At the Cork Person of the Year Awards at the Rochestown Park Hotel were (l-r): Maura Derrane, RTE; Lord Mayor of Cork Cllr John Buttimer; Bill Deasy, Union Hall; President Michael D Higgins; Fr Pearse Cormac, Union Hall; Cllr Barbara Murray, Mayor of Cork County and Brian Crowley MEP. Pic: Tony O’Connell
Bill Deasy and Fr Pierce Cormac overall winners, honorary Cork people of the year David and Patsy Puttnam
ON the week, that marked the first anniversary, of the Tit Bonhomme trawler tragedy, Bill Deasy and Fr Pierce Cormac were the winners received the Cork Persons of the Year Award.
The award judges said Bill Deasy and Fr Cormac personified the community effort, when they helped co-ordinate the 25 day search for the five fishermen who died, when their trawler sank at the mouth of Glandore Harbour on January 15th, 2012.
