Businessmen vow to fund projects for tsunami victims

TWO well-known Cork businessmen pledged last night to build an orphanage in Sri Lanka for tsunami victims and fund it for the next 20 years.

Robert McCarthy and John Hickey, who own McCarthy’s Bar and Bistro, the Briar Rose Bar and Bistro and Penn’s Bar and Bistro, said the orphanage in Negambo, Colombo, will cater initially for 20 girls. But they hope that will rise to 40 girls within a few years.

The duo also unveiled plans to build a Montessori school for 120 children as part of the €350,000 project.