Charities to benefit from Tall Ships as jigsaws sail out the door

THREE children’s charities are to receive a cash windfall as a result of the roaring success of last weekend’s Tall Ships festival in Waterford.

The charities, which include the Sacred Heart Centre on Waterford’s Lady Lane, will benefit from the sale by 40 volunteers of jigsaws featuring scenes from the city’s previous hosting of the race series in 2005.

The volunteers, from the Hasbro Ireland team in Waterford, sold more than €16,000 worth of the 200-piece jigsaws from a marquee on the North Quays and a temporary retail outlet on Michael Street.