Honouring uncle and aunt was long and short of it for sisters

Two sisters, whose aunt and uncle died within six months of each other, were described as a cut above the rest yesterday after turning tragedy to triumph.

Zoe and Erika Bermingham, from Togher, Cork, volunteered to have their waist-long hair cut in honour of their uncle Peter and aunt Ann, raising thousands of euro for a hospice and helping children with cancer in the process. Apart from trims, it was the first time each of them had such an extensive haircut.

It was a day of mixed emotions for the Bermingham and Dennehy families yesterday as Erika, 16, and Zoe, 11, visited the city’s Marymount Hospice on the first anniversary of Ann’s death to present a cheque for €5,450.