Speech at the Presentation of the President’s Perpetual Trophy to Irish Red Cross Volunteers
Áras an Uachtaráin, 15th January 2016
A Dhaoine Uaisle,
Is mór an pléisiúir dom é fáilte a fhearadh romhaibh chuig Áras an Uachtaráin chun Buanchorn an Uachtaráin a bhronnadh ar bhuaiteoirí Chraobhchomórtais Náisiúnta Gharchabhrach Chumann Croise Deirge na hÉireann 2014 agus 2015.
May I start with a story which your Secretary General, Liam O’Dwyer, shared with me last week – a story which is emblematic of the great humanitarian work carried out by the Red Cross:
Ten years ago, a man contacted the section of the Irish Red…