Anna’s story: From Belarus to Bandon Agricultural Show

The recent Bandon Agricultural Show was opened with gusto by local girl Anna Gabriel.

She works locally in the offices of the Irish Cattle Breeders Federation, and has a good strong Bandon accent, but Anna was born in Belarus in June 1992, and she is a Chernobyl child.

She was born with a number of physical difficulties as a result of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, and the first three and a half years of her life were spent in a babies’ home in Belarus before Adi Roche stepped in and literally saved her life.