Renowned Irish artist, John Caffrey showed a collection of his beautiful work for an exclusive Art Benefit in The Merrion Hotel on Thursday evening. In aid of the Beaumont Hospital Foundation, the show was opened by An Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern TD, who literally brought traffic to a halt as he strolled across the street from Government Buildings to attend the reception.
Guests on the night included actor Liam Cunningham, Sinead Deegan and Lorna Clancy of The Toxic Twins fame and chef Dylan McGrath. Jean-Luc Laydevant and his wife Danielle Hayes were the centre of excited conversation as they are expecting their second baby any day now.
At Caffery’s last show he raised over €40,000 for the Mater Hospital and I’m pleased to report that he exceeded that sum this time round.
