The Republic of Ireland team may be preparing for an important qualifier against the Faroe Islands on friday but some of the players took time out of their busy schedules to pay a visit to some sick children at Our Lady's Children's hospital in Crumlin yesterday. Here are some photos from their trip. (picture credit: David Maher, Sportsfile.)
Jonathan Walters, Robbie Keane and Richard Dunne meet 11 year old Nathan O'Hagan
The players meet 8 year old Cody Nolan
Robbie Keane gives Cody Nolan a signed jersey
Robbie Keane meets 3 year old Katie McLaughlin
The players with 7 year old Bryan Plummer
The players with 18 month old Katelyn Reilly and her mother Tracie