Visa changes ‘threaten Chernobyl Children’s Project’

THE Chernobyl Children’s Project, which has brought more than 13,000 children from stricken Belarus for holidays and medical care in this country, is now under threat due to changes in Ireland’s visa laws, according to Adi Roche.

Ms Roche, executive director of the Chernobyl project, was speaking at Shannon as 112 boys and girls, aged between five and 14, arrived from Belarus.

They will spend Christmas with Irish families in counties stretching from Cork to Donegal.