A VETERAN Irish aid worker who died in a car accident abroad earlier this year has been named as one of this year's recipients of a prestigious Presidential award. A VETERAN Irish aid worker who died in a car accident abroad earlier this year has been named as one of this year's recipients of a prestigious Presidential award. Sally O'Neill Sanchez, who worked for Trócaire for over 30 years, is one of 12 Irish people awarded in the Presidential Distinguished Service Awards for the Irish Abroad for 2019. She died following a car crash in Guatemala in April 2019, and will be awarded under the 'peace, reconciliation and development' section of the award. Jackie Donohoe, the mother of one of the six students who died in the Berkeley balcony collapse, will receive an award for Irish community support.

Source: Irish Independent October 01, 2019 09:11 UTC