Department of Education and Youth

Education & Teaching

Guidance Counsellor - Brian Howard

Brian Howard works as a Guidance Counsellor in Newbridge College in Kildare. He attended secondary school in Patrician Secondary School Newbridge. Following his Leaving Certificate he went on to do

Forestry Careers Ireland

Farming, Horticulture & Forestry

Managing Director of Forestry - Daragh Little

Darragh Little is Managing Director of forestry for Veon Limited.  In his role he is responsible for forestry policy and Strategy and Research and Development within Veon. 

Bord Iascaigh Mhara

Maritime, Fishing & Aquaculture

Marine Engineer - Manus O’Boyle

Manus O’Boyle is a Marine Engineer and Manager at Donegal Sea Adventure

Research Ireland (Taighde Eireann)

Information Technology (IT)

Validation Engineer - Emmet Tobin

Research Ireland (Taighde Eireann)

Astronomer - Dave McDonald

Science Ambassador Dave McDonald is a health and safety representative by day, and amateur astronomer by night. In 2008 he became only the second person to discover an asteroid from

Research Ireland (Taighde Eireann)

Research Fellow in Computational Physics - Nuala Caffrey

Nuala Caffrey is a research fellow in Computational Physics. Nuala's work involves investigating how useful certain materials could be for applications in the energy industry.