40 children with special needs will fly into Dublin Airport this lunchtime to spend Christmas away from the damaging effects of Chernobyl.
It’s a tradition which sees host families from around the country open up their homes to children living in state run orphanages in Belarus – three decades on from the world’s worst nuclear disaster.
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Clonmel woman, Adi Roche from Chernobyl Children International says Ireland is the only country in the world that holds such a unique bond with the children – and grandchildren – of Chernobyl: