Trust fund for house fire orphans set to close

A TRUST set up to help three children orphaned following a fire at their home at the start of the summer is about to close. Those who still intend to pledge money to the appeal are urged to do so as soon as possible.

Response to the O’Regan Family Trust Fund set up to help Cian, Brianna and Aaron O’Regan from Ballybeg in Waterford has been phenomenal, with money flooding in from all over the country. The three children lost their parents, Bryan and Johanna, and younger sister Niamh in a fire at their home in the early hours of June 6.

Those behind the trust, chief among them city mayor Cha O’Neill, say the account will wrap up shortly but money pledged will still go to the family, even after the official closing date.