More than 20 people from Carlow and Kilkenny leave for Lourdes today amid 800-strong Irish group

More than twenty people locally are departing for Lourdes today.

They’re among 800 travelling from across the country, many of them with additional needs.

Jackie Cullen is group leader for Carlow Kilkenny part of the Rise & Shine Trust, formally the Irish Pilgrimage Trust and she outlined details for KCLR News’ Edwina Grace at a recent Kilkenny Lions Club funds presentation night;