It was the second year of the event.
The Westmeath Garda Youth Award winners were revealed at a ceremony in the Annebrook hotel in Mullingar last night.
Twenty four prizes were handed out in total, with overall winners selected in four individual and group categories.
The event is designed to acknowledge young people between the ages of 13 and 21 for their work in their local communities.
The winners in full were as follows:
SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD WINNERS
Marc McGovern, St Finian’s College Mullingar
Fiza Meherban, Coláiste Chiariáin Athlone
Vincent Meyer, Marist College Athlone
Owen Petticrew, Helium Arts Centre Mullingar
Nicole Penrose, Order of Malta Mullingar
Overall category winner: FEEZA MEHERBAN, CHOLÁISTE CHIARÁIN, ATHLONE
THE COMMUNITY SAFETY AWARD
Athlone Community Training Centre, Eco Film Group
Secondary Orange, St Bridget’s School Mullingar
Aoife Moloughney, Athlone IT
Westmeath Comhairle na nÓg, Youth Work Ireland
Jack Sullivan, Streete Community Alert
Overall category winner: JACK SULLIVAN OF STREETE COMMUNITY ALERT
@moatecs Congratulations to the TY Sensory Garden project who were one of the five groups selected in the community services category of the regional Garda Youth Awards. Students represented their project at a gala dinner in the Annebrook Hotel in Mullingar. pic.twitter.com/geeViSqLSb
— Moate CS (@moatecs) February 21, 2020
INDIVIDUAL AWARD WINNERS
Adam Samuels, Marist College Athlone
Derek Moore, Teach Uí Rian Day Service Mullingar
Michael Joyce, Youth Reach Ireland, Grange Resource Centre, Mullingar
Shauna Maguire, Mullingar CTC
Caitlin O’Brien, Mullingar EYE and YoYo Youth Café
Overall category winner: SHAUNA MAGUIRE, MULLINGAR CTC
THE GROUP AWARDS
Cathal Redmond and Ciara McGovern, Garrycastle GAA
TY Sensory Garden, Moate Community School.
David Hogg and Kevin Kennedy, Special Olympics Mullingar
Further Education Centre Kilbeggan, Community Initiatives.
Rachael Darby and Caoimhe Ryan, St. Josephs School, Rochfortbridge
Overall category winner: DAVID HOGG AND KEVIN KENNEDY, SPECIAL OLYMPICS MULLINGAR
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