Council hosts Employee Recognition Awards 2024 event
8th January 2025
Recently the Council hosted its annual Employee Recognition Awards event where the Chair of the Council, Councillor John McClaughry, along with the Chief Executive, Alison McCullagh, presented awards to employees in recognition of Long Service, Academic and Other Achievement, Employee and Team Awards..
Nineteen Employees were recognised for 20 years service, four employees were recognised for 30 years service and six employees were recognised for 40 years service with the Council, which included a posthumous award for the late Geoff Armstrong. Twenty-two employees were recognised for their academic and other achievements. Congratulations to everyone!
Twenty-two staff were also recognised on their retirement – we hope you all enjoy a long and happy retirement.
The Employee and Team of the Year Awards for each Directorate as well as the Health and Wellbeing Initiative, Innovation and Sports and Social Club Awards were also announced at the event.
At the event, the Chair remarked “Employees are the heart of any organisation and we are fortunate to have such a diverse range of talents and expertise in the Council. Each and every member of staff should know that their work is very much appreciated.
The following are details of the award recipients:
40 Years Service
Geoff Armstrong (posthumously)
George Beacom Rodney Howe |
Carmel Hutchinson
Malachy McBride Brigid Pritchard |
30 Years Service
Mandy Collen
Clement Kennedy |
Martin McLaughlin
Allan Pryce |
20 Years Service
Cyril Allen
Deborah Beavis Thelma Browne Mervyn Buchanan Liam Campbell Gareth Coalter Philip England |
Brendan Eves
Crispin Gill Patrick Given Donna Gormley Nigel Irvine Sara Jordan Seamus Kelly |
Declan Maguire
Matin McCarroll Kerrie Mullan Helen Shiels Michelle Walker |
Retirement
Mervyn Buchanan
Martin Carney Peter Donaghey Thomas Donohoe Jim Duffy Sandra Ferguson Perry Finlay Lorna Graham Aidan Lynn |
Brian Maguire
John Maguire Edward McCaughey Derek McClintock Brian McGurk Shirlee McKeown Kim McLaughlin Thomas McLaughlin |
Liam O’Neill
Thomas Pearson Anne Rogers Heather Sinnamon Desmond Wagstaff |
Academic and Other Achievements
Tanya Brogan
Nuala Conlan Edel Crawford Linda Ferguson Lauren Gallagher Louise Harron Jonathan Kee Clement Kennedy |
Karen Kerr-George
Emily Latimer Catherine Leonard Patrick McCaffrey Paul McDermott Gabriel Monaghan Andrew Mowat Shauna Nugent |
Fiona Orr
Jonathan Owens Jack Patterson Marie Scanlon John Scott Matthew Wilson |
Employee and Team Awards
- Sandra Alexander
- Terena Conlan
- Chris Elliott and the Community Based Summer Schemes Team
- Karen Patterson
- Chris Raynor
- Jane Willis
- Building Maintenance Team led by Kieran Cranny
- Fermanagh and Omagh Anti-Poverty Strategy – Deirdre O’Connor
- Planning Team