Dublin footballers provide one of Christmas Day’s soundest gestures

One would have forgiven these lads for letting loose over Christmas and revelling in their good fortune after 10+ months of hard work.

Christmas Day found most of us in a perpetual fug. From bleary-eyed awakenings, drinks before mass, extra helpings of turkey and ham and glasses constantly being topped up, it was a day when many of us over-indulged. The GAA stars? Some of them threw on the trackie tops/Christmas jumpers and made visits to local hospitals to provide some absolutely priceless memories. Paul Flynn, Michael Darragh MacAuley and Bernard Brogan all paid a morning visit to Temple Street Children's Hospital and brought along a special guest. https://twitter.com/Flinto23/status/812986837664956416 Brogan also made it over to St James' Hospital with the hard-earned Sam Maguire... https://twitter.com/bernardbrogan/status/812949621903421440 ... before getting back to his folks' house to tuck in. https://twitter.com/bernardbrogan/status/813095778805747712 That certainly does look like a bottle of Lilt! The Dubs were not the only ones to pay a visit to their local hospital to thank the staff and say hello to the patients unfortunate enough to be in over the holidays. https://twitter.com/starryboy14/status/812991540922642432 Top work all round.