Actress Sarah Jessica Parker and her husband Matthew Broderick have been honoured with The Ireland Funds Performing Arts Award for "their passionate support of Irish arts and culture". The Ireland Funds 46th New York Gala took place last night and welcomed over 600 supporters. Since its inception almost 50 years ago, the organisation has raised over $650 million for its work with nonprofit organisations and causes serving communities across the island of Ireland. Sex and The City star Parker and Ferris Bueller's Day Off star Broderick have long been committed Hibernophiles and have a holiday home in Donegal. Parker, who has been married to Broderick since 1997, are regular visitors to Ireland and are reported to spend their summer holidays in the northwest with their children, son James (21) and twins Tabitha and Marion (14). Earlier this week, Parker praised the "great hosts" at RTÉ lyric fm as the station celebrated its milestone 25th birthday , saying, "We are very fortunate to have you filling our days with beautiful music". We need your consent to load this Instagram content We use Instagram to manage extra content that can set cookies on your device and collect data about your activity. Please review their details and accept them to load the content. The 59-year-old actress, who has shared many a love letter to Ireland on her social media accounts during her visits to Donegal, also gave a shoutout to Weekend Drive presenter, Evelyn Grant. Taking to Instagram, Jessica Parker, said: "Happy 25th birthday to @rtelyricfm!!! To Evelyn Grant and all the great hosts at Lyric, we are very fortunate to have you filling our days with beautiful music. "Here's to the next 25 musical years". She and Broderick celebrated last New Year’s Eve in Cill Charthaigh, Co Donegal before they both began a run in Neil Simon’s Plaza Suite in the West End, London.
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