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DEDICATED Kerry Hospice Foundation campaigner Ted Moynihan has been selected as Kerry Person of the Year for 2017.

Mr Moynihan is a campaigner and tireless fundraiser for the foundation which supports a wide range of palliative care services to patients in Kerry, dealing with serious illness.

Mr Moynihan, a native of Blennerville, was instrumental in organising the first ever fund-raiser for the Kerry Hospice with a 150-mile walk along the Kerry way on the Iveragh Peninsula in 1990. Through his fund raising efforts, a Palliative Care Facility was opened in 2007 and recently in 2016, the sod has been turned on a new palliative care in-patient unit in the daycare centre in Tralee which will consist of 15 beds, costing €6.2 million.

During her tribute to Ted Moynihan, the cathaoirleach said: “This award is presented in recognition of the contribution he has made to the Kerry Hospice Foundation over the past 26 years.”

Forbairt na Dromada Teo (Dromid Community Development Company) has been selected to receive the Laochra Chiarrai award which recognises exemplary leadership in community activity in the county.

The announcements were made at a reception in Iveagh House, Department of Foreign Affairs, St Stephen’s Green, on Thursday by Leesha Duffy, Cathaoirleach of the Kerry Association in Dublin.

Many well-known personalities were among the 100 or so who attended the function. The Kerry Person of the Year Award, now in its 38th year, is being presented to people who are making a significant contribution to their locality and Kerry as a whole, or whose achievements have reflected credit on the county.

The award will be presented to Ted Moynihan and Forbairt na Dromada at the Association’s annual Oiche Chiarrai which will be held at the Ballsbridge Hotel in Dublin on Saturday, March 4.
 

 
Ted Moynihan, chairman, Kerry Hospice Foundation.