Small West Cork pub becomes humanitarian aid hub to support earthquake relief 

'The biggest thing we’ve noticed is how helpful the community has been, we couldn’t ask for anything more.'

Jo Lyons and Alper Kanburog sorting through clothes at Hackett's Bar, Schull, at the collection for the earthquake victims in Turkey and Syria. Picture: Denis Boyle

From a friendly local pub to a humanitarian aid hub — a small pub in West Cork is playing a key role in the delivery of vital aid to the survivors of the devastating earthquake which struck Turkey and Syria this week.

Alper Kanburoglu and his partner, Joanne Lyons, spent yesterday in Alper’s family bar, Hackett’s in Schull, sorting their way through a mountain of aid that has flooded in from people across the region in recent days.