Family who gave out free face masks in Cork given permission to stay in Ireland

The family, originally from India, were informed last January that they could not remain in Ireland, but their subsequent appeal was successful.

Raminder Singh with his family, wife Harinder, daughter Sandeep and son Gurcharan distribute free face masks on St Patrick’s Street, Cork. Picture: Michael Mac Sweeney/Provision

A family who gave out more than 2,000 homemade face masks to the people of Cork during the pandemic has thanked the Irish Government for giving them permission to remain in Ireland.

The Singh family, who currently live at the Kinsale Road Direct Provision Centre, received confirmation from the Department of Justice on Wednesday morning that they can remain here after a deportation order was revoked.