Olympic hockey player Katie Mullan to address Irish Angus Schools

Katie, from a farming background, has strong family links to the agri-food industry, and will share her experience of growing up on a farm and how this has impacted her career.

Mon, 24 Feb, 2020 - 13:37

Stephen Cadogan

Irish international and Olympic hockey player Katie Mullan will address the student finalists of the Certified Irish Angus Schools competition at an awards ceremony in Croke Park on Wednesday March 4.

Katie, from a farming background, has strong family links to the agri-food industry, and will share her experience of growing up on a farm and how this has impacted her career and sporting achievements.

The event marks the culmination of an 18-month long secondary school competition which sees six groups vying to become the overall winner of the Certified Irish Angus Schools Competition.

Waiting to see if they will be announced as winners on Wednesday are groups from St. Joseph’s Mercy Secondary School, Navan; St. Ita’s School, Drogheda; Coláiste Treasa, Kanturk; Royal School, Cavan; Mary Immaculate Secondary School, Lisdoonvarna; and Roscommon Community College.

Throughout the competition, groups of students from each school reared five Angus calves over an 18-month period. while completing a related research project on a specific Agricultural theme.

Following the awards ceremony, 35 schools from around the country will present their project ideas at an exhibition in order to be considered for selection to progress to the next stage of the competition.