Highly Commended 2011

International Categories

Human Rights

  • Ariel Hsian &Au Hsiung | University of California, Berkeley
  • Hannah Jewell | University of California, Berkeley
  • Amanda Rothschild | Boston College

Sustainability

  • Anthea Lacchia | Trinity College, Dublin
  • Richard Sun | Columbia University
  • Devin Richards | University of California, Berkeley

Social Media

  • Marta Belcher | University of California, Berkeley
  • David Molloy | Trinity College, Dublin

Ireland & Northern Ireland Categories

Agriculture & Environmental Sciences

  • Vilma Kokko | Mary Immaculate College of Limerick
  • Emma Jane Porter | Queen’s University Belfast
  • Camilla Thompsell | Queen’s University Belfast
  • Gavin Kenny | Trinity College, Dublin
  • Charlotte Kenchington | Trinity College, Dublin
  • Fiona Fitzpatrick | Trinity College, Dublin

Ancient & Classical Studies

  • Alan Russell | Queen’s University Belfast
  • Brandt Dainow | National University of Ireland Maynooth
  • Cian O’Halloran | Trinity College, Dublin
  • Conor Dawson | University College Cork

Business & Economics

  • Sanghee Park| Trinity College, Dublin
  • Alex Clarke| National University of Ireland Maynooth
  • Sophie Ward| Trinity College, Dublin
  • Christoph Walsh| Trinity College, Dublin
  • Joel Farronato| University College, Dublin
  • Blake Boland| Dublin Institute of Technology
  • Alison Duff | National University of Ireland Galway
  • Stephen Culligan | Trinity College, Dublin
  • Stacey Hassan | University of Ulster
  • Judith Hannaway | University of Ulster
  • Louise Callaghan | University of Ulster
  • Mark Curran | University College Dublin
  • Suzanne Sharkey | Trinity College, Dublin
  • Róisín Donnelly | Trinity College, Dublin

Computer Science & Information Studies

  • Cian O’Criodain | Trinity College, Dublin
  • Thomas Whelan | National University of Ireland Maynooth
  • Han Gong | University of Ulster
  • Ian Kelly | Trinity College, Dublin
  • Michael Clear | Trinity College, Dublin

Celtic Studies & Irish

  • Deasún Ó Riain | University College Dublin
  • Roslyn Steer | University College Cork
  • Áine Ní Neachtain | University College Cork
  • Sibéal Davitt | Trinity College, Dublin

Engineering & Mechanical Sciences

  • Patrick Fay | Dublin Institute of Technology
  • David Bishop | University of Ulster
  • Emmet O’Brien | Cork Institute of Technology
  • David Barry | Waterford Institute of Technology
  • Liam Ryan | Trinity College, Dublin
  • John Gallagher | Letterkenny Institute of Technology
  • Glen Shearer | Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology
  • Rian Edman | Cork Institute of Technology
  • James O’Meara | Dublin Institute of Technology
  • Carol Grimes | Dublin Institute of Technology
  • Thomas Neary | Dublin Institute of Technology
  • Chris Pullen | Dundalk Institute of Technology
  • Anthony McGinn | Dublin Institute of Technology
  • Kelly O’Sullivan | Dublin Institute of Technology
  • Noreile Breen | Dublin Institute of Technology
  • Anna Healy | University of Limerick
  • Eoin Allen | University College Cork
  • Sharon Farrell | Trinity College, Dublin
  • Connor O’Higgins | Queen’s University Belfast

English Language & Literature

  • Helen Diamond | Trinity College, Dublin
  • Sonya Cronin | University College Dublin
  • Fionnuala Barrett | Trinity College, Dublin
  • Katharina Birte Wilhelm | Trinity College, Dublin
  • Cillian Murphy | Trinity College, Dublin
  • Richard Howard | Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design & Technology
  • Ian Hennessy | University College Cork
  • Bryan Moriarty | Trinity College, Dublin
  • Thomas Helm | Trinity College, Dublin
  • Jonathan Creasy | Trinity College, Dublin

