Irish charity boss to be honoured by Putin in Kremlin

Russian president Vladimir Putin is to honour an Irish charity boss with one of his country’s highest humanitarian awards.

Fiona Corcoran, the founder of the Cork-based Greater Chernobyl Cause, will be presented with Russia’s Order of Friendship in the Kremlin in Moscow tomorrow in recognition of her outstanding charity work in western Russia.

Ms Corcoran is the first Irish person to receive the state decoration of the Russian Federation. It was established by presidential decree in 1994 to reward Russian and foreign nationals whose “work, deeds, and efforts are aimed at the betterment of relations” with the Russian Federation and its people.