The victorious students (left to right): Siobhan Eccles, Ester Afolalu & Laura Coyne

Our students have done it again! 

For the 6th year in a row a School of Nursing and Midwifery 4th Year student has won First prize in the prestigious NUI Dr Henry Hutchinson Stewart Medical Scholarships awards.

This competition is across the NUI Universities and the award is based on student’s results from the final degree examinations in Nursing/Midwifery. 

Our first graduates were in 2006 and since then every year students from the School of Nursing & Midwifery have won the 1st Prize.

This year HHS awarded the 2010 and 2011 awards to Ester Afolalu and Laura Coyne.  Both Ester and Laura are General Nursing students and both are from Mullingar, Co. Westmeath! 

Ester Afolalu from NUI Galway School of Nursing & Midwifery & from Mullingar receiving the coveted prize from Dr. Maurice Manning, Chancellor of the University

Professor Kathy Murphy commented that “winning again this year is yet another great achievement for the School. Our students have now got first place each year for the past six years, that's a remarkable achievement and demonstrates the high calibre of NUI Galway students"

Second Prize was also won by our midwifery student Ms. Siobhan Eccles. Siobhan hails from Ennis, Co. Clare. Ireland’s first Professor of Midwifery, Professor Declan Devane commented that, “I’m delighted for Siobhan and her colleagues on their wonderful achievement. It is fitting recognition to the quality of their work and to the quality of the nursing and midwifery education at NUI Galway. I have no doubt that they will each make a substantial contribution to the quality of health care."

Laura Coyne also from NUI Galway School of Nursing & Midwifery & from Mullingar makes it 6 in a row!

Previous First Prize Winners Include:

• 2009 Krystle Ruddy (NUI, Galway)
• 2008 Julie Harris (NUI, Galway)
• 2007 Leanne O'Flynn (NUI, Galway)
• 2006 Sharon Garvey (NUI, Galway)

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Siobhan Eccles from NUI Galway School of Nursing & Midwifery & from Ennis completes a trio of winners.