Tributes paid to charity workers

SELFLESS volunteers dedicated to rebuilding the lives of young people caught in the aftermath of one of the world’s worst disasters have been honoured.

President Mary McAleese paid tribute to men and women who supported Chernobyl Children’s International (CCI) over the past 25 years.

Mrs McAleese said the lives of people in the Ukraine and Belarus changed forever on April 26, 1986, following a series of explosions at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.