The Ronald McDonald Houses are situated in Crumlin, Dublin. The larger house is on the grounds of Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, and the other house is directly across the road.
Both houses provide accommodation for families who have seriously ill children in hospital. Families can stay for a few days, several weeks or even months. The houses provide a wonderful support to families to be close to their child when their child is sick. Read our family stories to find out how others have benefited.
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Many families travel far from home to get treatment for their seriously ill or injured children. Often, it can be a long time to be away from home, or to divide a family. And, for children facing a serious medical crisis, nothing seems scarier than not having their mum and dad close by for love and support. Our Ronald McDonald House program provides a “home-away-from-home” for families so they can stay close by their hospitalised child at very little cost. Our Houses are built on the simple idea that nothing else should matter when a family is focused on healing their child – not where they can afford to stay, where they will get their next meal or where they will lay their head at night to rest.
Allow families to face the weight of illness together
Families are stronger when they are together, which helps in the healing process. By staying at a Ronald McDonald House, parents also can better communicate with their child’s medical team and keep up with complicated treatment plans when needed. They can also focus on the health of their child, rather than grocery shopping, cleaning or cooking meals.
Allow Children to Get the Best Care
When your child is sick, you want the best care possible – even if it is hundreds of miles away. The Ronald McDonald House allows families to stay close to their child for as long as their child is undergoing treatment in Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital. Since we opened The Ronald McDonald House in November 2004 we have provided accommodation, care and support for in excess of 1,500 families from all over Ireland.
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