Barnardos expands services in south

A MAJOR expansion of family support services in the South was announced yesterday as President Mary McAleese opened a regional headquarters for children’s charity Barnardos in Cork.

New services for vulnerable children and their families will be offered within six months in Tramore, Co Waterford, in partnership with Foróige, and in Clonmel, said Seán Redmond, Barnardos assistant director of children’s services.

Plans are also being finalised for a children’s learning and development centre in Knocknaheeny, on Cork’s northside, he said.