Dundalk FC, in partnership with club sponsor Fyffes and kit supplier, CX+ Sport, has raised over €7,000 for Temple Street Children’s Hospital as a result of the club’s new ‘third kit’ initiative which was unveiled in March.

Worn in the club’s EA Sports Cup and the FAI Cup matches, the new purple kit has been reproduced in the colours of Temple Street Foundation.

Clearing the way for the club’s initiative, club sponsor Fyffes agreed to withhold its trademark from the front of the new kit in order to give full prominence to the hospital.

The money raised — which is intended to fund essential equipment and care provided for over 147,000 patients treated by the hospital each year — came from a combination of sales of the new kit, salary donations from players and staff and a bucket collection at a recent match. Kit supplier, CX+ Sport also donated €5 from each shirt to the cause.