€1m grant to fund Cork City hostel for Defence Forces veterans

Members of ONE pictured in Patrick Street in Cork in May to launch its annual Sleeping Flags campaign to raise public awareness and funds for the Irish Defence Forces' veterans. Picture: Eddie O'Hare
A €1m grant has been approved for a Defence Forces veterans’ charity for the development of a hostel in Cork City to help ex-servicemen who have fallen on hard times.
Advancing the grant by Cork City Council to ONE, the Organisation of National Ex-Service Personnel (Óglaigh Náisiúnta na hÉireann), was formally approved by city councillors on Monday.