2012 Nominees
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Volunteer Ireland Awards 2012 - The Shortlist
These 30 remarkable volunteers were short listed out of hundreds of nominations for their outstanding work. The Volunteer Ireland Awards are an opportunity to thank these oustanding 30 volunteers but also to celebrate and recognise the thousands of remarkable people across the country who selflessly give their time and talent to benefit others and their communities.
The nominees and their guests attended the gala ceremony in Dublin's City Hall on December 5th 2012, International Volunteer Day.
Read the inspiring stories of the 30 shortlisted nominees for the Volunteer Ireland Awards below.
Volunteer of the Year
Jacqueline McAuley, VSO Ireland
In Ethiopia, Jacqueline worked in some of the toughest conditions a midwife can face. Ethiopia has one of the world’s weakest health...
Read more2012 Nominees
Animals and Environment
Jacqueline O’Driscoll Limerick Feral Cats (Category Winner)
Alpha Gassama ClondalClean (in association with Clondalkin Tidy Towns)
Denis Heffernan Emly Tidy Towns
Arts, Culture and Media
Sha Gillespie Foyle Gay Pride Festival, Derry (Category Winner)
Michael Delaney/Bernard Mulvihill The Helium Music Festival for Ataxia Ireland
Noel Heenan Brookfield Music Club
Campaigning and Awareness Raising
Lorraine O’Neill Cystic Fibrosis, Cavan branch (Category Winner)
David Prendergast Laura Lynn House and Children’s Sunshine Home
Oliver Clare ReachOut.com
Children and Youth
Cel Fennessy The Irish Girl Guides (Category Winner)
John Healy Bru Youth Service
Johnny O’Neill The Playtrail
Community
Sharon Parker-Byrne New Oak Estate Community (Category Winner)
Seamus Stack Dromcollogher & District Respite Care Centre
Wojciech Bialek Together-Razem Support & Integration Centre
Education and Training
Tomás Connaughton Civil Defence (Category Winner)
Charlie Harnett Irish Red Cross (Tralee Branch)
Frances Walsh Offaly Dyslexia
Health and Disability
Betty Wall Variety, the children's charity (Category Winner)
Paul Fallon On the Road Again
Veronica Lucas Tallaght Hospital
International Development
Orla O’ Connell Outreach Moldova (ORM) (Category Winner)
Eva-Marie Costello Founder and Chairperson, Ashirbad Society N.U.I.G (in conjunction with Sisters of St.Joseph of Cluny, West Bengal, India)
Jacqueline McAuley VSO Ireland
