A Longford dairy farmer hopes that up to €170,000 could be raised among his sector to give to the Red Cross who are trying to help people in Yemen where a major famine is happening.
Mike Magan who runs a dairy farm at Killashee in Longford says he's hoping the majority of dairy farmers in the country will contribute €10 to the cause through their local co-op and the Irish Co-operative Society or ICOS.
He says the co-ops will be involved so as to cut out the need for administration costs and all the money raised can go directly to the people who need it.
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The Longford man says he decided to organise the fundraising after watching a television report on the famine in Yemen at the end of June this year.
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