Watch: Douglas girl, 11, donates her communion dress to Cork Penny Dinners

This week saw the Caitríona Twomey Wellness Centre transformed into a free Communion dress shop for families down on their luck

Fri, 29 Mar, 2024 - 18:29

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An absence of price tags and a bitter-sweet atmosphere set Cork Penny Dinner’s Communion dress shop apart from other pop-up boutiques.

This week saw the Caitríona Twomey Wellness Centre (CTWC) on James Street transformed into a free Communion dress shop for families down on their luck.

Chloe O’Leary from Douglas donated her Communion dress to help another child.

The 11-year-old spoke to the Irish Examiner about wanting another girl to experience the same happiness she felt on her Communion day.

It was a quirk of fate that she had the chance to meet the young recipient’s mother on a visit to see the head of Cork Penny Dinners Caitríona Twomey.

Read the full story in Saturday's Irish Examiner and online at IrishExaminer.com.