A touching, helpful gesture at a truly trying time.
James McClean has come to the aid of another family in need with another act of breathtaking kindness.
A two-year-old named Ronan McGavigan passed away this week after being hit by a car in Derry, the city where McClean is from.
The toddler was said to have been chasing a ball onto the road when the heartbreaking incident occurred.
A JustGiving page was set up with the intention of helping the McGavigan family with expenses at such an awful time.
The target set was £1,000.
Within hours, that total was surpassed.
James McClean and his wife Erin, who have two young children together, donated the target amount of £1,000 to the account.
Sometimes, when a footballer helps out at times like these, some people shrug their shoulders and point to how much they’re being paid. But this is a man with a family and a house, with expenses and taxes, and he’s under no obligation to hand over anything. A lot of footballers wouldn’t even be aware that this stuff is going on but James McClean helps out in whatever way he can time and time again.
It’s a small mercy when something like this tragedy has happened but it goes a long way.
Good on you, James.
