The annual ‘Leinster Express’ awards were received by those with accomplishments in sport and the community at a Portlaoise hotel.
Report shows awards ceremony.
Anne Keenan Buckley of Laois receiving athletics award.
Tom Prendergast, Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) footballer, Laois, receiving award.
Mick Fennelly of Kildare and Ken Kellehan, Offaly, receiving awards.
Offaly football star of sixties and seventies, Paddy McCormack, receives Hall of Fame award.
Rathdowney General Practioner, Doctor Niall O'Doherty is awarded Laois Person of the Year.
Paddy Larkin, Tullamore Harriers, awarded Offaly Person of the Year.
Irish-American, Gerry Campion, receives award for fundraising campaign which allowed Offaly-born Majella Huntson to have sight-saving operation.
Clip of early interview with Majella Huntson.
Majella collecting award for Gerry Campion.
The reporter is Cathy Halloran.
