CES certificates presented in Kilcullen
The Awards were organised by the area CES Supervisor Theresa Whelan, and the certificates were presented by Anne Bolger of the Department of Social Protection and the Mayor of Kildare, Cllr Sean Power.
Opening the event, Mayor Power spoke about the value of all learning opportunities through life and he commended those who had taken part in the scheme for working to further their own skills. "I know that in getting these awards tonight, people have seized an opportunity they were given, to help themselves," he said.
Certificates for the Plant Identification and Establishing Ornamental Flowers courses were awarded to Christopher Byrne, Daniel Byrne, John Duffy, Tom Hughes, Nigel Phillips, Joe Winders and Patrick Nolan. Billy Conway and Trevor Fitzpatrick were unable to be present for their certificates presentation in these courses. A certificate for Plant Identification for the late Dean Logan was presented to his father Ken. Donal Flanagan was unable to be present for his certificate presentation on this course.
Cleanpass certificates were presented to Joan Byrne, Catherine Carey, Catherine Doyle and Anne Kavanagh. Sean Fanning was unable to attend to receive his Cleanpass certificate. Deirdre Coyle received her certificate for completing her ECDL computer course.
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Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin also attended the awards event. She described the CES participants as 'true heroes', and noted that their work in supporting the various voluntary activities in Kilcullen are 'the heartbeat to everything that is going on'.
Theresa Whelan thanked St Bridget's Pitch and Putt Club for providing the venue and Liam and Mary Sherry for organising the food. Liam is chairman of the CES in Kilcullen.
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