Worthy winners

Derrywash NS and Mid West Radio honoured with road safety awards


TOMMY Marren of Mid West Radio and Derrywash National School were awarded for their contribution to road safety at the Road Safety Authority’s (RSA) first ever Leading Lights Road Safety Awards at a ceremony in Farmleigh last weekend.
The awards recognise and honour the outstanding efforts of people from community groups, companies, industry groups, and schools nationwide to improve safety on Irish roads.
Tommy Marren of Mid West Radio was awarded for keeping road safety issues consistently on the agenda on his popular mid-morning talkshow.
Derrywash National School received an award for their re-recording of the ‘Safe Cross Code’, reminding people of the importance of being familiar with the basics of road safety, such as finding a safe place to cross the road.
Westport woman, Ann Moran, whose daughter Regina was killed in a car accident, was also honoured at the awards, for bravely sharing her personal experiences at local and national road safety events.
Speaking at the awards ceremony, Gay Byrne, Chairman, Road Safety Authority, said: “What people may not know is that in every community across Ireland, there are ordinary people doing extraordinary work, quietly but tirelessly working to reduce deaths and serious injuries on our roads.
These are the unsung heroes of road safety.