Ratoath Athletic Club in contention for top award

Ratoath Athletic Club has been named amongst the 36 community groups, sports clubs and organisations as a finalist in the National Lottery Good Causes Awards.

The Awards honour the inspiring work and achievements of thousands of projects, clubs and individuals from all over Ireland who, with the help of National Lottery Good Causes funding, have had an extraordinary impact on their local communities.

The 36 winning groups will now proceed to the grand final in six categories: Sport, Health & Wellbeing, Heritage, Arts & Culture, Community and Youth.

A seventh category, Irish Language, will have a special award to be announced at the Awards final, in recognition of outstanding work done in the promotion of the Irish Language.

The judging takes place this week and each national category winner will receive €10,000 while the overall Good Cause of the Year will get an additional €25,000.

The winners will be announced on Saturday 29th May at the Mansion House in Dublin (subject to Public health measures in place at the time). The event will alternatively take place virtually depending on the guidelines in effect.