Maths enthusiast achieves gold standard
As well as Brendan O’Brien, formerly of Douglas Community School in Cork, the Accenture Analytics Mathematics Excellence Award is being awarded to another Cork student — Christian Brothers College graduate Conor Moloney — and Darragh Rice, who studied at St Brendan’s College in Killarney, Co Kerry. The awards are organised by the Irish Maths Teachers’ Association, with recipients being those deemed to have the most meritorious performance from among students with the highest results in each year’s honours papers.
Hearing about his success from the school last week was a big surprise to Brendan, despite his interest in and success at the subject.
