Horticulture sector hails student of the year

STEPHEN Dempsey from Carrigrohane, Co Cork, has won the all-Ireland Horticultural Student of the Year award, sponsored by the RDS.

The competition rewards the top student in the five horticultural colleges in Ireland four in the Republic and one in the North.

Stephen, 21, was one of 10 students shortlisted for the award. A panel of RDS judges selected him as the best student in the country in 2002.