CERVICALCHECK campaigner Vicky Phelan has been honoued by Gaelscoil Chaladh an Treoigh which has officially unveiled its new facility - Pairc Uile-Aimsire Vicky Uí Fhaoláin.
Vicky's children Ameila and Darragh were joined by her parents and her husband, Jim, as they officially opened the new all-weather facility at a special ceremony.
Darragh is in sixth class at the Irish language speaking school and, on Friday last, students and teachers gathered in the playground where local priest Fr Seamus Madigan began the proceedings by blessing the pitch as the sun shone over the Limerick suburbs.
Príomhoide Frankie Uí Fhrainclín told the Limerick Leader that she and the entire school community were delighted when members of Vicky's family agreed to have the facility named after her.
“They came back to say that they would be happy to have it named after her, in her honour and then we spoke to Darragh about cutting the ribbon.
“We felt we wanted to acknowledge her, her strength and her dignity, in what she had achieved,” she said.
“In relation to having the astro, we feel with the (urban) greenway which opened in September 2021 and now with this, it further enhances the facilities here and provides our students with new opportunities for physical exercise which will contribute to their overall health and wellbeing,” she added.
Gaelscoil Chaladh an Treoigh, which opened in 2014, currently has 444 students enrolled.
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