Cork Humanitarian Aid Ireland on course to reach Ukrainian border by Friday

"It’s starting to get very real for us now," said Caitriona Twomey of Cork Penny Dinners.

The Cork Humanitarian Aid Ireland team of 12, drawn from Penny Dinners and Cork Missing Persons Search and Rescue which is bringing humanitarian aid to Ukraine

Truck drivers on the ferry to France made donations to the Cork humanitarian aid convoy as it travelled to Cherbourg overnight on the first leg of its journey to Ukraine.

Caitriona Twomey of Cork Penny Dinners said everyone on board the Stena Line ship seemed to have heard about the convoy and its mission.