A North Clare woman has been awarded an honorary British Empire Medal for her contribution to her local community in the UK.
Mary Daly from Lisdoonvarna has been conferred with the award from the Queen of England for her voluntary services in Ashford and the Kent Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Centre.
The Clare Champion reports that official confirmation came fro the Foreign and Commonwealth Office by letter in recent weeks.
It cited her services to the Butterfly Appeal Campaign for Multiple sclerosis, in which she raised more than 1.6 million pound for the opening of a state-of-the-art MS centre.
Mary emigrated from Clare in 1989 and has been living in Ashford, Kent since 1991.