Premiere set to raise six-figure sum for hospice

While Hollywood star Daniel Day-Lewis, 55, claimed he had no idea how much last night’s charity premiere and party for his Lincoln movie would raise for the Wicklow Hospice Foundation, insiders said they believe it will generate a six-figure sum.

The hospice is due to open this June and besides the revenue from 900 people paying €160 each for a ticket, a special raffle was held late last night at the ball in the Burlington Hotel.

Items going under the hammer included the white gloves worn by Day-Lewis in the film, a script signed by himself and director Steven Spielberg, a script signed by all the cast, a six-blade knife he used in the movie, 12 stills from the movie also signed by the pair, and several other different donations, including a magnum of Moet & Chandon champagne donated by Irish director Jim Sheridan.