Historical Studies

  • James Kelly | Trinity College, Dublin
  • Tricia Kehoe | University College Cork
  • Catherine Lamont | Queen’s University Belfast
  • Adam Cooke | Queen’s University Belfast
  • Eugene Costello | University College Cork
  • Daniel Reilly | Trinity College, Dublin
  • Laura Mitchell | Trinity College, Dublin
  • Gerard Farrell | Trinity College, Dublin
  • Joan Redmond | Trinity College, Dublin
  • Dominic Henry | Queen’s University Belfast
  • Pauline Louise Mitchell | University of Ulster
  • Kate Richardson | Trinity College, Dublin
  • Ciara Galvin | National University of Ireland Maynooth

International Relations & Politics

  • Dominic Henry | Queen’s University Belfast
  • Fiona Carroll | Dublin City University
  • Connor Daly | Queen’s University Belfast
  • Ross Downey | Queen’s University Belfast
  • Tessy Huss | University College Dublin
  • Gareth Larmour | University of Ulster
  • Colm Maguire | University College Dublin
  • Brittany McLeod | National University of Ireland Maynooth
  • Jonathan Mitchell | Queen’s University Belfast
  • Graham Scobie | Queen’s University Belfast
  • Kieran Timmons | National University of Ireland Maynooth
  • Ian Power | Trinity College, Dublin
  • Barry Cahill | Trinity College, Dublin
  • Gene Carolan | National University of Ireland Maynooth

Languages & Linguistics

  • Eimear Kennedy | Queen’s University Belfast
  • Claire Hanson | Queen’s University Belfast
  • Doris Murphy | University College Cork
  • Philip Morrow | National University of Ireland Galway
  • Eloise McNeely | National University of Ireland Maynooth
  • Emma Sadleir | National University of Ireland Galway
  • Alan Smyth | National University of Ireland Maynooth
  • Garret Sammon | Trinity College, Dublin
  • Elizabeth Fitzgerald | Trinity College, Dublin
  • Laura Sinnott | Trinity College, Dublin
  • Ronan Murphy | Trinity College, Dublin
  • Mark Davidson | Trinity College, Dublin
  • Aedin Kelly | Trinity College, Dublin
  • Madeline Maher | Trinity College, Dublin
  • Deborah Hendy | Trinity College, Dublin

Law

  • Marie-Claire Campbell | Queen’s University Belfast
  • Nuala Canavan | Trinity College, Dublin
  • Caroline Carney | Trinity College, Dublin
  • Mark Cusack | Trinity College, Dublin
  • Nichola Delaney | University College Dublin
  • Anthony Doherty | University of Ulster
  • James Fagan | University College Dublin
  • Paula Gibson | Queen’s University Belfast
  • Conor Keane | National University of Ireland Galway
  • Aoife MacDermott | University College Dublin
  • Christina Magill | Trinity College, Dublin
  • Seamus Mulholland | Queen’s University Belfast
  • Carla Smyth | University College Dublin
  • Jeff Walsh | Trinity College, Dublin
  • Trevor Glavey | National University of Ireland Galway

Life Sciences

  • Caroline Walsh | University College Dublin
  • Ronan McLoughlin | University of Ulster
  • Orfhlaith Brady | Dublin Institute of Technology
  • Laura Hinchcliffe | Queen’s University Belfast
  • Hazel Byrne | Trinity College, Dublin
  • Fernanda Machado Tahamtani | Trinity College, Dublin
  • Alison May | Trinity College, Dublin
  • Brian Mongan | National University of Ireland Galway
  • Ailbhe Murphy | University College Cork
  • Grace Holmes | Trinity College, Dublin
  • Alexander Hart | National University of Ireland Galway
  • Louise Callaghan | University of Ulster
  • Caroline Gallagher | University of Ulster
  • Niamh Coughlan | University College Dublin
  • Nicholas Kruseman Aretz | Trinity College, Dublin
  • Deborah Seale | University College Dublin

Medical Sciences

  • Sarah Corcoran | Trinity College, Dublin
  • Marie Kelly | Trinity College, Dublin
  • Joanne Fahy | National University of Ireland Galway
  • Daniel Johnston | Trinity College, Dublin
  • Raechel Joy | Dublin Institute of Technology
  • David McConville | University of Ulster
  • Karan Gulati | Trinity College, Dublin
  • Donal Murphy | University College Dublin
  • Clionadh Mannion | Trinity College, Dublin
  • Karim Saleh | Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland
  • Meghan O’Brien | National University of Ireland Galway
  • Leann MacAulay | Queen’s University Belfast
  • Nathan Moore | Queen’s University Belfast
  • Elizabeth Lowry | Trinity College, Dublin
  • Susan Heavey | Trinity College, Dublin
  • Martina Leonard | National University of Ireland Galway
  • Kieran Reynolds | Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland
  • Maureen Deeny | Trinity College, Dublin
  • Claire McDermott | Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland
  • Jonathan McGrath | University College Cork

