Farewell to Meg
After 24 years dedicated service as Community Employment Supervisor at Ashbourne Community Centre, Meg Houlihan retired from her position at the end of December. Speaking at a function held in her honour in the Ashbourne House on 26th January, Chairman of Ashbourne and District Community Council CLG, Mr. Frank Carroll paid a fulsome tribute to her contribution over that period.
"In the past 24 years, over 500 Community Employment Scheme participants have passed through Ashbourne Community Centre. With Meg’s guidance and organisational skills, many of these participants gained full time employment. Meg will be missed by all of us at the Community Centre. Over the years Meg built great relationships with CE participants and with staff from the Department of Employment A airs and Social Protection, as well as all the organisations with which the Community Employment Scheme interacts in the Ashbourne area. Meg’s skill set are many and I would say that it is important that she continues to use them.
She is very active in a number of voluntary organisations in Ashbourne where her skills will be invaluable and appreciated, eg Saint Vincent De Paul, Bereavement Counselling and Ashbourne Suicide Awareness and Prevention, of which she is a founding member.
Meg joined Ashbourne and District Community Council in 1990 where she operated as a volunteer doing all types of work and helping to organise various functions as well as supervising discos. In 1995 all of the various Community Employment Schemes in Ashbourne were amalgamated into one group based at the Community Centre. As the numbers on the Community Employment scheme were high, a full time Community Employment Supervisor was required, Meg applied for the job and the rest is history. On behalf of Ashbourne and District Community Council CLG, I want to thank Meg for her excellent work, her dedication, commitment and integrity over the past 24 years and wish Meg and husband Terry well in the future." ... See more
