.
Patrick Clifford receiving his Individual Award at the National Garda Youth Awards on Saturday. Photo: An Garda Síochána
A KERRY man has won a National Garda Youth Award, presented at a ceremony yesterday at the Midlands Park Hotel in Portlaoise.
There were 23 awards were handed out to celebrate the contributions of young people around the country, both individually and as part of groups at the awards.
Patrick Clifford from Milltown had already been chosen as the Overall winner of the Lee Strand Kerry Garda Youth Achievement Awards in September and won an Individual Award yesterday.
Continued below…
.
Twenty-one year old Patrick and his brothers Jack (15) Andrew (8) and Conor (5), lost their mother Elaine to cancer in August 2021 and then their father Padraig to the same illness in January of this year.
Patrick became his siblings main carer since then and his extraordinary strength and resilience was acknowledged at the awards.
This year’s awards were presented by Deputy Commissioner, Anne Marie McMahon and Assistant Commissioner, Roads Policing and Community Engagement, Paula Hilman.
In 2019, the National Garda Youth Awards were established by Garda Commissioner, Drew Harris in recognition of the meaningful work of so many young people in communities all across Ireland.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
