Alumni prize for Tipperary woman and founder of award-winning public relations agency

Dublin City University on January 19 presented 2023 Alumni Awards to outstanding alumni, including Tipperary-born Martina Quinn.

The DCU Alumni Awards honour alumni who, through their exceptional ability and leadership, have achieved excellence in their chosen fields of endeavour.

Martina is the Founder and Managing Director of Alice, an award-winning public relations agency.

On leaving university Martina first worked as a journalist before moving into the world of communications in 2004.

In 2015 Martina founded Alice PR which now works throughout the island of Ireland and beyond, from offices in Dublin and Belfast, with a team of over 20 people.

Martina and her team have devised and managed successful campaigns with a broad range of organisations that want to bring about positive change in society.

Alice also recently launched the Alice Academy for Activists, an initiative that brings together aspiring activists – of all ages – and equips them, free of charge, with the skills they need to progress their work.

The 2023 Alumni Award recipients represent all five faculties of study at DCU (Business School, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Institute of Education, Faculty of Science and Health and Faculty of Engineering and Computing.

The achievements of these eight exceptional graduates were celebrated at a special ceremony in The Helix on DCU’s Glasnevin campus.