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Entertainer June Rodgers gives a free hug in Grafton Street, Dublin to Jessica Watts, Lois Loudon, Grace McNicholas, Lauren Green and Babs Feander, all visiting from Hertfordshire, during National Hugging Week which aims to raise money for Focus Ireland and create awareness of the problem of homelessness

Entertainer June Rodgers gives a free hug in Grafton Street, Dublin to Jessica Watts, Lois Loudon, Grace McNicholas, Lauren Green and Babs Feander, all visiting from Hertfordshire, during National Hugging Week which aims to raise money for Focus Ireland and create awareness of the problem of homelessness


Photograph: Alan Betson

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