 On the 16th of January, short listed candidates from the 2008 Ireland InVOLved Awards, together with the team at Volunteering Ireland, were warmly welcomed by President Mary McAleese and treated to a tour of Áras an Uachtaráin. |  On the 16th of January, short listed candidates from the 2008 Ireland InVOLved Awards, together with the team at Volunteering Ireland, were warmly welcomed by President Mary McAleese and treated to a tour of Áras an Uachtaráin. |  President Mary McAleese with Elaine Bradley, CEO of Volunteering Ireland |  On the 16th of January, short listed candidates from the 2008 Ireland InVOLved Awards, together with the team at Volunteering Ireland, were warmly welcomed by President Mary McAleese and treated to a tour of Áras an Uachtaráin. |
 On the 16th of January, short listed candidates from the 2008 Ireland InVOLved Awards, together with the team at Volunteering Ireland, were warmly welcomed by President Mary McAleese and treated to a tour of Áras an Uachtaráin. |  On the 16th of January, short listed candidates from the 2008 Ireland InVOLved Awards, together with the team at Volunteering Ireland, were warmly welcomed by President Mary McAleese and treated to a tour of Áras an Uachtaráin. |  Volunteer Rosaleen Malloy, short listed in the category of Campaigning and Awareness Raising for her work with Mental Health Ireland, was offered the opportunity to play the piano in the Aras, which was truly a once-in-a-lifetime chance. She said of the day, “It was really memorable and gave me so much enthusiasm to do an even better job this year! It was a great acknowledgement for my work in the local community. Many, many thanks, I really appreciated it.” | |