By Michelle Crean

A Palestinian family now living in Killarney - who themselves have experience of war - have decided to donate a day's takings from their business to help the Ukrainian people.

Local business owners Mo and Fatima Salah, who opened VIP Turkish Barbers in 2019 in Market Lane, will donate the money paid by customers on Monday to help the Ukrainian people who are fleeing their homes as a result of the past week's war raged by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Anyone who calls and pays for a hair cut, beard shave or a hot towel shave will be helping the cause, Mo explained to the Killarney Advertiser.

"I want all the money from Monday's customers to go to the Ukrainian people," he said.

"Anything we get from customers we will donate."

Mo is originally from Nablus in the West Bank Palestine and says they know how scared the people fleeing their country feel.

"I know how how the war affects people," he said.

"I'm from a similar background. Isreal occupied our country so we know how they feel. I want to use my profession to help. We just want to give something back to support them."