Mallow community activist Tadhg Curtis will be among the special guests tomorrow, Friday, at the Cork Person(s) of the Year Awards Lunch in the Metropole Hotel, Cork city. Tadhg, who is Chairperson of Mallow Arts Collective, organisers of the very successful Mallow Arts Festival, was named as Cork Person of the Month last February, and is in the running for the title of Cork Person of the Year in honour of his several decades of work on behalf of the Mallow community.
In addition to the announcement of the overall Cork Person(s) of the Year, several others will receive awards for their contribution to Cork and Ireland, with celebrated author Alice Taylor from Newmarket to be inducted into the Hall of Fame.
Mayor of Cork City, Cllr. Kieran McCarthy and Mayor of Cork County, Cllr. Frank O’Flynn, will present the recipients with their awards, RTÉ’s Anne Cassin and Marty Morrissey will MC the event.
Full details of nominees can be found on www.corkpersonoftheyear.ie