Student to lose disability allowances if she accepts scholarship to pursue PhD

Catherine Gallagher, 23, from Achill Island was offered a scholarship to pursue a doctorate on the topic ‘Journalism and Political Communication Response to Covid 19 in Ireland’.

A student with a disability who was offered a scholarship to pursue a PhD is being forced to decline the award in order to keep her disability supports.

Catherine Gallagher, 23, was awarded a scholarship to pursue a doctorate for Dublin City University after coming first in her masters course.