Humanitarian Adi Roche, whose charity has delivered some €100m in aid to people affected by the world’s worst nuclear accident, said she is humbled by Cork City Council’s decision to confer her with the Freedom of Cork.

A group of 30 children from the Chernobyl region of Belarus will be arriving at Dublin Airport this morning for a two-week Christmas holiday.

The Founder of Chernobyl Ireland, Adi Roche, has said that she is hopeful that 50 children, who are due here later as part of the Christmas programme, will arrive as planned.

BOYS and girls of all ages like toys, but getting to grips with the army’s batch is as good as it gets.