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Joey Hurley’s Overall Award was accepted by Ger Rice, who received it from Chief Superintendent Vincent O\u2019Sullivan and SuperValu\u2019s Graham Smyth.<\/p>\nF\u00e9ile O\u2019Sullivan suffered catastrophic injuries in the accident in Allihies last July. Since then, she has undergone more than 60 surgeries at Crumlin children’s hospital.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She is currently in the National Rehabilitation Centre in Dun Laoghaire.<\/p>\n
She was among 17 award winners honoured at the 30th West Cork Garda Youth Awards in Kinsale, with her accident leading to an enormous public fundraising campaign that captured the hearts of people across Ireland and further afield.<\/p>\n
She was honoured with one of four special achievement awards.<\/p>\n
\u201cSince the accident, every report about F\u00e9ile has highlighted her incredible positivity and determination,” the judges said.<\/p>\n
“At just 13 years old she has shown a level of courage and resilience most adults would struggle to find.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n Despite the life-altering situation she is now in, F\u00e9ile is not letting the loss of her legs deter her from living her life to the full.\u00a0\n <\/p>\n
“While F\u00e9ile\u2019s life has changed in ways few can imagine, those who know her will tell you that at her core, she hasn\u2019t changed \u2014 her spirit, her mindset, and her way of lifting those around her remain exactly the same.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Also honoured with a special achievement award was Si\u00fan de Br\u00fan from Ballineen and Kinsale\u2019s Joey Hurley, who both showed incredible resilience in the face of tragedy.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Joey Hurley’s Overall Award was accepted by Ger Rice, who received it from Chief Superintendent Vincent O\u2019Sullivan and SuperValu\u2019s Graham Smyth.<\/p>\n
The judges’ citation read: \u201cHe transformed his grief into positive action, organising a major charity event, volunteering his time, and committing himself fully to supporting RNLI Kinsale.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“Joey undertook an extraordinary challenge \u2014 kayaking from the Bulman Bar to James Fort, running 10km to Charles Fort and back, before completing a final 1km crossing to the Bulman.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“Despite the recent loss of his beloved nana, Joey showed remarkable courage and resilience, pressing on in her honour. Joey\u2019s extraordinary fundraising of \u20ac24,800 will fund 15 additional volunteer crew members for RNLI Kinsale, directly strengthening frontline lifesaving services in our community.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Siblings Hannah and Patrick O\u2019Driscoll from Ballydehob were honoured for their volunteer work at Schull Community Hospital, where they have been visiting residents regularly for the past eight years. The visits on days including Christmas Day and St Patrick\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey have never sought any recognition for their visits, but it\u2019s clear from the relationship that they developed with the residents that their selfless actions have truly made a difference,” judges said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"F\u00e9ile O\u2019Sullivan suffered catastrophic injuries in the accident in Allihies last July. Since then, she has undergone more…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":407806,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[79,61,60,43],"class_list":{"0":"post-407805","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ireland","8":"tag-cork-news","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=407805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407805\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/407806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=407805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=407805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=407805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}