Tipperary student is one of thirteen to win agricultural science awards at ceremony held in UCC

Michael Berkery, Chairman FBD Trust, Dara Heffernan, Cahir, Co Tipperary, receiving the FBD Trust Soil Science Award and Dr William Burchill, UCC. Photo O'Gorman Photography.placeholder image
Michael Berkery, Chairman FBD Trust, Dara Heffernan, Cahir, Co Tipperary, receiving the FBD Trust Soil Science Award and Dr William Burchill, UCC. Photo O'Gorman Photography.

Darragh Heffernan won the ‘FBD Trust Soil Science Award’

Tipperary student wins award in the annual UCC Teagasc ‘Agricultural Science Post Graduation Celebration and Awards Ceremony’ which took place on the evening of Friday December 6.

The event celebrated and paid tribute to the class of 2024, as well as recognising the outstanding academic achievement of a number of individual members of the class.

The Tipperary student who won the ‘FBD Trust Soil Science Award’ for best student in the 3rd year module AG3002 – Soil Science and Soil/Land Management, was Dara Heffernan from Cahir in Tipperary.

The awards were sponsored by key industry stakeholders from across this industry, while the overall event was sponsored by FBD Trust.

In total 13 awards with a combined value of €7,250 were presented on the evening.

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