Trócaire's Lenten collections facing multi-million euro hit due to Covid-19

Helping to launch Trócaire's annual Lenten Appeal is five-year-old Liadh Fallon with cutouts of children previously featured on a the charity's Lent boxes - Maria (6), right, 2017 and is from Honduras and Maria (9) featured in 2019 and is from Guatemala. Picture: Mark Stedman

Covid-19 restrictions may see donations to Trócaire drop by one-third this Lent, the charity has warned.

Trócaire has said that this Lenten season may be the first in almost 50 years in which many homes will be without one of their boxes.