Christmas comes early to deserving family

A family whose house burned down while the father was out of work are set to have the best Christmas ever.

The O’Callaghans, who live in Cork’s western suburbs, were left speechless yesterday when they won Cork’s RedFM’s massive Christmas Covered competition after a staged live on-air interview with two finalists.

Unknown to father of three Emmett O’Callaghan, from Farranlea Park in Bishopstown, the winners he lost to were a fake couple with a made-up sob story.