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