Locals in Roscommon have generated 6,839 Christmas shoebox gifts for children affected by poverty over the last three years – and helped a charity pass the 3million mark nationally in time for Christmas. Since 2010, Team Hope has delivered over 2.

Maureen O’Hanlon has been backing Team Hope for the past decade.

A father-of-three, who received the gift of a Christmas shoebox as a child, is recreating the gesture for other children affected by poverty

Children were being asked to support vulnerable young people around the world by hosting a tea party in their final weeks of school.