Ice cream man's sweet gesture for nurses

To celebrate the sweetness of staff at Cavan General Hospital, and in recognition of 'International Day of the Nurse' (Wednesday, May 12), local ice-cream man Greg Byrne delivered a welcomed and much deserved treat.

By the end of his near four-hour stint serving up 99's, the affable Greg expects to have handed out up to 800 free cones to worthy staff.

As the pandemic bit deep last year and staff came under increased pressure, Greg was one of many local businesses who set about giving something back to hard-pressed frontline workers.

This year however he has received the welcome support from Lakeland Dairies and Webster Tool and Plant Hire in rolling-out the kind-hearted initiative.

Greg, through his business Cavan Soft Ice Cream, has supplied ice-cream throughout Cavan for the past 15 years.

“We done this last year and it went down a treat,” says Greg.