Pub turns art gallery for fundraiser

A landmark Cork pub has been transformed into a temporary art gallery to help transform the lives of orphaned and abandoned children in Cambodia.

Almost 150 works of art have been hung on the walls of Henchy’s pub in St Luke’s ahead of tonight’s opening of its eighth annual exhibition for Anita’s Orphanage.

The exhibition features leading Irish-based artists including Billy Griffin, Maurice Desmond, Tim Goulding, Cóilín Murray, Ricky Lynch, and Cora Murphy. It is the main fundraising event for Anita’s Orphanage, which is completely dependent on funds raised in Cork.