The contribution made by carers is to be recognised at the Carers of the Year Awards with Offaly nominees being sought.Offaly's 2,691 family carers provide 65,000 hours of care in the home each week to frail older people, people with disabilities, terminally ill and children with special needs, reports the Offaly Express.
To recognise the enormous contribution of these carers, the majority of whom do this work unpaid, presenters Mary Kennedy and Marty Whelan have launched The Carers Association's Carers of the Year Awards and Young Carer of the Year Awards 2009.
