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The 2025 winners of Nollaig na mBan will be celebrated at Charleville Mall Library on Monday 6th of January 2025 at 2 pm The awards will be followed by a series of concerts in the local Ballybough , Clonliffe & North Strand areas including Muireann Bradley, Mary Stokes, Leslie Dowdall,…
The 2025 winners of Nollaig na mBan will be celebrated at Charleville Mall Library on Monday 6th of January 2025 at 2 pm
The awards will be followed by a series of concerts in the local Ballybough , Clonliffe & North Strand areas including Muireann Bradley, Mary Stokes, Leslie Dowdall, ABBA tribute Mamma Mia and more!
Eibhlín Harrington is the Project Leader at SWAN Youth Service, a community-led youth service focused on 10-24 year olds in St. Agatha’s Hall, North Wall and North Strand areas. Eibhlín has worked at SWAN since it was founded in 2004, supporting young people who experience marginalisation and inequality to achieve positive outcomes through a range of innovative partnerships and services. In Eibhlín’s own words, “We need to be celebrating young people, not demonising them.”
Maeve Foreman has lived in the North Strand since 1986 and is one of the founding members of the multi award-winning Mud Island Community Garden. She was a senior medical social worker in the HIV Clinic in St. James’s Hospital for 15 years and subsequently taught social work in Trinity College until her retirement in 2017. She now sits on the board of the Irish Refugee Council in Killarney Street, as well as on the boards of the Five Lamps Arts Festival and Sunflower Recycling, and remains a committee member of Mud Island Community Garden.
Jean Denner has had various voluntary roles within the parish of Drumcondra, North Strand and St Barnabas for almost 50 years including church warden, parish treasurer, branch leader and treasurer of Mothers’ Union branch. She has also had multiple roles in St Columba’s National School. Jean is a keen crafting, knitting, cross stitch, sewing and baking enthusiast. Jean uses her skills to raise money for the parish and fundraises for the people of Gaza. Jean has been married to Mervyn for over 50 years and enjoys spending time with their nine grandchildren.
Kathleen Walker who sadly passed away three years ago always went out of her way to help people in the local community of Ballybough. She worked as a home help for over 40 years, often running errands for the elderly outside of her working hours. Kathleen really enjoyed her work and it suited her kind, generous and thoughtful personality. She was a beautiful person inside and out. She idolised her three daughters. Family meant the world to her. Kathleen would have been very proud to receive this award.
