People responding well to Daffodil Day

Kilcullen's Daffodil Day organiser Nuala Collins says there's already a very good response to the collection effort today. She's pictured above with her longest-serving volunteer, Teresa Meaney, outside Nolans Butchers on Main Street.

One lady, wants to remain anonymous, left a sum of money in to Cafe Cualann this morning so that volunteers could have a cup of coffee or tea during their stints in the cold today.

Nuala and friends have been collecting in Kilcullen since 1987 and in that time have raised something around €90,000 for the Irish Cancer Society through the generosity of local people.

On the other side, over the years a number of volunteers have lost their own lives to cancer. "We always remember them, and bring daffodils to their graves on Daffodil Day," Nuala says.