Cork Person of Year Awards gala lunch cancelled due to Covid

Event normally attended by more than 300 guests, including many dignitaries

Manus O'Callaghan, Cork Person of the Year Awards organiser has had to cancel next January's annual gala lunch due to Covid-19.  Picture: Larry Cummins

The Cork Person of the Year Awards annual presentation gala lunch has become the latest casualty of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The organisers of what's become one of the biggest social occasions in the calendar for the city and county, have decided to shelve the annual gala lunch which was scheduled to take place next January.