Presidential praise for care group

THE President described a community group supporting thousands of people across the northside of Cork city for three decades as a “remarkable story of care”.

President Mary McAleese was speaking at the official opening of the Cork Anti-Poverty Resource Network Ltd’s (CAPRN) new Páistí@3 childcare facility in Churchfield.

Ms McAleese, who visited the CAPRN house in 1980 when she was a reporter with the Today Tonight programme, said: “The strength of community is an extraordinary thing. A community can shift things you can’t shift on your own.