daa Staff Give 3 Irish Charities 390,000 Reasons to Smile

daa Chief People Officer Brian Drain:

 “The daa team takes huge pride in the Charity of the Year initiative and we are extremely proud to be handing over such a substantial amount to our three very-deserving charities. The €390,000 raised will make a real difference to people’s lives, and on behalf of our three charity partners I would like to thank our staff and passengers who so generously contributed to the charity fund over the over the past three years.”

Fintan Fagan, CEO of St Francis Hospice

"A donation of €130,000 is one of the largest ever received by the St Francis Hospice. We're going to put this money towards building a new hospice in Raheny. We have ambitious plans to build a new single floor, 24-bed hospice which will provide extra space for patients and families. Planning permission is due to be lodged soon and we hope to be in the building in 2024.”

Mary Moorhead, CEO of The Mater Foundation

"I want to express my sincere thanks to each and every member of staff at daa. This funding will make a huge difference to our patients and staff at the Mater public hospital."

Natasha Morgan, Co-Founder of Feed Our Homeless

"Feed Our Homeless is only six years old, so this money will make a massive different for the service we provide. Our services are focused on three areas: the prevention of homelessness, intervention and the exit aspect. The services we currently provide mainly target the intervention aspect of homelessness, but this will allow us to look more at the prevention side too."