Snow Patrol frontman donates £20k to Belfast soup kitchenBy Claudia Savage, Press AssociationThe lead singer of Snow Patrol, Gary Lightbody, has given £20,000 (€22,957) to a soup kitchen in Northern Ireland. A total of 72 people were estimated to be sleeping rough in Northern Ireland, representing a 60 per cent increase from the 2023 figure of 45, according to the Northern Ireland Housing Executive. In a statement on the foundation’s website, Lightbody has said the charity “has no remit”. “Mental health, education, music, dementia, sport, cancer and disease research and many other things… I don’t want to narrow our focus. “The focus is Northern Ireland, countrywide.

Source: Irish Independent December 29, 2025 23:32 UTC