Cork education visionary Don O'Leary to receive special civic award

Cork education visionary Don O'Leary to receive special civic award

Don O'Leary of the Cork Life Centre: 'Parents don’t like me to say it’s joyous, because some of them have shed a tear, and that’s okay, I’m not worried about tears.'

Visionary educator Don O’Leary is to receive a special civic award within weeks, the lord mayor of Cork has announced.

Colm Kelleher broke with tradition on Monday night to announce that the Cork Life Centre director will be one of the six recipients of a lord mayor’s civic award, which are normally presented in May.

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