A Cavan teaching graduate has received a top national award in recant days.
Primary Education graduate, Angela O'Mahony, from Cavan, had double cause for celebration after achieving 'top of her class' status at the annual Hibernia College conferring ceremony.
In addition to receiving her Masters qualification which was held at Dublin's Convention Centre recently, Angela was honoured with the overall Student of the Year Award.
That award is presented by the College to the student in each cohort with the highest grade across the Primary programme. In addition, Angela also received the INTO Vere Foster Medal - awarded by the Irish National Teachers' Organisation (INTO) for 'Outstanding Performance in School Placement'. A teacher at Butlersbridge National School, Angela was one of over 1,190 graduates from all 26 counties to qualify in Primary and Post-Primary teaching, Inclusive and Special Education and Data Analytics.
Congratulating her and other graduates, Dr Mary Kelly, Academic Dean at Hibernia College, said all teachers in attendance "hold the key to transformative change in the world by shaping the minds and futures of the next generation, at a time when our country is so short of teachers".
