Three Mayo students, two from Ballina, receive prestigious scholarships
Sponsor JP McManus and Niall Collins, Minister of State at the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science presenting All Ireland Scholarship Award to Ciara Buckley and Robert O’Reilly, Principal, St Mary's Secondary School, Mayo.
Three Mayo students have been awarded an All Ireland Scholarship which will cover the full duration of their undergraduate studies.
Al-Mahi Tanzeem (St Geralds College, Castlebar), Ciara Buckley (St Mary's Secondary School, Ballina) and Kevin Gillespie (St Muredach's Secondary School, Ballina) were honoured at the All Ireland Scholarships Awards Ceremony on the 30th of March in University Concert Hall, University of Limerick.
In attendance at the ceremony was sponsor JP McManus, Guest of Honour and CEO of Northwell Health, Michael J. Dowling, Minister for Further and Higher Education Niall Collins T.D. and Director of Skills, Strategy & Policy, Department for the Economy, Northern Ireland, Graeme Wilkinson as well as the family, friends and school representatives of the scholarship recipients.
Commenting at the awards ceremony, Scholarship Sponsor JP McManus said: “I am delighted to be here today to celebrate the outstanding academic achievements of these 125 students. To date, 1,799 students have received an All Ireland Scholarship and 1,348 of those students have since graduated from university."
"Today is a very special occasion for the students, their families and principals. They should all be very proud of themselves, and we are looking forward to seeing what they do in years to come.”
The All Ireland Scholarships were established in 2008 by JP McManus and this year marks its 16th anniversary. The third level educational scholarship is awarded to 125 of the highest – achieving students per year, with a minimum of two students from each of the 32 counties. The scholarship offers full academic financial support for the duration of the students' third level studies.
