Issue 163: 1st May, 2026
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FROM BANTEER TO KYIV
Ordinary People, Extraordinary Effort: Aid Mission to Ukraine Neil Vaughan, a native of Banteer, is one of a growing number of ordinary people who have chosen to take extraordinary action and deliver vital humanitarian aid to Ukraine. Twelve days ago, I was part of a team of volunteers which drove to Kyiv in a convoy of 6 vehicles loaded with humanitarian aid. We were accompanied by a Limerick man in his personal Transit van also loaded with humanitarian
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aid. We all returned safely to Dublin via Chisinau Airport in Moldova on Monday 13th of April having left from Rosslare Port in the aftermath of Storm Dave early Sunday morning the 5th of April for Dunkirk. Drivers paid their own way e.g. diesel, tolls, ferries, food, accommodation & flights home.
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