Get all your news in one place.
100’s of premium titles.
One app.
Start reading
Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
Sport
irishmirror.ie

Dee Devlin applauds Conor McGregor for €20,000 donation to frontline staff

Dee Devlin has applauded her partner Conor McGregor for a kind donation he made to frontline workers.

The UFC star donated €20,000 to Robbie and Claudine Keane's fundraiser for hospital staff earlier this week.

Sharing a post from The Mater Foundation which thanked McGregor on her Instagram story, Dee posted a number of applause emojis.

Dee Devlin's post on her Instagram story (Instagram/ deedevlin)

It comes as McGregor personally delivered medical supplies to Crumlin Children's Hospital.

The former two-weight champion has donated over €1million worth of PPE to hospitals across Ireland and was on hand to drop off supplies at the Dublin hospital on Thursday.

Conor McGregor and Dee Devlin (Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)

Sharing a number of photos from the visit on Instagram, he wrote: "Drop off at Crumlin Children’s hospital today."

The Notorious, who was wearing a tracksuit and Dolce & Gabbana trainers, posed for pictures with staff while maintaining social distancing.

One of the health workers made a heart shape with her hands in one of the snaps.

Conor McGregor at Crumlin Children's Hospital (Instagram/ thenotoriousmma)
Conor McGregor at Crumlin Children's Hospital (Instagram/ thenotoriousmma)

In total, 11,000 masks, 50,000 gloves and 2,000 visors paid for by McGregor were distributed to hospitals and nursing homes across the country on Thursday.

McGregor also donated €20,000 to Robbie and Claudine Keane's fundraiser for hospitals earlier this week.

Keane promised McGregor one of his jerseys after the kind donation.

Commenting on the former striker's post, McGregor said: "Irish sporting legend! Give us a good jersey for the gaf my brother."

Conor McGregor (Instagram/ thenotoriousmma)

Keane replied: "I’ll have something special for you thanks so much for your donation incredibly generous."

Follow all the latest updates on Leo Varadkar's historic lockdown announcement right here on our live blog.

Claudine also commended McGregor for donating. She commented: "@thenotoriousmma WOW how incredibly generous @thenotoriousmma amazing support for our frontline workers #ourhospitalheroes #wereinthistogether."

Robbie Keane and his wife Claudine (Bryan Keane)

McGregor responded to Keane: "Top man Robbie fair f***ng play to you doing your bit it doesn’t go unnoticed. True representative of the green white and orange it’s the only way you could have banged in that many goals was with true love and passion for the land. Thank you brother!"

Keane's fundraiser has raised over €60,000 already and you can donate to it here.

If you wish to nominate someone for our Covid-19 heroes campaign, all you have to do is email their name and a few details to heroes@irishmirror.ie.

Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100’s of titles, curated specifically for you.
Already a member? Sign in here
Related Stories
Top stories on inkl right now
One subscription that gives you access to news from hundreds of sites
Already a member? Sign in here
Our Picks
Fourteen days free
Download the app
One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.