SILVER GAISCE AWARD CELEBRATION
Daniel Morley, Daniel Duffy, Kevin Kinsella, Sadhbh Galvin and Nadine Byrne from Avondale Community College were awarded the Silver Gaisce President's Award on November 7th in Belvedere College, Dublin. The students were awarded the honour for their significant contribution to their community. We would like to thank their award leaders Rosmarie Griffith and Fiona McGuirk for encouraging and guiding the students through out the process.
2019 UCD Conway Festival gold medal for PhD student Dwayne Byrne – Past Pupil of Avondale Community College
We are so proud of our past pupil and PhD student, Dwayne Byrne, from Avoca, who has won the 2019 UCD Conway Festival gold medal for his work to understand how motor neurons work and why they stop working in particular neurodegenerative disorders.
Dwayne is part of a research team based in UCD Conway Institute under the supervision of Conway Fellow, Assistant Professor Niamh O’Sullivan in UCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science. He is currently working in the laboratory of Dr Craig Blackstone at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke in Bethesda, Maryland, USA as part of a collaborative project.
Winner of the 2019 UCD Conway Festival gold medal, Dwayne Byrne pictured with his doctoral supervisor, Assistant Professor Niamh O'Sullivan. 
