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The overall winner, Robyn Dowling completed the Level 6 Advanced Certificate in Horsemanship (Equitation) at the Teagasc Kildalton College in Piltown, Co. Kilkenny. In addition to winning the Overall Teagasc / FBD Student of the Year 2025 award she was also successful in the ‘Other Land Based Category’.
Two other category awards were presented. Edmund Motherway from Ladysbridge, Midleton, Co. Cork won the ‘Full-Time Agriculture Category’. He completed the Level 6 Advanced Certificate in Agriculture (Dairy Herd Management) in Teagasc Kildalton College in Piltown, Co. Kilkenny.
Bernadette Donohoe, from Kildavin, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford, was successful in the ‘Part-Time and Distance Education Category’. She completed the Level 6 Advanced Certificate in Agriculture at Teagasc Tinahely.
Dr Anne Marie Butler, head of education in Teagasc said: “These awards showcase the agriculture, horticulture, equine and forestry courses and the best students that have come through those.”