Colm O’ Leary

Colm comes from a family dairy farm near Blarney in Co. Cork. He graduated from UCD Dairy Business in 2013 and as part of his degree Colm spent six months working on a 1200 cow dairy farm in New Zealand. He now farms in partnership with his…

Joe Lyng

Joe Lyng is a 2018 Nuffield Scholar.  Joe’s study explores the “Value in the market for grass-fed dairy product” Joe grew up on a sheep and beef farm in Inistioge, Co.Kilkenny. He studied Food & Agri-Business Management at UCD.…

Klaus Laitenberger

Klaus lives with his wife Joanna and children in North Leitrim. He was born in South Germany and with some detours ended up in the West of Ireland in 1999. He worked as the Head Gardener at the Organic Centre in Rossinver for 7 years. He moved…

Karol Kissane – Treasurer

Karol grew up on a suckler farm in Asdee in North Kerry. He worked away from the farm for 10 years in Banking and Financial Services where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant and a Chartered Tax Advisor. Karol is married to Caroline and they…
Tommy Heffernan Nuffield Scholar 2018

Tommy Heffernan

Tommy Heffernan is a vet and animal health specialist.  Married to Julie, they have five young children, Holly, Jacob, Isabelle, Juliet and Elle. He is originally from Co Kerry but now based in Wicklow. After qualifying in 2002 from UCD, he…