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25th Jan 2016

Brendan O’ Carroll Donates $50K To Family Of Baby Who Survived Mum’s Death In Car Crash

It's the latest in a stream of charitable donations by the comedian.

Megan Cassidy

Brendan O’ Carroll will donate $50,000 to the family of a baby who miraculously survived his pregnant Mum’s death in a car crash.

Sarah Paino lost her life in a crash in Australia last Friday and unbelievably, her unborn baby survived the accident and is in stable condition in hospital, despite being eight weeks premature.

According to the Irish MirrorSarah is also survived by her husband Daniel and their two-year-old son who was in the vehicle at the time but escaped with minor injuries.

Brendan first heard of the family’s plight when he was appearing on Australian News Show The Project, and offered to make the donation live on air.

He said:

“I was really touched by the piece you did about Daniel in Hobart.

“We’re very much a family so if it’s okay with you guys – we as the Brown family would like to donate 50 grand to that fund.

“We’re travelling out to do the show in Hobart and we hope to make you guys smile – but in the meantime Hobart’s been really good to us and we’d want to get a chance to be good back”.

This is the latest in a stream of charitable donations by the Mrs. Brown’s Boys star, who recently paid for the burial of a formerly homeless Polish man in Ennis after he died alone on Christmas Day.