MINISTER’S DÁIL PRAISE FOR YOUNG CASTLEBLAYNEY AUTHOR

A 14-year-old student from Castleblayney who has written a book about legendary local community activist Sr Celine McArdle was singled out for praise by Minister for Community and Rural Development and Minister for Social Protection Heather Humphreys TD when she addressed the Dáil last week on International Women’s Day.

Minister Humphreys said that Molly Ward – whose book on the “trail-blazing” Sr Celine had been launched at an International Women’s Day event organised by Blayney Blades at the town’s Íontas Centre – was an example of the “wonderful generation of young people in Ireland and particularly young articulate women”.

Minister Humphreys paid tribute to the work of the book’s subject, stating that the late Sr Celine probably didn’t realise that she had inspired many women both young and old. “Women do need to support each other in all walks of life but we also need the support men to help us realise our full potential and our ambitions,” the Cavan/Monaghan TD and Government Minister stated. Minister Humphreys used her address to make a strong appeal for more…