Teresa receives award from President
Kilcullen-born Professor Teresa Lambe was one of a number of people who were presented with the 2022 Presidential Distinguished Service Awards last week, by President Michael D Higgins at a ceremony in Áras an Uachtaráin.
Teresa works at Jennings Institute at Oxford University, a key member of the team that developed the AstraZeneca vaccine against Covid-19. Her parents and Mary and Tony Lambe of Nicholastown.
The Awards are presented by the President every year, in recognition of the service given to this country, or to Irish communities abroad, by those who live outside Ireland.
They were created in 2011, as a means to recognise the contribution of members of the Irish diaspora.
The 2022 recipients are —
Arts, Culture and Sport: Morgan Bullock (US), Katie-George Dunlevy (Britain),, Joseph M. Hassett (US), Fergus Linehan (Britain).
Business and Education: Wang Zhanpeng & Chen Li (China).
Charitable Works: Ciarán Staunton & Orlaith Staunton (US).
Irish Community Support: Josephine O’Driscoll (Britain).
Peace, Reconciliation and Development: Mary Ellen McGroarty (Afghanistan), Fr. Richard (Dick) O’Riordan (South Africa).
Science, Technology and Innovation: Teresa Lambe (Britain). 
