Galway farmer and qualified nurse wins Teagasc Student of the Year award

Drystock winner is Shane O'Brien from Co Cork 
Galway farmer and qualified nurse wins Teagasc Student of the Year award

Teagasc Student of the Year, Deirdre McMahon completed the Teagasc Distance Education Green Cert programme at Pallaskenry College, Co Limerick. File Picture. 

Nurses, pilots, teachers, carpenters, firefighters, builders, physiotherapists, administrators, engineers - and the whole army of part-timers who keep Irish farming going - were recognised in the 2020 Teagasc/FBD Student of the Year awards.

And one of them came out on top when the results were announced recently. She is Deirdre McMahon, Kinvara, Co Galway.

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