Freedom of ‘favourite city’ for Adi Roche

Humanitarian Adi Roche, whose charity has delivered some €100m in aid to people affected by the world’s worst nuclear accident, said she is humbled by Cork City Council’s decision to confer her with the Freedom of Cork.

The Clonmel-born voluntary CEO of the Chernobyl Children International (CCI) charity thanked the city council and described being recognised by her “favourite city” as one of her proudest moments. It is a “great honour and privilege”, said Ms Roche, who is in war-torn eastern Ukraine, where she is co-ordinating CCI’s 35th Flying Doctors’ Cardiac Mission.

“I will be proud to accept the freedom of the city on behalf of myself and all our wonderful volunteers, staff, and donors and on behalf of all the innocent victims of Chernobyl, especially the children,” she said.