Joanne O'Riordan is the ‘Outstanding Young Person of World’

Disability campaigner Joanne O’Riordan has been honoured with the Outstanding Young Person of the World Award for 2015.

After being advised yesterday of the prestigious acknowledgement from Junior Chamber International, she said: “I’m simply blown away by the fact that I have been awarded such an accolade. To say I’m over the moon would be an understatement.”

The Millstreet, Co Cork woman, a criminology student at University College Cork, was told of the honour yesterday by JCI president Ismail Haznedar. She will travel to Japan in November to receive the award.