Woman on a mission: Miss Universe Ireland on her career at NASA

Her passion for maths has brought her all the way to a role as a director of the NASA Space Apps Challenge, and now she’s using her profile as Miss Universe Ireland to show our girls the possibilities such a career can bring.

She was crowned our first biracial Miss Universe Ireland - and she wants her career as a NASA director to be a role model for other girls to embrace STEM. Ahead of Space Week, Esther McCarthy meets the inspiring Fionnghuala O’Reilly

Fionnghuala O’Reilly is a woman on a mission — to help schoolgirls dream big when it comes to a career in maths and sciences.