Soap stars join politicians to play starring role in charity matches

FAIR CITY stars, Oireachtas TDs, councillors and football legends squared upto each other yesterday in the name of charity.

Soap stars join politicians to play starring role in charity matches

The men and women trotted onto the pitch at Dublin’s Homefarm Football Club in a bid to raise money for the Street Soccer League to send a team to the Homeless World Cup in Edinburgh.

Jim Bartley, who plays Bela in Fair City, said the entire cast of the soap were keen to highlight the importance of the homeless street soccer league and needed little persuasion to line out against the Homeless World Cup selection.

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