Hitting the high notes for charity - Singing carols for the Simon Community

Cork Simon relies heavily on fundraising by ordinary people embracing the extraordinary time that is Christmas, writes John Tynan

LIKE many of the best ideas, it was not inspired by anything in particular. I was in a Cork City pub... and sober, I hasten to add.

However, possibly because my editorial colleagues in the Irish Examiner had imbibed one or two, they were more receptive to my idea, once they got over the prospect of doing something none of us had done before, or even considered.