Tullamore student awarded €20k scholarship

Tullamore student Cian O’Mahony was awarded a Naughton Foundation scholarship worth €20,000 at a ceremony in Trinity Business School in Dublin.

The award was presented by founding patrons of The Naughton Foundation, Dr Martin Naughton and his wife Carmel who were joined by Minister for Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform Paschal Donohue. 

A former student of the Tullamore College, Cian has accepted a place at University College Dublin studying engineering and he joins 36 exceptional Irish students who were awarded third level scholarships towards their studies in the areas of engineering, science and technology.

Cian’s former secondary school, Tullamore College was also presented with a prize of €1,000 on the day towards their school’s science facilities, for their support of these students. More than 200 schools have benefited from this prize to date with some schools receiving it on more than one occasion.

Since its establishment in 2008 scholarships worth over €4 million have been awarded to more than 200 students, the scheme started in three counties and has continued to expand annually to become a nationwide scheme in 2016.

There is one guaranteed Scholarship of €20,000 for each participating county, with the exception of Cork and Dublin where there are two and four scholarships awarded respectively. Five additional Scholarships are also to be awarded. Each Scholarship is worth €5,000 per annum for each year of a student’s three or four year undergraduate degree.