Cork Penny Dinners overwhelmed by generosity as they prepare to feed 200 on Christmas Day

Sports legends including Roy Keane, Tomas Ó Sé, Thomas Mulcahy and Rob Heffernan were among those who dropped in to support broadcaster, Trevor Welch's, fundraising booksale.

It’s been branded the miracle on Little Hanover Street — as a city rallies to help a charity which expects to feed 200 people in Cork city on Christmas Day.

Penny Dinners spokeswoman, Catriona Twomey, said they have been overwhelmed by the generosity of people with traffic jams on the narrow street outside the charity’s tiny soup kitchen early yesterday as more donations arrived.