Students honoured for volunteer work

Three West Cork students have been honoured for their outstanding voluntary work at an All-Ireland youth awards event.

One of the students, Autumn O’Donnell from Clonakilty, helped to raise more than €252,000 for 50 life-saving operations at Chernobyl Children International and for critical technology at Crumlin Children’s Hospital.

The sixth-year student raised the funds by climbing Mount Kilimanjaro with 116 others from Clonakilty Community College, the largest group ever to achieve this feat.