Posthumous bravery award for Cork man who gave his life to save stranger

There will be one gold medal, 15 bronze and four silver medals awarded at the National Bravery Awards today

Retired teacher and farmer Cal O’Keeffe was fatally wounded when he pushed a woman out of the path of an oncoming car.

A 90-year-old retired Cork teacher who gave his life pushing someone else out of the path of an oncoming car will be given the highest honour at the National Bravery Awards in Leinster House on Friday.

On the morning of October 18, 2024, at a Fermoy supermarket car park, Callaghan O’Keeffe, the former teacher and farmer known to all as Cal, managed to push the woman out of the direct line of the car which was reversing.