Michaela Foundation News Today

TAOISEACH Micheál Martin has led tributes to the Chairman of The Irish News, Mr Jim Fitzpatrick, who died on Saturday morning after a short illness.

AN INSPIRATIONAL Fermanagh schoolboy has been announced as the receipt of a Michaela Foundation Wings Award. 12-year-old Mark West from Maguiresbridge is a pupil at Jones Memorial Primary School, and is the first pupil from Jones Memorial to be awarded this award, in recognition of how much he helps others with technology at school. He was very pleased with his award from the foundation when he was interviewed by The Impartial Reporter, with Mark saying that he and his mum both cried when...

John McAreavey has decided to close the Michaela Foundation that he began to preserve the memory of his late wife ten years ago.

John and Michaela McAreavey at the Giants Causeway in Co Antrim The foundation was set up to “commemorate the values that Michaela held dear in her life,” he added. “It was clear that the simple way in which Michaela lived her life resonated with many people. Michaela was fun, confident and had an enriching relationship with God. She led a ‘Life Without Limits.’ In 10 years, the Foundation hosted almost 120 summer camps throughout every province in Ireland and worked with 10,000 young...