Hairdresser who gives free haircuts to homeless people to get Pride of Cork award

Joseph Byrne, of Joseph's Hair Salon on Glasheen Road in Cork city also started a helping hand initiative for parents with children going back to school

Joseph Byrne (front centre) emphasises that helping the vulnerable is not something we should just think about at poignant times such as Christmas.

A hairdresser who operates free appointments for the homeless as well as organising the collection of back to school items, Christmas gifts and Easter eggs for children in a refuge is to receive a Pride of Cork award later this year.

The organisers of the awards ceremony say that Joseph Byrne, of Joseph's Hair Salon on Glasheen Road in Cork city "always looks to see what he can do, how he can help and who will benefit most from his ideas“.