Prestigious award for Fr Seán

Kilnamona parish priest Fr Seán Sexton, formerly of The Clare Youth Service, has been awarded the Siobhán Cotter Distinguished Service Award by Youth Work Ireland for his many decades of leadership and service to young people in Clare.

The award also recognises Fr Seán’s key contribution to services and policy development at national level.
Recently, volunteers, their guests and youthwork staff from around the country attended the Youth Work Ireland Volunteer Achievement Awards presentation ceremony, which honoured the outstanding work of volunteers involved in delivering a wide range of services and activities for young people.
Those volunteers who attended had come through an intensive nomination and selection process, which began last autumn.
Diarmuid Kearney, chief executive and Elizabeth Dermody, president of Youth Work Ireland, officiated and the MC for the event was Colm O’Mongáin, of RTÉ.
Senator Dan Boyle of the Green Party presented the category awards.