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03/08/2026

Up the Rossies! 💛🏆

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UCD Horticulture student Aisling Feely who is due to graduate at the end of the summer was one of the stars of the show ...
03/08/2026

UCD Horticulture student Aisling Feely who is due to graduate at the end of the summer was one of the stars of the show as Roscommon were deservedly crowned All-Ireland intermediate football champions for the first time since 2005.

Aisling Feely’s two first-half goals set the tone as Roscommon ensured their first Croke Park appearance in 25 years ended with Rossies Captain Helena Cummins lifting the Mary Quinn Memorial Cup.

Huge celebrations have been taking place following the ladies’ All Ireland victory yesterday.
It’s Roscommon’s second time winning the Mary Quinn Memorial Cup, which was toured around Athlone, Lecarrow, Knockcroghery, and Roscommon Town last night.

This week five of our Food Business Strategy students and Dr Brian Leonard had the opportunity to travel to the Universi...
02/08/2026

This week five of our Food Business Strategy students and Dr Brian Leonard had the opportunity to travel to the University of Parma for a Blended Intensive Program.

The students worked with others from the University of Parma and the University of Zagreb to develop sustainability recommendations for Rizzoli Emanuelli, one of Italy’s oldest seafood preserve companies.

During the trip they had the chance to visit the Rizzoli Emanuelli factory, a Parmigiano Reggiano Producer (Parma 2064) , and a culatello producer (Antic Corte Pallavicina).

Thank you to the University of Parma for hosting an excellent week of learning and collaboration, and to Erasmus+ for funding the travel

Many congratulations to recent Food and Agribusiness Management student Mark Norse and Grace H***e who is an Animal and ...
31/07/2026

Many congratulations to recent Food and Agribusiness Management student Mark Norse and Grace H***e who is an Animal and Crop Production graduate and will be starting her 2nd year on the MSc in Ag Extension and Innovation.
Mark and Grace along with 4 other young Farmers have been announced as this winners of the ABP Farming “Flocks of the Future 2026” 🐑

The young farmers all received their flocks today at Demo Farm and have a very exciting few months ahead. We really look forward to seeing them on their journey.

Maria Ní Mhaicín is a 3rd year Animal Science student. Maria is also from Rathredmond, Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo so she coul...
31/07/2026

Maria Ní Mhaicín is a 3rd year Animal Science student. Maria is also from Rathredmond, Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo so she could be excused if her main focus at the moment has turned to Mayo’s finest GAA flock! 🔴🟢

Agriculture has always been part of Maria’s family; Maria is a 5th fifth generation of her family to farm and last year Maria was also announced as one of five winners of the Irish Country Meats “Flocks of the Future” competition at Sheep 2025. 🐑

This year Maria travelled to Scotland to complete her UCD Professional Work Experience and was a recipient of the ASA/Irish Farmers Journal bursary.

Through her studies and practical experience at home, she has become increasingly interested in flock genetics, particularly maternal performance and sustainable sheep production systems, with the hope of eventually pursuing research within the sheep industry.

On the home farm, there is a strong emphasis on breeding efficient females across both beef and sheep enterprises,

“An efficient, fertile and functional dam is central to a profitable and sustainable system,” Maria says.

The farm uses performance data and technologies including EID and myostatin testing to inform breeding decisions and improve maternal traits.

This sparked Maria’s interest in how genetics and management can work together to improve flock performance, labour efficiency and profitability.

Because of that, when choosing her work experience overseas, Maria wanted to work within a progressive commercial flock that would expand her knowledge of maternal efficiency, breeding programmes and data-driven sheep systems. That search led her to Incheoch Farm in Alyth, Blairgowrie, Scotland, where she completed her placement during the lambing season.

The full story of Maria’s PWE in Scotland is in the Irish Farmers Journal & linked in the stories above

30/07/2026

Hear from Katie who is a recipient of the Champions Scholarship.

Katie Nolan will be beginning 2nd year Crop Science this September.
At the schools awards ceremony in December, Katie received the first Irish Seed Trade Association (ISTA) bursary launched to promote crops and agronomy as a career.

The awards are being carried out in partnership with the Irish Agricultural Science Teachers’ Association. Students can enter the competition based on their agricultural science project for their leaving certificate.

Katie, from Wexford, was also an entrance scholar upon starting in UCD. The prestigious academic recognition award is given to incoming first-year full-time undergraduate students who achieve the highest Leaving Certificate points.

3rd Year Food and Agribusiness Management student Iona Finnerty is currently completing her Professional Work Experience...
30/07/2026

3rd Year Food and Agribusiness Management student Iona Finnerty is currently completing her Professional Work Experience with Diageo, where I have spent the past six months working across the Global Engineering and Science & Technology teams.
She tells us below about her experience as part of such an exciting global team & company.

“I began my internship with the Global Engineering team, where I worked on capital projects, sustainability initiatives and supplier capability. Every day was different, from reviewing project documentation & creating AI training videos to supporting engineering teams & learning how large-scale projects are managed.
Some of the highlights of my placement have been receiving a private tour of Brew House 4 at St. James’s Gate, one of the most technologically advanced breweries & a €169 million investment in the future of Guinness production. I also had the opportunity to attend an in-person Town Hall with Diageo’s CEO, gaining valuable insight into leadership and decision-making, & to finish my internship by presenting an Intern Spotlight to the Global Engineering Leadership Team, reflecting on the projects & experiences I had across both functions.

Halfway through my placement, I joined the Science & Technology team where I worked on research into botanicals used in gin production, particularly juniper berries and coriander. This project allowed me to combine my interest in agriculture with scientific research while working alongside colleagues from Procurement, Science Futures and Regenerative Agriculture. I also had the opportunity to present my findings to Diageo’s Crop Council and even distil my own gin, which was a fantastic way to see how the research connected to the final product.

Overall, this placement has given me an incredible insight into the drinks industry and has shown me how engineering, science, sustainability and agriculture all work together within one business. It has been an amazing opportunity to learn, challenge myself and meet so many inspiring people and I’m extremely grateful to everyone at Diageo for making my placement such a rewarding experience.”

Congratulations to Animal Science student Joe Doody who had a fantastic 4th place finish in a talent stacked final of th...
28/07/2026

Congratulations to Animal Science student Joe Doody who had a fantastic 4th place finish in a talent stacked final of the Athletics Ireland National Championships at the weekend.

With the announcement today, we are also thrilled to Joe has also been selected for the Irish 4x400m relay team for the European Championships in Birmingham starting on the 10th of August. 🏃‍♂️💨

📸 Images Mark Kavanagh GMU.photography Award Winning Images

What a day in Croke Park. 🏐The curse has been lifted - so too has Sam Maguire!Mayo win the Official GAA All Ireland Foot...
26/07/2026

What a day in Croke Park. 🏐
The curse has been lifted - so too has Sam Maguire!
Mayo win the Official GAA All Ireland Football title for the first time in 75 years

HUGE Congratulations Stephen Coen Stephen Coen and all of Mayo GAA who will certainly and deservedly enjoy the celebrations.

The Kerry supporters served up platefuls of sportsmanship which was beautiful to see and commiserations to UCD Agriculture & Food Science graduate Mike Breen and Kerry_Official

25/07/2026

Tomorrow is All Ireland Football Final Day 🏐
take on

Chris Og Jones and Michael McKiernan talk on about how important the graduate is to the Kerry set up!
Mike Breen’s assured play at centre back, and ability to stitch things together is exemplary.

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