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ONE of Clare’s most senior local politicians has just been awarded a new honour.
Long-serving county council- lor Flan Garvey was unanimously elected chairman of the Institutes of Technology in Ireland by the cathao- irligh of the 13 Institutes of Technol- ogy at their recent annual general meeting.
Speaking after his election, Cllr Garvey said he regarded it “as a great honour for myself and my family and for the Clare Vocational Education Committee.”
He is a former chairman of Clare VEC and served as Mayor of Clare for a term. He was vice-president for two years of the Irish Vocational Ed-
ucation Association, the national ad- ministrative body of city and county vocational education committees. He is also chairman of Tralee Insti- tute of Technology where is also a student, studying for an MA degree.
A native of Ballyea, Inagh, he was educated at Gorbofearna National School, Inagh; St Flannan’s College, Ennis; St Patrick’s Training College, Drumcondra; UCD and UCG where he obtained a BA and D Dip in 1972- 23
He taught in Mary Queen of An- gels, Ballyfermot, Dublin, from 1963 to 1965, Gortbofearna National School from 1965 to 1973 and Inagh National School from 1973 to 2000, being principal of both schools.