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Fran’s charity begins at home

By Grainne McLoughlin

The winner of Celebrity Love Island Fran Cosgrave has proved himself to be a winner yet again. The nightclub owner has managed to raise a staggering £160,000 for Dublin’s Temple Street National Children’s Hospital.

Cosgrave went against the wishes of the English producers of the ITV reality show I’m A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here! and insisted that all money raised by his appearance on the jungle show would go to his native land.

David Mitchel — who recently appeared on Celebrity You’re A Star — also donated his monies raised by his stint to the worthy children’s hospital.