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Prospective Students - Graduate Profiles - Gnó agus Gaeilge

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Graduate Profiles - Gnó agus Gaeilge

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DCU has over 25,000 graduates working in more than 30 countries in leadership positions in industry and academia, both in the private and public sector. Below are just a sample of the successful, flexible career paths that graduates of our Fiontar (now Gnó agus Gaeilge ) degree have pursued.

Cormac Ó'hEadhra, BSc in Finance, Computing and Enterprise (Fiontar), is a reporter with television and radio (as Gaeilge) in the RTÉ newsroom with Nuacht RTÉ. He reads the nuacht on radio 1, 2fm and also presents 'Léirmheas ar na Nuachtáin' (What it Says in the Papers) on Raidió na Gaeltachta. Prior to this, he worked with INVESCO - Investment Fund Administrators in Dublin and also part-time with Irish Language daily newspaper, Lá. Cormac co-founded Imperium Teoranta while studying at DCU. Imperium is a content/service provider for the text-messaging market.


Courtesy of the
Irish Times
Fiontar graduate, Sean Óg Ó hAilpín captained Cork senior hurling team to its 30th All Ireland title in 2005. During his time in the University he played a major role in the growth and development of the GAA in general and hurling in particular. He was a key player on the Fitzgibbon team and also played Sigerson Cup football. Sean Óg has achieved success with his county at every level of the game. This is his third senior All Ireland medal. He has also own Al-Ireland titles at minor and u-21 with Cork. Last year he was selected as “Hurler of the Year 2004”. Employed by AIB bank, he is also an accomplished Gaelic footballer, and played with the Irish compromise rules team against Australia last October.