THE annual Lee Strand & Kerry Garda Youth Achievement Awards took place live on Radio Kerry on Saturday night and a Tralee woman was announced as the overall winner.
Twenty-one-year-old Amy Roche from Tralee was nominated by Lisa Curran for all her amazing help with Lisa’s 10-year-old son Christopher who is autistic.
Merit award winners from Tralee included Conor Flaherty, Ethan Ward, Philip Tracey, CBS The Green; Mounthawk Transition Year Fashion Show Students; Aoise Healy, Presentation Secondary; Thomas White & Anna-Marie O’Donnell, Tralee Red Cross and Holly O’Brien, Mercy Secondary School Mounthawk.
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The event was hosted by Alan Finn and was a tremendous success with listeners tuning in from all over Kerry, across Ireland and abroad.
The awards show recognised the great contribution young people have made and continue to make to their communities in Kerry.
A total of 25 awards were presented with each nominator reading a citation for each of the award winners. The award show also included interviews, music and a host of celebrity guests also paid tribute to this year’s award winners.
The Special Achievement Award Winner was Emma Kerin, Scartaglen nominated by St Mary Basketball Castleisland.
Faye Greely & Molly Ní Shé from Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne in Dingle were announced as the Group Award Winners.
Lifesavers CCC from Castleisland Community College were winners of the Community Safety Award.
The twenty one merit award winners were: Caoimhe Harte, Duagh; Lisa Flynn, Cordal; Ronan Foley, Killorglin; Maisie & Edie Hall, Castlegregory; Rebecca Kenny, Katie O’Connor, Michelle Hickey, Ellen Farndon, St Brigid’s Presentation Secondary Killarney; Emma Affonso, St Brigid’s Presentation Secondary Killarney; Adam Cronin, Killarney No Name Club; Natasha Myers, Killorglin Community College; Conor Flaherty, Ethan Ward, Philip Tracey, CBS The Green, Tralee; Ethan Slattery, Killarney Order of Malta; Mounthawk Transition Year Fashion Show Students, Mercy Secondary School Mounthawk, Tralee; Bradleigh Smith, Killorglin Community College; Alison O’Sullivan, Killarney No Name Club; Aoise Healy, Presentation Secondary, Tralee; Currow Community Clean-Up Transition Year Group, Presentation Secondary Castleisland; Troy Kennedy, St Michael’s College Listowel; Rachel Griffin, Killarney Community College, Thomas White & Anna-Marie O’Donnell, Tralee Red Cross; Hannah O’Sullivan, Colaiste na Sceilge, Caherciveen, Holly O’Brien, Mercy Secondary School Mounthawk, Tralee and Tyler O’Sullivan, Killorglin Community College.