Winners announced at UCC College of Business and Law Scholarships and Prizes Awards Ceremony

Posted on: 25 Mar 2024

Winners announced at UCC College of Business and Law Scholarships and Prizes Awards Ceremony

The UCC College of Business and Law Scholarships and Prizes Award Ceremony took place in the Devere Hall on Thursday March 14th. The ceremony celebrates the achievements of students throughout the college, with prizes and scholarships awarded from sponsors, partners and donors.

Attendees were welcomed by Professor Thia Hennessy, Head of College of Business & Law, with addresses from Professor Anthony McDonnall, Interim Dean of Cork University Business School and Professor Mark Poustie, Dean of School of Law. 

The award recipients from the Cork University Business School are:

The PwC Prize for First Accounting and First Finance Students

  • First Prize: Hannah Sarah Cunningham, BSc Finance
  • Second Prize: Michael Dore, BSc Finance
  • Third Prize: Jane Ghilardi, BSc Finance


The PwC Prize for First Year Commerce

  • First Prize: Darragh Joyce, BComm 
  • Second Prize: Samuel John Costelloe, BComm 
  • Third Prize: Nicola McKeon, BComm 


The PwC Prize for Second Accounting and Second Finance Students

  • First Prize: Alison Lyons, BSc Accounting 
  • Second Prize: Seán Cantillon, BSc Finance
  • Third Prize: Ciarán Fogarty, BSc Finance

The PwC Prize for Second Year Commerce

  • First Prize: Alexander McMullen, BComm 
  • Second Prize: Julia Banel, BComm
  • Third Prize: Caolan Emmet Ryan, BComm

The PwC Prize in Accounting

  • Prize: Patricia O’Riordan, BSc Accounting 

The KPMG Prizes

  • First Prize: Alison Lyons, BSc Accounting 
  • Second Prize: Eva Maria Copas, BSc Accounting

KPMG Outstanding Scholar - Year I BSc Accounting 

  • Nia Eileen Donovan, BSc Accounting
  • Louise O’Riordan, BSc Accounting

KPMG Outstanding Scholar – Year II BSc Accounting

  • Niamh Morrissey, BSc Accounting
  • Ella Harrington, BSc Accounting

KPMG Women in Accounting Prize

  • Rachel Russell, BSc Accounting

The Deirdre O’Sullivan Memorial Prize in Accounting

  • Adam McGrath, Master of Accounting

The Deloitte Economics Prize for BSc. Finance

  • Hannah Sarah Cunningham, BSc Finance I
  • Seán Martin Cantillon, BSc Finance II
  • Sean Soden, BSc Finance III
  • Danielle Cahill, BSc Finance IV

The FDC Group Scholarship

  • Jordan Downey, Master of Accounting
  • Amy Kearney, MSc Management and Marketing
  • Brenn Liddy, MSc Sustainable Development, Agri-Food and Co-operatives 

Glanbia MSc Food Business and Innovation Scholarships 

  • Róisin Morrish, MSc Food Business and Innovation
  • Peter Ward, MSc Food Business and Innovation

The O’Connor Pyne & Co Prize 

  • First Prize: Alison Lyons, BSc Accounting 
  • Second Prize: Eva Marie Copas, BSc Accounting

Aoife O’Connell Memorial Prize

  • Liam McGrath, BA (Economics) International

UCC CIMA Prize – BSc Accounting or BSc Finance

  • Hannah Sarah Cunningham, BSc Accounting

UCC CIMA Prize – BComm

  • Cian O’Reilly, BComm

Anthony Reidy Memorial Prize in Accounting

  • Deirdre Marie O’Sullivan, BSc Accounting 

The Carbery Group Scholarship

  • Isla Sexton, MSc Sustainable Development, Agri-Food and Co-operatives

EY UCC Executive MBA Graduate of the Year Award 2022

  • Amy White, MBA

The Edward P. Cahill Prize

  • Anna Collins, BSc Accounting

The Odgers Berndtson Prize in MSc Management and Marketing

  • Madlin Sophie Streipert, MSc Management and Marketing

Ornua Scholarship: MSc Sustainable Development, Agri-Food and Co-operatives

  • Charlotte Norton, MSc Sustainable Development, Agri-Food and Co-operatives

BComm Gold Medal for Academic Achievement

  • Rachel Walsh, BComm

BComm III Year Abroad Scholarship

  • Caolan Emmet Ryan, BComm III
  • Áine Higgins, BComm III
  • Lainey Nolan, BComm III (2022/23) 