Modern Cultural Studies

  • Rory Dowse | Queen’s University Belfast
  • Aoife Sadlier | Cork Institute of Technology
  • Roslyn Steer | University College Cork
  • Marc Atkinson | Trinity College, Dub
  • Katie McDermott | National University of Ireland Maynooth
  • Carla Finney | Griffith College Dublin
  • Anna Murphy | University College Cork
  • David Shanagher | University College Dublin
  • Sinead McDonald | Institute of Technology Tallaght
  • Eoghan Quinn | Trinity College, Dublin
  • Laura Kavanagh | Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design & Technology

Nursing & Midwifery

  • Karen Kelly | Trinity College, Dublin
  • Jennifer Candy | University College Dublin
  • Kate Bridgeman | University of Limerick
  • Niamh Cunningham | University of Limerick
  • Adele O’Mahony | University College Cork
  • Aifric Rabbitt | Trinity College, Dublin
  • Victor Adeleke | Dublin City University
  • Barry Ryan | University College Cork
  • Anne McNee | University of Limerick
  • Aine Byrne | Trinity College, Dublin
  • Andrea Flannery | University College Dublin
  • Nora Vallejo | Trinity College, Dublin
  • Katie Hill | Trinity College, Dublin
  • Laura McEntaggart | Trinity College, Dublin
  • Sylvia Snowe | Trinity College, Dublin
  • Anna Michael | Trinity College, Dublin
  • Grainne Fox | University of Limerick
  • Ashling Murphy | University College Cork

Philosophical Studies

  • Katie Canning | Trinity College, Dublin
  • Edel Corrigan | St Patrick’s College
  • Michael Dwyer | University College Cork
  • Jeremy Kingsley | Trinity College, Dublin
  • Matthew Mckeever | Trinity College, Dublin
  • Fay Niker | Trinity College, Dublin
  • Patrick O’Brien | University College Cork
  • Isabelle Ruane | University College Cork
  • Rachael Scally | Trinity College, Dublin
  • Genevieve Shanahan | University College Cork
  • Geoffrey Wharton | Trinity College, Dublin

Physical Sciences

  • Vincent McAllister | Queen’s University Belfast
  • Grainne Kirby | University of Limerick
  • Philip Kelly | Dublin Institute of Technology
  • Robert Hogan | University College Cork
  • Ciaran Gray | Dublin City University
  • James Flanagan | Queen’s University Belfast
  • Nathan Wells | Queen’s University Belfast

Psychology

  • Claire Howlin | University College Dublin
  • Sarah Kavanagh | National University of Ireland Maynooth
  • Elizabeth O’Donnell | National College of Ireland
  • Rochelle Toolan | National University of Ireland Maynooth
  • Maeve Butler | University College Cork
  • Christine Lehane | National University of Ireland Maynooth
  • Alexandra Smith | University College Dublin
  • Cathy Newell | Trinity College, Dublin
  • Meadhbh Brosnan | National University of Ireland Galway
  • David Lydon | Trinity College, Dublin
  • Gemma Gordon | Trinity College, Dublin

Social Studies

  • Laura McGonagle | National University of Ireland Maynooth
  • Aisling Toner | St Mary’s University College Belfast
  • Jonathan Mitchell | Queen’s University Belfast
  • Kelly Maguire | Queen’s University Belfast
  • Ashlea Berryman | Stranmillis University College
  • Lindsey Kirk | Queen’s University Belfast
  • Catherine Weatherup | Queen’s University Belfast
  • Alexander Laing | Trinity College, Dublin
  • Eileen Murphy | National University of Ireland Maynooth

Teacher Education

  • Steven Park | Stranmillis University College
  • Emma McClarey | St Mary’s University College Belfast
  • David Livingstone | Stranmillis University College
  • George Cregan | University of Ulster
  • Laura Murray | St Mary’s University College Belfast
  • Darragh Daly | University of Ulster
  • Vicky O’Neill | St Mary’s University College Belfast