Anti-poverty campaigner honoured in native city

“FOR once in my life I’m actually speechless. I’m sure the Minister for Finance would be happy to hear that.”

Those were the words of Fr Seán Healy, one of Ireland’s foremost anti-poverty campaigners as he received a prestigious award in his native city yesterday.

The director of the Conference of Religious in Ireland (CORI) was named Cork Person of the Year at a gala dinner after judges decided his work on behalf of the disadvantaged and poor deserved recognition.