'My brother got caught in a rain that left his body covered in sores'

A Cork charity, the Greater Chernobyl Cause, is helping the victims of the Soviet Union's secret nuclear testing

Semipalatinsk Test Site victim Giliyazova Zhumabike in a hospice funded by Cork charity the Greater Chernobyl Cause.

A Cork charity is laying bare the horrors of the Soviet Union’s nuclear weapon testing legacy as it supports victims who are urging the world not to forget their plight.

Fiona Corcoran, who heads the Greater Chernobyl Cause (GCC), has travelled to former Soviet republic Kazakhstan, where she met with survivors of the Semipalatinsk Test Site.