Cards target €160,000 for charity

SPECIAL St Patrick’s Day greeting cards could raise around €160,000 for good causes in Ireland and abroad.

It is hoped around 400,000 An Post cards will be sent to the four corners of world in the run up to March 17, with money going to the Chernobyl Children’s Project and Sport Against Racism Ireland.

Chernobyl Children’s Project director Adi Roche said the campaign had married the need for fundraising with solidarity for victims.