Celtic to donate €10,000 to local charity ahead Cork Super Cup clash in the Páirc

The Scottish club will make the donation to Feed Cork, which helps to fight food poverty in the county

Adam Idah, Celtic FC and Cathal O’Sullivan, Cork City FC. Picture: Michael O'Sullivan / OSM PHOTO

Celtic FC will donate €10,000 to a local charity ahead of the club's challenge match with Cork City in July. 

The Scottish club will make the donation to Feed Cork ahead of the Cork Super Cup, which will see Celtic and Cork City face off in the competition on July 8 at SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

Feed Cork was established eight years ago as a community outreach. The charity started with five food hampers in May 2018, and a small cafe reaching out primarily to families trying to stay in their homes and not lose them due to lack of funding and rising costs. 

To date, the charity has provided over 80,000 food hampers to families in Cork and over four million meals.

In July of last year, Feed Cork opened Ireland's first social supermarket, with clients now able to access food support in a comfortable shop setting. This runs every Wednesday and Thursday and is run by a large team of volunteers.

The charity’s After School Fuel programme also provides freshly made meals to local families. Celtic FC Foundation chief executive Tony Hamilton said the charity was one "close to our heart".

"The work being carried out in Cork and other areas is really in line with our own objectives and origins," Mr Hamilton said.

"It is tragic that food poverty continues to have such a crippling effect on so many people, but organisations such as Feed Cork continue to tackle this head on and make such a big difference to people in need."

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Feed Cork director Hamp Sirmans said: "We are so grateful to Celtic FC Foundation for a donation which will make such a real difference to our work. 

"I know Feed Cork and Celtic are very much aligned in what we do and, through this outstanding support, we will be able to develop our own resources and help more and more people.

"So many families continue to struggle financially in Ireland and face huge challenges - our commitment to helping them is absolute and our work will continue as long as this need exists. We sincerely thank Celtic for such significant support in helping us in our work."