Executive Director of Engagement Laura Mahoney, student category winner Malha Muhammed and DCU President Professor Dáire Keogh

Brid Horan, Chancellor of Dublin City University, An Taoiseach Micheál Martin TD, James Lawless TD, Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science and Prof Daire Keogh, President of Dublin City University Photo: Kyran O'Brien

Dr Sinéad McNally, Associate Professor in Psychology and Early Childhood Education at the School of Language, Literacy & Early Childhood Education in Dublin City University's Institute of Education, and Prof Mary Rose Sweeney, Executive Vice Dean for Education, in the Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, RCSI.