Prize Giving Ceremony 2011

This years prize giving ceremony again included a wide range of awards over the four years of our undergraduate course and built on passed successes. Congratulations to all involved and many thanks to our prize sponsors.

Prize/Description		Winner
The Harte Barry Optometry Prizes In memory of Oliver Harte Barry, to the two best students in the final examinations		1^st Kathleen Moloney 2^nd Louise Bonham

The Kevin Culliton Memorial Medal In memory of Kevin Culltion, to the student who achieved the best overall results, in the most clinically relevant modules, from each year		Kathleen Moloney

Johnson & Johnson Acuvue^TM Prizes To the student who achieved the highest standard, in Contact Lens Practice 2 module, in the third year		Cliona Costello
To the final year student, who achieved the highest standard, in the oral contact lens assessment		Maria Hickey

Noel Meehan Prizes To the student with the best marks in Anatomy & Physiology in the second year examinations		Saoirse McCrann
To the student with the best overall marks in Advanced Clinical Techniques in the third year examination		Ciara Hewitt

Abbott Medical Optics Prize To the student with the best mark in Ocular Pharmacology in the Third year examination		Cliona Costello

Essilor Prizes 1^st Year student with the best Ophthalmic Optics and Dispensing paper		Keelin Traynor
2^nd Year student with the best Optical Dispensing paper		Imelda McCarthy

Bausch and Lomb Prizes To the best 3rd year student in Contact Lens Clinic		Dermot O’ Brien
To the best final year student in Contact Lens Clinic		Jennifer McLoughlin

Some of our 2011 prize winners receive their awards


Kathleen Moloney receives her award from Mary O'Donnell from the Irish Opticians Board	Louise Bonham is presented her prize from Mary O'Donnell from the Irish Opticians Board	Cliona Costello receives her award from Thomas Murphy representing Johnson & Johnson Ltd


Saoirse McCrann is presented her award by John McGann of DIT	Ciara Hewitt recieves her her prize from John McGann of DIT	Keelin Traynor receives her award from Peter O'Donnell from Essilor


Imelda McCarthy is presented with her prize from Peter O'Donnell from Essilor	Dermot O'Brien is presented with his award by Carmel O'Dywer from Bausch & Lomb	Jennifer McLoughlin is presented with her award by Carmel O'Dywer from Bausch & Lomb

Additional Awards

Cliodhna Flannery, Claire Judge, Fiona Murphy and Orla Murphy are presented with Certificates for Outstanding Contribution to the Mozambique Eyecare Project by Aoife Phelan; programme coordinator.


Cliodhna Flannery	Claire Judge


Fiona Murphy	Orla Murphy

Annual Students Learning with Communities Awards

The DIT Programme for Students Learning With Communities annual award ceremony takes place every summer. DIT president Brian Norton presented students and community partners with prizes for their collaborations on course-based projects.

From optometry Dermot O' Brien and Gillian Murphy we awarded student prizes and a community partner award was given to Johanna Doherty, home school liaison with St. Enda's National School, Whitefriar Street.