BComm III Semester Abroad Scholarship

  • Sinéad Coleman, BComm III
  • Dion O’Neill, BComm III
  • Seán O’Leary, BComm III
  • Cian O’Reilly, BComm III
  • Clodagh Monahan, BComm III

BComm Strategy Capstone Group Project 2022/2023

  • Robyn Collins Kearney, BComm
  • Caoimhe Corkery, BComm
  • Rose Goggin, BComm
  • Mark O’Leary, BComm
  • Cian Stakelum, BComm

CUBS Dean’s Scholars List

  • Damien Florence Cooper, BComm
  • Sinéad Pauline McWeeney, BSc International Development
  • Sarah Tobin, BSc Food Marketing and Entrepreneurship
  • Deirdre Marie O’Sullivan, BSc Accounting
  • Karen Louise Foley, BSc Finance
  • Eoin Martin O’Brien, BSc Business Information Systems
  • Haoyun Liu, BSc Business and Financial Economics
  • Emer Foley, BA Economics
  • Michael Bakay, BComm International with Chinese Studies
  • Siun Eimear Healy, BComm International with French
  • Alina Buga, BComm International with Hispanic Studies
  • Aine McHugh, BComm International with Irish
  • Kate Mary Hennessy, BComm International with Italian

CUBS Dean’s MBA Scholarship

  • Kim Bolger, MBA

The John Busteed Memorial Prizes

  • Samuel John Costelloe, BComm I
  • Sean Daniel O’Leary, BComm II
  • Damien Florence Cooper, BComm III
  • Ashlin Mary O’Sullivan, BComm IV
  • Jake Toomey Parsons, BA Economics I
  • Emer Foley, BA Economics II
  • Jordan Dean Cullinane, BA Economics III
  • Darragh Stephen O’Connor, BA Economics IV
  • John Cashel O’Riordan, BA Arts I
  • Sarah Theresa O’Shea, BA Arts II
  • Theresa Grace O’Mahony, BA Arts III

Quercus Undergraduate College Scholarships

  • Nicola McKeon, BComm II
  • Alexander William McMullen, BComm III
  • Elizabeth Lobanova, BSc Accounting (Joint Awardee)
  • Ailbhe Margaret O’Carroll, BSc Accounting (Joint Awardee)
  • Alison Lyons, BSc Accounting III
  • Molly Aideen Hickey, BSc Business Information Systems II
  • Grace Grosso, BSc Business Information Systems III
  • Hannah Sarah Cunningham, BSc Finance II
  • Sean Martin Cantillon, BSc Finance III
  • Mia Grace Casey, BSc International Business with Languages I
  • Cormac Anthony Leahy, BComm International I 
  • Damyana Ivanova, BSc Food Marketing and Entrepreneurship II
  • Sean Fulton, BSc Food Marketing and Entrepreurship III
  • Jake Toomey Parsons, BA Economics (TTL) II
  • Emer Foley, BA Economics (TTL) III
  • Antonia Schoepf, BSc international Development III
  • Noah Helder, BSc International Development III 
  • Leon Ian Quirke, Top Mature Student I
  • Nicola Foley, Top Mature Student II
  • Cheuk Iu Yu, Top Non EU Student III

CUBS 30% Club Management Scholarships

  • Elaine Murphy, Postgraduate in Project Management
  • Stephanie Foley, HDip in Human Resources

CUBS 30% UCC Executive MBA Scholarship

  • Catherine Sheridan, MBA

MSc Strategic Marketing and Practice - Graduate of the year

  • Alexandra Sarah McInerney, MSc Strategic Marketing and Practice

The Downey Prize

  • Rachel Walsh, BComm IV

To find out more about the awards and the full list of awardees, you can download the ceremony brochure here.

If you received an award and would like a digital version of your photo, please contact [email protected]