Dubs star Davey Byrne and Kerry star Peter Crowley team up for LauraLynn House charity fashion show

They are normally competing with each other on rival teams in the National Football League or the Senior Football Championship but now Dubs star Davey Byrne and Kerry star Peter Crowley, both studying for a masters at DCU Business School, have teamed up to lead a fundraising event for LauraLynn House.

Each year DCU Business School Alumni choose a charity to support. This year, the charity selected is LauraLynn House, Ireland’s children’s hospice. A group of full-time Master’s students in DCU Business School decided as part of their Next Generation Management module, to organise a fundraising event in partnership with the Alumni for this charity. The team of 8 who are led by Davey and Peter are all inter-county Gaelic footballers and are Shane Carey (Monaghan), Niamh Lister (Meath), Philippa Greene (Dublin), Conor McNally (Armagh), Simon McCoy (Armagh) and Conor Grogan (Louth).

The team will host a fashion show in The Venue in DCU on February 24th.  Clothes will be modelled by well -known mens senior intercounty footballers and hurlers.  They will be joined by their female counterparts from teams around the country.  The presenters for the fashion show will be Maria Walsh, journalist, presenter and former Rose of Tralee and James Butler, fashion editor, presenter and blogger.  Clothes for the show are being provided by Tommy Bowe’s XV Kings label, Paul Galvin’s Vanguard label, Scribes of London, Caris Closet (Malahide) and Bow and Pearl (Ranelagh).  Sinead Hansard will provide the musical entertainment during the interval.

Commenting on this initiative, Dr Anne Sinnott, Executive Dean of DCU Business School said,

"We are extremely proud of our full time Master’s students who each year choose to organise events to raise funds for a charity and give back to society. We encourage and support them in these initiatives. I would like to wish Davey, Peter and their team every success with their event for LauraLynn House."

The LauraLynn Children’s Hospice Foundation was set up in 2001 by Jane and Brendan McKenna after their daughters, Laura four and 13-year-old Lynn, died within two years of each other. Having had personal experience of the lack of respite or specialist care for children with life-limiting conditions, Jane and Brendan established the LauraLynn Foundation and dreamed of building a hospice dedicated to their memory. This was realised in 2011 when the hospice opened. It relies completely on donations to operate.

Tickets for the fashion show cost €22 and are on sale through Eventbrite at the following link - http://bit.ly/DCUBSAFashionShow

All proceeds from ticket sales and raffles will go to LauraLynn House.

For further information, please contact bernadette.mcculloch@dcu.ie.