Dublin family deliver thousands of Easter eggs to hospitals and homeless hubs

Thomas Metcalfe with his daughters Lauren, 18, and nine-year-old Ellamay arriving to deliver easter eggs to Our Lady's Hospice & Care Services, Harold's Cross, Dublin. Picture: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

A Dublin family is spending this week distributing thousands of Easter eggs to hospices, hospitals and homeless hubs across the city.

By Sunday, Thomas Metcalfe and his two daughters, Lauren, 18, and nine-year-old Ellamay, from Ballymun will have delivered more than 3,400 easter eggs to charities and organisations in the capital.