TOWNSHIP dweller Kenny Towke loves the Irish. When he met President Mary McAleese in the Áras last year she asked: “What kind of houses does the Niall Mellon Township Trust (NMTT) build for you?”

ON A night of surprise announcements, late on Friday philanthropist Niall Mellon told his army of volunteer builders he is taking his name off the charity he founded.

IT IS not often a €2.75 million property deal is sealed with a hug and a tear in the middle of a shanty-town in South Africa.