Humanitarian award for homeless people’s champion

LEADING campaigner for young homeless people Fr Peter McVerry will be presented with the €100,000 humanitarian award at the Meteor Music Awards.

Fr McVerry will be the star guest at the 2006 Meteor Ireland Music Awards in Dublin’s Point Theatre on February 2.

The homelessness campaigner said: “I appreciate very much being offered this award, it represents recognition of the importance and value of all those working with homeless people.