded hospital with a cheque then does a photo shoot with sick kids which is not about publicity. In what dimension of this world do you live in?
Ppads, he has signed many a cheque for projects in his native Tallaght with no publicity or fanfare, the la galaxy have very little to gain from this photo shoot.
He is a good lad doing a good thing it should not be the subject of bitterness or question
He’s looking into the eyes of those kids like
they’re equals; or maybe like,
They’re his own
Away ou’dat ya misery guts ppaddie
….yes
…meant to say Jedi!
Fair play !
Great guy , and those kids and their families need all the assistance they can get. Just out of curiosity, does anyone know how that particular charity fairs in audits? Anecdotally, I’ve heard that much of the funds raised do not always take the most direct route to the very sick children to whom most of the public think they’re giving.
I would expect that no money at all goes to the kids. It goes to the hospital.
Where in the hospital. I wasn’t actually suggesting that someone goes around with a bag of cash, handing it out to sick children and their families.
LA Galaxy play Shamrock Rovers in Tallaght this Saturday. More info at http://www.shamrockrovers.ie
I wish Bohs would get more glamour friendlies. If ever there was a historic Irish club in financial dire straits.
Yup. :’)
Fair play to him, seems like a nice fella, hasnt forgot us…
Ill probably be flamed, but I hope that cash is used correctly and not to top up consultants pay