Early Christmas present for dog shelter thanks to warm-hearted pensioner

The Carrickmacross Dog Shelter in Co Monaghan got an early Christmas present from Lidl this morning when 100 kilos of free dog food arrived courtesy of the German discount supermarket.

Lidl made the donation after the shelter posted a picture on its Facebook page of a pensioner who for the last 6 years has donated food to the shelter at Christmas. The story was picked up by Irish news site The Daily Edge and quickly gained popularity online.