Lions Club stamp marks 100 years

An Post has just launched a new stamp to celebrate the founding of Lions Clubs International and it features the images of two Cork people, one of whom is a former Gaelic football great.

The philanthropic organisation, which was founded in Chicago in 1917, has 2,700 members in 116 clubs across Ireland.

The €1.35 stamp, which covers a standard letter postage anywhere in the world, was designed by Dublin company Red Dog and features a photograph from the annual Lions Holiday Project, which takes place in Trabolgan, Co Cork, every year. It is one of the single biggest annual Lions projects anywhere in the world.