Charities doing Trojan community work have always relied on an Irish public never found wanting when it came to generous donations, but the Covid-19 crisis has laid bare just how it can all evaporate in an instant.

An asylum seeker with a heart condition who was unable to walk 200 metres without extreme breathlessness spent his last few weeks of life in extreme distress as he had to take repeated trips by bus from Cork to Dublin for medical treatment, his widow has claimed at his inquest.

Four of Cork’s female sports stars are encouraging women to bin their old bras to raise funds for a breast cancer charity.

SINGER Ronan Keating yesterday launched a campaign to raise awareness of prostate and testicular cancer, an extension of the work of a foundation set up in memory of his mother.

Pop star Ronan Keating today called on his fans to come out and support him as he began his marathon charity walk around Ireland.