The Foreign Affairs Minister is to meet with representatives of the Chernobyl Children's Project in Cork today in an effort to lift the worldwide ban on Chernobyl children travelling abroad.

Two charities have received donations of €50,000 each from An Post, raised from sales of St Patrick's Day cards designed by John Rocha and artist Graham Knuttel.

Three million euro worth of humanitarian aid will leave Ireland today bound for Chernobyl.

About 100 children from the Chernobyl region of Eastern Europe are coming to Ireland for Christmas.

President Mary McAleese has formally welcomed the 10,000th child from the Chernobyl area to arrive in Ireland.

FOUR disc jockeys will start spinning round-the-clock simultaneously tonight in a bid to break the 74-hour world record for the longest DJ stint.

The Executive Director of the Chernobyl Children's Project, Adi Roche, is to be honoured with a doctorate of laws from the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada.