Santa joins celebs to bring kids some cheer

AN MP3 player, a Munster tracksuit and a good-looking boyfriend were among the wish-lists Santa got yesterday on his special visit to Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital.

He came down from the top of the five-storey medical tower using the lift. He had left Rudolph and the other reindeers in the North Pole to ensure they are in tip top form for Christmas Eve.

Santa joined a host of celebrities, including comedian Brendan O’Carroll, former Irish rugby hooker Shane Byrne, retired Irish boxer Bernard Dunne, Boyzone frontman Ronan Keating, television presenter Kathryn Thomas and rugby analyst and children’s writer Brent Pope.