RIP Laura Buckley Noonan
Search
06 Sept 2025
Search
06 Sept 2025
Please allow ads as they help fund our trusted local news content.
Kindly add us to your ad blocker whitelist.
If you want further access to Ireland's best local journalism, consider contributing and/or subscribing to our free daily Newsletter .
Support our mission and join our community now.
To continue reading this article, you can subscribe for as little as €0.50 per week which will also give you access to all of our premium content and archived articles!
Alternatively, you can pay €0.50 per article, capped at €1 per day.
Thank you for supporting Ireland's best local journalism!
Rugby star and Children’s Health Foundation Ambassador, Rob Kearney, teamed up with Iarla Thompson, a Children's Health Ireland patient to launch this year's festive fundraiser. Photograph supplied.
Irish rugby legend and Children’s Health Foundation Ambassador, Rob Kearney, has returned to launch the annual Christmas Jumper Day.
Rob was joined by Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) patient Iarla Thompson, aged ten, from Galway, to kick off this year’s festive fundraiser.
The campaign raises vital funds for sick children in Children’s Health Ireland at Crumlin, Temple Street, Tallaght and Connolly hospitals and urgent care centres.
Speaking at the launch of the 2023 Christmas Jumper Day campaign, Rob Kearney said: "I am delighted to be a part of Children’s Health Foundation’s Christmas Jumper Day again this year.
"It is without doubt that funds raised through campaigns such as Christmas Jumper Day make all the difference for children and their families in CHI.
"This year, I’ve seen firsthand what a difference it makes."
Rob continued: "Christmas should be a magical time for children, so I would like to encourage supporters to sign up, hold a Christmas Jumper Day and raise much-needed funds for sick children in CHI hospitals and urgent care centres."
Iarla pitched in: "Don’t forget to sign up for Christmas Jumper Day!"
All funds raised will be put to work where they are needed most across CHI at Crumlin, Temple Street, Tallaght and Connolly purchasing vital life-saving equipment and therapies for thousands of sick children.
HOW TO GET INVOLVED
The Children's Health Foundation is encouraging people taking part in Christmas Jumper Day on Friday, December 8 to share photos on social media and to tag @cmrf_crumlin and/or @temple_street_foundation, using the hashtags #CHFCJD.
Christmas Jumper Day packs will be sent out to schools and companies that register in the nationwide fundraiser which include stickers, posters and more.
Interested participants can register on the Children’s Health Foundation website at https://www.childrenshealth.ie/christmas-jumper-day/ or call 01 709 1700
Children’s Health Foundation raises vital funds to support sick children and their families in CHI hospitals and urgent care centres: from funding vital life-saving equipment and providing essential patient and parental supports to making ground-breaking, paediatric research possible.
Subscribe or register today to discover more from DonegalLive.ie
Buy the e-paper of the Donegal Democrat, Donegal People's Press, Donegal Post and Inish Times here for instant access to Donegal's premier news titles.
Keep up with the latest news from Donegal with our daily newsletter featuring the most important stories of the day delivered to your inbox every evening at 5pm.
This publication supports the work of the Press Council of Ireland and Office of the Press Ombudsman, and our staff operate within the Code of Practice of the Press Council. You can obtain a copy of the Code, or contact the Council, at www.presscouncil.ie, Lo-call 1800 208 080 or email: info@presscouncil.ie.
