{"id":2112,"date":"2019-11-27T10:44:35","date_gmt":"2019-11-27T10:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scoilmhuiretrim.info\/new\/?p=2112"},"modified":"2019-11-27T10:44:37","modified_gmt":"2019-11-27T10:44:37","slug":"scoil-mhuire-student-wins-overall-prize-at-irish-healthcare-awards-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scoilmhuiretrim.info\/new\/scoil-mhuire-student-wins-overall-prize-at-irish-healthcare-awards-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Scoil Mhuire student wins overall prize at Irish Healthcare Awards 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Scoil Mhuire Fifth Year Student M. Gilligan was one of a group of 10 teenagers who attended the Ballsbridge Hotel in Dublin last Wednesday, 20th of November 2019, to attend the Irish Healthcare Awards 2019, a black tie event hosted by well known journalist and broadcaster Dr. Ciara Kelly.<br \/><br \/>Their project, compiled and submitted by Kilimanjaro Achievers coordinator, Dr. Padraig Sheeran, was titled &#8216;Physical Challenge for the Physically Challenged&#8217;.\u00a0 The project had been shortlisted in the &#8216;Patient Lifestyle Education Project of the Year&#8217; category along with 9 other projects.<br \/><br \/>The group were absolutely delighted to find that they were chosen as the overall Winners in their category on the night and were presented with an inscribed trophy by Dr. Ciara Kelly.<br \/><br \/>This award marked the fantastic achievement in August 2018 when M. Gilligan and the other teenagers, all aged between 15 and 18 and many of whom were just 18 months post scoliosis corrective surgery, were successful in summitting Africa\u2019s highest peak, Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania.\u00a0 They had trained physically and mentally for five months to climb Kilimanjaro, despite having no previous climbing experience.\u00a0 Each teenager had an incredible story to tell about their battle with significant health challenges over the past few years, all of which makes their achievements even more astonishing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/scoilmhuiretrim.info\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Awards1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2115\" data-link=\"https:\/\/scoilmhuiretrim.info\/new\/?attachment_id=2115\" class=\"wp-image-2115\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scoilmhuiretrim.info\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Awards1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/scoilmhuiretrim.info\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Awards1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/scoilmhuiretrim.info\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Awards1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/scoilmhuiretrim.info\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Awards3-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2117\" data-link=\"https:\/\/scoilmhuiretrim.info\/new\/?attachment_id=2117\" class=\"wp-image-2117\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scoilmhuiretrim.info\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Awards3-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/scoilmhuiretrim.info\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Awards3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/scoilmhuiretrim.info\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Awards3-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"597\" src=\"https:\/\/scoilmhuiretrim.info\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Kilimanjaro1-1024x597.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2118\" data-link=\"https:\/\/scoilmhuiretrim.info\/new\/?attachment_id=2118\" class=\"wp-image-2118\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scoilmhuiretrim.info\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Kilimanjaro1-1024x597.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/scoilmhuiretrim.info\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Kilimanjaro1-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/scoilmhuiretrim.info\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Kilimanjaro1-768x448.jpg 768w, https:\/\/scoilmhuiretrim.info\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Kilimanjaro1.jpg 1068w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scoil Mhuire Fifth Year Student M. Gilligan was one of a group of 10 teenagers who attended the Ballsbridge Hotel in Dublin last Wednesday, 20th of November 2019, to attend the Irish Healthcare Awards 2019, a black tie event hosted by well known journalist and broadcaster Dr. Ciara Kelly. 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