A third level student from Bunclody has been selected to participate in an innovative project as part of her final year studies in IT Carlow.
Kira Kamateras is one of four students from the institutes s BSc (Hons) in Brewing and Distilling course, who will participate in the collaborative project with Carlow-based company Flying Tumbler Irish Whiskey.
Kira will join fellow students Ben Hodgins, from Clonakilty, Paul McNamara, from Abbeyleix, and Anthony Gannon, from Tullamore, alongside their course lecturer Dr Blaise Nic Phiarais, in the collaborative project with the Flying Tumbler team.
Their project will give the students direct hands-on experience in the core areas of gauging, blending and bottling Irish whiskey.