Emily Ratajkowski sponsors Bantry Basketball Club in County Cork

Two teen basketball teams in a small Irish coastal town will soon have a spring in their step after securing sponsorship from a US supermodel.

Emily Ratajkowski answered a funding appeal for kit for the under-15 and under-16 boys of Bantry Basketball Club in County Cork ahead of the new season.

Her support has set the teams' Snapchat group "on fire", said coach Pat Curran.

He said the family of the model, actress and activist had long been "ingrained" in the Bantry community.

The 30-year-old's parents have a home in the town and her father John played for the basketball club "about 20 years ago", Pat told BBC News NI.