Cork Penny Dinners stalwart among volunteers to drive van-loads of supplies into Ukraine

Caitriona Twomey said: 'We'll identify the routes and the places as we go. If we need to go back ourselves, we will.' 

Caitriona Twomey pictured on Gravel Lane across from Penny Dinners, Cork. Picture: Dan Linehan

Caitriona Twomey of Cork Penny Dinners and a group of volunteers are travelling to Ukraine next week as part of a humanitarian convoy bringing essential supplies to the eastern European country.

The group, which also includes several members of Cork City Missing Persons Search and Recovery, is planning to ferry to Dunkirk in northern France next Wednesday and from there, drive up through Belgium and across Germany before heading to the town of Tuchów in southeastern Poland.