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Tesco Stores Across Ireland Raise over €130,000 for Temple Street’s Great Irish Bake

In one weekend 148 Tesco stores across Ireland have raised over €130,00 in support of Temple Street’s Great Irish Bake on Friday, 7th April. The money raised will support the cost of constructing a new state of the art Ultrasound System and the purchase of new equipment for the Ear, Nose and Throat Department.

Denise Fitzgerald, CEO of Temple Street Fundraising said: “Temple Street has some of the best doctors and nurses in the world but without specialist facilities and equipment it is simply not enough. The effort put in by Tesco colleagues across the country was amazing and will really make a difference. All their hard work will help us purchase vital equipment such as a new state of the art Ultrasound System which is vital for putting IV lines in infants and premature babies safely.”

Tesco Ireland has been working with Temple Street as a charity partner since October 2014. To date with the help of the Great Irish Bake has fundraised over €2.5m for the hospital, helping it to buy much needed life-saving equipment.

Christine Heffernan, Corporate Affairs Director of Tesco Ireland, said: “We are really proud to have supported the Great Irish Bake and are amazed by the level of support, not to mention the culinary talent that we saw across the country – it really shows what can be achieved when people pull together for a great cause. What a fantastic result for an invaluable service provided by Temple Street.”

Each year Temple Street Children’s University Hospital treats over 145,000 children from across the country and operates the busiest A&E department in Europe. For thousands of children, Temple Street is the only hospital in Ireland they can be treated in. The charity partner programme allows Tesco colleagues and customers help little people from all over Ireland get better and be real life heroes to children attending the hospital.

For more information on The Great Irish Bake and Temple Street click here.

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