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A true legend cry fans as Ryan Tubridy makes kind gesture for Irish elderly and says it was a privilege [Video]

RYAN Tubridy’s fans have called him a “true legend” as he made a kind gesture for Irish elders.

The former RTE star met up with Irish pensioners who live in London to celebrate 30 years of the Southwark Irish Pensioners Project yesterday.

Ryan Tubridy volunteered at Southwark’s Irish Pensioner Project eventCredit: Instagram
Ryan shared sweet snaps with the pensionersCredit: Instagram
Ryan danced with everyone at the partyCredit: Instagram

The project provides support services every day, to hundreds of older Irish people living in the community as well as drop-in day servicesand an advice service, since 1994. 

Ryan took to Instagram after the event and shared a video of himself dancing with the pensioners to Steve Earle’s hit song The Galway Girl.

The room was “full of men and women who left Ireland in the 1950s and 60s for multiple reasons and made their home in Southwark, south east of London”.

The 51-year-old explained praised the organisers saying: “The Southwark pensioners lunch has been going for …

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