Noel Gibbons, road safety officer with Mayo County Council, has won the Road Safety Officer of the Year Award from the Irish road victims association. At a presentation to mark the occasion in Mullingar at the Global light of hope awards 2015, Mr Gibbons was honoured for his work promoting road safety in Mayo through creative and informative road safety campaigns, and his ongoing efforts to support and complement the work of the Road Safety Authority and An Garda Síochána through road safety awareness campaigns.
Noel Gibbons was appointed Mayo road safety officer in 2005 and his first steps were to re-establish the Mayo Road Safety Working Group. From the beginning, he enlisted the help of An Garda Síochána, HSE, RSA, and technical experts from Mayo County Council to promote road safety alongside many local groups, businesses, media, schools, and cross-border groups.
