Young adults with Down Syndrome working at Cork's English Market in run up to Christmas

[quote]"We choose a charity partner every year and we try to focus on those charities working with children or the vulnerable."[/quote]

Traders in Cork’s famous English Market have ‘hired’ some very special staff to help cope with the Christmas rush.

Clients of the ground-breaking Field of Dreams charity, which works with young adults with Down Syndrome, are rolling up their sleeves, donning aprons and reporting for duty behind several market stalls and in the market’s award-winning Farmgate restaurant as part of a new charity partnership.