FUNDRAISER OF THE YEAR When Joanne McMahon woke up from a month long coma she turned to her doctors and promised to raise money for the hospital that saved her […]
UTV Ireland Special Recognition Award It was an unimaginable tragedy that shook Ireland. Families forever changed; forever heartbroken by the drowning of their five loved ones at Buncrana slipway on […]
YOUNG PERSON OF COURAGE Seeing your newborn baby sister lying limp and turning blue would be enough to terrify anyone.But for siblings Harry and Molly Flynn, they don’t flinch when […]
SPORTING CHAMP When soccer mad Ken went along to St. Kevin’s Football Club with his then seven-year-old son Greg he didn’t realise that the last place he would be standing […]
SOCIAL MEDIA AWARENESS CAMPAIGNERAOIBHEANN MANGAN & PADRAIC GODWIN Dot com entrepreneurs could learn a thing or two from best friends Aoibheann and Padraic whose drive to highlight farm safety […]
CARER OF THE YOUNG When Elaine Murphy was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer in October last year she feared her two teenage boys mightn’t be able to […]
OUTSTANDING BRAVERY It was just another day in his outdoor office as Alan Herdman taught a group of youngsters how to paddle board. The sun was defying the usual Irish […]
LIDL’S LOCAL HERO When Orla’s beloved mother Kathleen, 85, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s she rapidly became a shadow of her former fun-loving and outgoing self. It was heartbreaking for her […]
EMERGENCY SERVICES HERO When Declan went into Killarney on his day off he had no idea his life-saving nursing skills would be put to the toughest of tests.For Athenry visitors […]
