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May 2018 TD
Cobh, Killeagh, Youghal and Ballycotton Community Groups Recognised By County Mayor
Photos by DAVID KEANE
by SEAMUS WHELEHAN
Individuals and groups
who volunteer their time and skills to help others, were recognised for their efforts at a special cere- mony held in County Hall last Wednesday 25 April. Mayor of Cork County, Declan Hurley presented 11 awards to groups and individuals
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tion of their superb con- tributions and improve- ments to communities across the County. Mayor Hurley said
“there are so many won- derful individuals and groups in Cork County that deserve
recognition
for the work which they do.”
He said the are “set awards to congratulate
all the nominees on the enormous positives they are bringing to their com- munities, and to promote further their commitment
to their communities” This is the sixth year
of the awards, which saw a record number of 48 nominations. East Cork ranked very highly on the night with Carrigtwohill Family re- source Centre receiving a group Award with Sean Murphy and Sr. Emma- nuel Leonard both receiv- ing individual recognition. The Carrigtwohill Cen- was recognised for
tre
their outstanding work in the community for almost three decades. Established in 1991
the group commenced by providing parenting and personal
development
classes along with home- work, shared reading and adult
education classes.
As demand grew the Cen- tre expanded by providing ECDL and basic comput- er classes, a preschool fa- cility, a breakfast club for children from the traveller community followed, soon after, by a homework club. 2012 saw the redevelop- ment of the Centre at a
cost of over €750K, with the only public funding received being a grant of €25K from Cork County Council. Killeagh man, Sean
Murphy, received the overall individual award, having given six decades of his life
to voluntary
community activities. He was recently honoured by the East Cork GAA Board for 54 years un- broken service. Currently the County President of Cork County Federation of Muintir na Tire, Séan has been instrumental in setting up the Commu- nity
Alert Scheme and
securing smoke alarms in homes for the elderly. A champion for youth, unemployed, child-
the
care, parenting and the community for almost 40 years, Sister Emma- nuel Leonard from Cobh received an individual award. Her most significant
contribution has been the establishment
es such as Counselling, of servic-
• Mayor of the County of Cork Cllr Declan Hurley makes the presentation to Sr Emmanuel Leonard.
Money Advice and Budg- eting, Computer Training, Adult Faith Development Courses and Childcare as well as Cobh Youth Ser- vices and the establish- ment of the Convent of Mercy Community Em- ployment
Scheme with
FÁS training projects. Often regarded as a role
model, she is recognised by many as a living saint, doing trojan work in a modest way, often prefer-
ring the attention to focus on the cause and the fund raising.
Among those who re-
ceived Certificates of Achievement on the night was community group Youghal4all, and Brendan Cooney for his contribu- tion to East Cork Snooker. Also recognised on the
night was the board of Cobh Museum and the environmental group, Bal- lynamona Clean Coast.
• Mayor of the County of Cork Cllr Declan Hurley makes the presentation to the Youghal 4 All group of Sandra McLellan, Adrian Hyde, Helen Grange and Mary McGrath, at the County Mayor’s community awards ceremony.
• Mayor of the County of Cork Cllr Declan Hurley makes the presentation to Michael Burns, at the County Mayor’s community awards ceremony for 2018 hosted by Cork County Council, at Cork County Hall. Also included are Dermott O’Connell, Anthony Lynch, Madge Fogarty and Cllr Padraig O’Sullivan.
• Mayor of the County of Cork Cllr Declan Hurley makes the presentation to the Clean Coasts Ballinamona group of Proinsias O Tuama, Karen Casey, Nessa O’Shea, Richard and Christine Lane and Cllr Susan McCarthy, at the County Mayor’s community awards.
• Mayor of the County of Cork Cllr Declan Hurley makes the presentation to the Carrigtwohill Family Resource Centre group of Kevin Brosnan and Mary Carey, at the County Mayor’s community awards.
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