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A lovely Story Of Two Pandemic Pen Pals

We’re going to use this time every week to look at some of the nicer things to come out of this...

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09.49 23 Apr 2021


A lovely Story Of Two Pandemic Pen Pals


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09.49 23 Apr 2021


We’re going to use this time every week to look at some of the nicer things to come out of this pandemic, 10 year old Juliette Pac-Kenny is from Blackwater Co Wexford. Juliette lost her grandmother last August, and to help her loneliness Juliette’s mother Sondrine matched her up with a penpal – 86 year old Mary - and they’ve been writing to each other throughout lockdown. We spoke to Juliette this morning.

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