Ceann Comhairle presents National Bravery Awards

The Ceann Comhairle, Seán Ó Fearghaíl TD, today, Friday November 8th, presented 23 National Bravery Awards to individuals from across Ireland who risked their own lives to aid others in peril.

At 2.30 pm the Ceann Comhairle presented a ceremony to recipients and their guests at Farmleigh House in the Phoenix Park, Dublin, which brought recipients together to receive seven certificates, eleven Bronze Medals and four Silver Medals. 15 – year – old David Akar received a Gold medal award for Bravery and is one of the youngest receipients of this award since the establishent of the National Bravery Awards in 1947.