Kildalton student wins Teagasc / FBD Student of the Year 2025 award

Robyn Dowling, a Kildalton equine student from Skerries, Co Dublin, has been named the overall winner of the Teagasc / FBD Student of the Year 2025 award.

(Left to right): Liam O'Herlihy, chairperson of Teagasc; Frank O'Mara, director of Teagasc; Robyn Dowling, National Winner of the Student of the Year Awards 2025; Noel Grealish, minister of state at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Annmarie Butler, head of KT Education at Teagasc and Michael Berkery, chairperson of FBD Trust. Photo: Finbarr O’Rourke

Robyn Dowling from Skerries, Co Dublin, iss the overall winner of the Teagasc / FBD Student of the Year 2025 award.

The awards were presented by minister of state at the Department of Agriculture, Noel Grealish, on May 7. The awards, sponsored by FBD, were presented to the top graduates of Teagasc Level 6 agriculture, horticulture, equine and forestry training programmes in 2025.