Wexford student honoured at All-Ireland Scholarship Awards
Established by JP McManus in 2008, the programme provides support to excelling students who are pursuing third-level education.
Each year, 125 scholarships are awarded across the country, with a minimum of two awards per county, with the award set to cover their fees for the duration of their undergraduate studies.
The value of each All Ireland Scholarship is set at €6,750 per annum in Ireland and £5,500 per annum in Northern Ireland, and the scholarships apply for the duration of the undergraduate programmes chosen by the scholarship winners.
In excess of €42.7m has been disbursed to scholarship recipients to date, 1,799 scholarships have been awarded and over 1,400 All Ireland Scholarships winners have already graduated from university, showing the effectiveness of the much-needed support.
Mohammed is currently studying his first choice of Computer Science in Trinity College Dublin, having always wanting to work in his chosen field after falling in love with the subject during his studies in secondary school.
Not only did he achieve a staggering 625 points in his Leaving Cert, but he also returned to his former secondary school earlier this year to receive an award for getting the top marks in the country in his Technology paper.
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