Brendan O’Carroll inspired by his own Mum’s struggle

Brendan O’Carroll says his vivid memories of the struggles his late mother had in providing Christmas presents for her impoverished family have inspired his seasonal philanthropy.

The Mrs Brown’s Boys creator famously donates hundreds of thousands of euros every Christmas to Dublin St Vincent de Paul.

The 59-year-old multi- millionaire said that it’s his own childhood memories of the same organisation calling to his poverty-stricken mother Maureen O’Carroll’s Dublin council house to help her out that taught him the true meaning of Christmas.