UEFA Europa League Final ambassador John O’Shea presented the UEFA Europa League trophy to Children’s Health Ireland at Crumlin on Saturday to raise spirits for the families and children at the hospital as part of the trophy tour this week.

The trophy has spent the week in Dublin starting the tour at the Aviva Stadium on Tuesday before visiting various stakeholders on Wednesday and Thursday. There was a bumper day of activity on Friday as the trophy visited the Europa Cup tournament in Irishtown, ran by Dublin City Council, and also the League of Ireland fixture between St. Patrick’s Athletic v Waterford.

O’Shea was back in Dublin to bring the trophy to CHI at Crumlin on Saturday morning as he visited various children, families and staff with the trophy.

The trophy concluded the tour at the ILAC Shopping Centre in Dublin with the general public able to get their photo with the famous trophy.

“It was great to bring the trophy to CHI at Crumlin this morning and bring the trophy to the children,” said O’Shea.

“It is really what it is all about being able to raise spirits and help in potential times of need so it was brilliant to meet everyone, including the staff at the hospital who work tirelessly every day.”

“Football has the power to do so much good and the excitement on the children’s faces when bringing the trophy here was a great example of that. It has been great to raise the excitement in Dublin this week ahead of the UEFA Europa League final on Wednesday, May 22.”

We are so delighted to welcome John O’Shea, his FAI colleagues and UEFA Europa League trophy to CHI at Crumlin. We have made sure that our biggest football fans staying with us will have a chance to say hello to John and lift the UEFA Europa League trophy today!

“Visits like this really brighten up an otherwise tough time for patients in hospital and bring such joy to patients and their families, as well as to our staff,” added Paul Harding, Director of Operations, CHI at Crumlin.

We know from last week that the Final will be between either Marseille or Atalanta and either Roma or Bayer Leverkusen.

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