Leeside’s beaming with pride

There were huge celebrations on Leeside at the weekend as hundreds turned out for The Pride of Cork Awards 2024.

Hosted by Cork Civic Life, this year’s ceremony took place last Friday in the Radisson Blu Hotel & Spa in Little Island.

More than 250 guests attended the gala black-tie event to honour 25 people and organisations in the voluntary, social, civic, charitable, and not-for-profit organisations operating in all parts of Cork city and county.

More than 1,500 nominations were received after a public call this year, leaving judging panel Cllr Deirdre Forde of Cork City Council, Cllr Danielle Twomey of Cork County Council, Colette Lynch, Mary Jane O ‘Regan, and Amanda Neri with the difficult task of narrowing the pack down to 25.

The Chairman of Cork Civic Life, Michael Mulcahy, said: “There are more than 3,000 voluntary, social, civic, charitable, and not-for-profit organisations in Cork and each of them are doing incredible things for people, for our communities and for Cork.

“The people that lead them, the volunteers that donate their time to them, and the companies that support them are all amazing and that is why we host The Pride of Cork Awards, to honour and acknowledge these outstanding people and organisations.

“This year we were thrilled to honour some more fantastic people and organisations and we plan to continue doing this in the years ahead,” added Mr Mulcahy.