Agri-labs member honoured
by Martina O’Leary
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Long-serving IMPACT activist Tony Gogarty has retired after 42 years dedicated service in the Department of Agriculture’s central veterinary research laboratory. He was a member of IMPACT’s Agri-Labs branch executive committee for many years, during which he spent terms as branch secretary and chairperson. The senior laboratory analyst also participated in a number of other committees and groups within IMPACT and its predecessor, the Union of Professional and Technical Civil Servants (UPTCS). He chaired the union’s civil service laboratories vocational group until his retirement. Tony was presented with a distinguished service award by IMPACT general secretary Shay Cody at the Agri-labs branch AGM last month. “This award acknowledges Tony’s dedicated commitment as a union activist throughout his career, protecting and enhancing the rights and working conditions of branch members,” according to branch colleague Benny Conaty. Tony now intends to be an active member of IMPACT’s retired members’ vocational group.
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