Former IMPACT official Pat Bolger recently accepted a Dublin Lord Mayor’s award on behalf of the workers of Dublin. Pat, pictured second from right, was there in his current capacity of president of the Dublin Council of Trade Unions.

Lord Mayor Brendan Carr, pictured centre, said: “The Lord Mayor’s Awards are all about saying ‘thank you’, not only on my own behalf, but on behalf of all the people of Dublin, to citizens who, through their ordinary, everyday lives, enrich this city in an extraordinary way.”

Pat retired as an IMPACT official last year, and was a highly regarded union activist throughout his career. Paralympian Ellen Keane, the Dublin GAA County Board, and broadcaster Joe Duffy were also honoured at the event which took place in Dublin’s Mansion House.