Children’s hospital takes to the seas

IT’S not your standard twinning practice but when it comes to sick children, it’s important to push the boat out.

Instead of a tale of two cities, it was the tale of the novel twinning of a naval vessel called the LE Eithne and Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children in Crumlin, Dublin.

To kick-start their relationship, it was all hands on deck yesterday when children and crew got together and plenty of quarter was given.