Award applauds Josie’s work for the community

An untiring commitment to voluntary community work for more than a quarter of a century was recognised with the awarding of the Paddy Fitzgerald Memorial Award to a County Limerick woman.

The coveted bi-annual award, which is open to contestants from all nine IFA regions in Munster, commemorates the memory of the late Paddy Fitzgerald, former Munster vice-president of IFA and former vice chairman, Cork Marts-IMP, who devoted his life to the betterment of farmers and their families up to his untimely sudden death in 1987.

Michael Berkery, chairman, FBD, joint sponsors with IFA and the Fitzgerald Memorial Trust, presented the 2012 award to Mrs Josie Ahern, Killea, Croagh, Rathkeale at a gathering of more than 200 at the Dunraven Arms Hotel, Adare.