Woman offers free aid to pensioner who lost home help hour

A mother of two, appalled by the HSE’s decision to remove an hour’s home help from an 89-year-old woman, has offered to provide the service — for free.

Linda Whelan, from Blackrock in Cork City, heard about the plight of Kathleen Comerford yesterday and said she could not believe her ears. She immediately offered to help Mrs Comerford.

The Irish Examiner of the Greenmount woman yesterday.