Robbie Byrne 2020 Nuffield Scholar

Robbie Byrne

Robbie Byrne is a 2020 Nuffield Scholar. His study topic is ‘Regenerative Agriculture – Is this the way forward for Irish farmers?’ Robbie is married to Annmarie and they have 4 young children, James, Áine, Conor & Harry. Sheep,…

Alison Holmes

Alison grew up on a family run mixed enterprise farm in Laois and has always been actively involved in farming. Currently she farms in partnership with her father, Brian. She is also heavily involved in local Macra na Feirme and IFA organisations.…

Patrick O’Meara

Patrick O'Meara is married to Siobhan and grew up on mixed enterprise farm (sheep, beef & tillage) in Tipperary. He took over the farm in 2006 and in 2014 he converted the farm to dairying. Since converting Patrick has expanded his dairy…
Ciara O'Halloran 2019 Nuffield Scholar

Ciara O’ Halloran

Ciara O'Halloran is a 2019 Nuffield Scholar.  Her area of research is “Food Tourism - It’s potential use as an Educational Tool to shorten the gap between the Consumer and Producer” Ciara is the managing director of the Redbank Food…
Ailish Moriarty 2019 Nuffield Scholar

Ailish Moriarty

Ailish Moriarty is a 2019 Nuffield Scholar. Her study topic will be to “Promote Adoption of Milk Surveillance Schemes & Identify Decision Support Tools to Enable Farmers to Become More Proactive in Managing Herd Health.” Ailish works…
Karina Pierce 2019 Nuffield Scholar.

Karina Pierce

Karina Pierce is a 2019 Nuffield Scholar. Karina’s research topic ‘Future Proofing The Irish Agri-Food Sector Through Robust Research’ aims to evaluate if the future needs of the Irish agri-food industry are being addressed through current…