Adoptee Aimee's story comes full circle as she celebrates birthday at Chernobyl charity shop in Cork

Members of the organisation were keen to celebrate the birthday of one of their most highly regarded volunteers

Jack and Aimee Kenneally. Aimee was adopted from Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan after her mum spotted an article about the charity. Now, she is celebrating her 21st birthday in the shop where she volunteers. Picture: Chani Anderson

Jack Kenneally never dreamt that his adopted baby daughter would grow up to volunteer with the charity that saved her life.

However, two decades on from an arduous ordeal, Aimee Kenneally and her father were a picture of happiness as they toasted her 21st birthday at the Greater Chernobyl Cause charity shop in Merchant’s Quay, Cork.