Niall Horan has donated £87,000 (€100,000) to an Irish charity supporting elderly people during the coronavirus crisis. Like the UK, Ireland is currently in lockdown as the current pandemic continues.
Last week, it was reported the country now has nearly 9,000 confirmed cases of Covid-19 and deaths have reached over 320. Wanting to support those in his home country, Niall, who is from Mullingar in Country Westmeath, has donated a large sum of money to charity Alone to help provide ‘vital assistance’ to older people.
According to Express and Star, Niall has said of his donation: ‘Through interactions with the Irish government and HSE about critical and immediate support that Ireland needed, I found out that Alone was a charity doing