Offaly Traveller Movement Youth Participants honoured at Garda Youth Awards

Youth participants from Offaly Traveller Movement have been honoured at Garda Youth Awards.

They were among ten Offaly winners to be recognised at the ceremony, which took place recently at The Killeshin Hotel, Portlaoise, and honoured young people from the Laois/Offaly Garda Division by presenting them with a Garda Youth Award in the company of their family and peers.

A Garda Youth Award recognises the outstanding achievement of young people between the ages of 13 and 21 years who have undertaken exceptional work in their local communities or who have shown great determination in their own lives.

The stories of the winners on the night were emotional, inspiring and remarkable. They served to demonstrate the strength of character which our young people possess and leaves us in no doubt that our future is in safe hands.

An Garda Síochána has said it is delighted to award these young people for their outstanding achievements and their contribution to their local communities. Recipients were honoured with nineteen prestigious awards in three categories.

Offaly Traveller Movement Youth Participants in Tullamore received a Group Award for their efforts on Tullamore’s Spring Cleaning Day.

Giving their time and energy, they worked as a team to clean the town park and Wetlands, improving spaces that matter to families, protecting local wildlife and making public areas safer and more welcoming.

Their contribution was visible, practical and generous, and it challenged stereotypes by showing young people can be caring motivated and community minded.