Bóthar seeks funding to fly cows to Rwandan widows

Bóthar, the livestock aid agency, is seeking a final push from the public for a Christmas fund-raising programme which will go towards an airlift of cows to Rwanda in January.

The animals will be donated to widows of the Rwandan atrocity of 1994, which claimed the lives of almost 1m people over 90 days.

Dublin football manager Jim Gavin joined Bóthar on its 25th anniversary airlift in October to the African nation where he witnessed the life-changing impact the Irish cows have on impoverished families.