Laois students at university in Cork get bursary boost to help women in STEM sector
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Ruth Bergin pictured with teachers Mr. Peter Malone and Ms. Nicola Reddington after collecting her Leaving Certificate results at Heywood CS in 2019. Photograph: Alf Harvey. );
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Christmas has come early two Laois students who are in second year at University College Cork.
Ruth Bergin, a student of Data Science and Analytics and Rose Delaney, an Electrical and Electronic Engineering student will each receive a €3,000 bursary.
Ruth, a former student of Heywood Community School, Ballinakill, was also the winner of the Naugthon Scholarship in 2019.
Morgan s Fine Fish, a long-established family seafood business based in Omeath, successfully launched their first ever ready to cook product range Morgan s Seafood Kitchen this year with support from the Taste 4 Success Skillnet ReBound programme.
The programme, which focuses on SMEs in the food, agri-food, seafood and beverage sector, proved a vital support to Morgan s Fine Fish. Gillian Morgan, New Product Development Manager explains: Morgan s Fine Fish has been a family business for 160 years and we have been supplying seafood to retailers and foodservice customers for over 30 years. We have faced many challenges over that time, but nothing could have prepared us for COVID-19. We had spent considerable time and investment in developing our first ready to cook retail range just before the pandemic hit .
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