Damien Dempsey

Congratulations to EU Commissioner Mairead McGuinness, who today was conferred with an Honorary Doctorate of Science for her outstanding contributions to Irish agriculture. She graduated with a BSc in Agriculture Economics in 1980; the first woman to qualify in the discipline.🎓

Fáiltíonn muid roimh @ucdalumni Mairéad McGuinness, Coimisinéir an AE go @ucddublin.

Huge thanks to FBD for a €6 million philanthropic contribution to the development of UCD Lyons Farm. With @ucddublin co-investment, this will transform our agricultural science education and our research into the challenges facing agriculture and farming. rte.ie/news/business/…

Not to be for @monaghangaa today in Salthill against a good @Galway_GAA team. It was nice to be there however with these two super fans to see Monaghan’s GOAT @ConorMcManus_15 bring the curtain down following an outstanding career. Thanks for the many amazing memories. 🔵⚪️

After 42 years in @ucddublin our beloved Iris Burke is retiring as Director of the @ucdagfood Programme Office. We can’t thank her enough for all she has contributed to the school & to UCD over the years. Wishing Iris the very best on her next adventure 💙

@ucdagfood @ucddublin @UCD_CHAS @UCD_EDI @UCDALUMNI Congratulations on your retirement Iris - you have been the heart and soul of @ucdagfood for 42 years and a great friend and colleague to us all.

Experts in Their Field returns next week with a new podcast. In the meantime we'd like to remind you of the great library of podcasts we have available. You can listen to them all here - asaireland.ie/podcasts/ #Irishpodcasts #Agripodcasts

#UCD has three #microcredentials in the areas of Food & Nutrition from the @ucdagfood starting September 2022. Visit lnkd.in/gX46J7Mg to learn more! #UCDMicroCreds #MicroCredsIE #foodscience #nutrition

We are looking for some enthusiastic candidates for exciting MSc / PhD positions to join us on new EU project on Sustainable Healthy Diets #jobsearch #sustainable #HealthyEating - details below - 👇 @AifricOSullivan @UCDNutritionSoc @UCDFoodHealth @ucdagfood @UCD_Research

🧑‍🎓🍱 Congrats to UCD alumnus Jim O'Toole following @Bordbia's announcement that he has been appointed as its new CEO. rte.ie/news/business/…

📻🐄 Listen Back: Prof Tommy Boland @PallasTb spoke to @RTECountryWide on the research taking place at @ucdlyonsfarm which will help in delivering a roadmap for Ireland to meet its climate targets. 🗣 "It’s really difficult to measure how much methane cows are producing..."

Listen back to @HelenBSheridan and @PallasTb from @ucdagfood speaking on @RTECountryWide from @ucdlyonsfarm earlier this morning. Terrific segment showcasing examples of some of the relevant research taking place @ucdlyonsfarm rte.ie/radio/radio1/c… @ucddublin @UCD_Research

Looking forward to hearing from @PallasTb and @HelenBSheridan on @RTECountryWide tomorrow morning discussing some of the really important and relevant research taking place at @ucdlyonsfarm - @ucddublin @ASAireland @CLockLivestock @UCD_CHAS @ucd_global @UCDALUMNI

It was great to welcome Damien O'Reilly @RTECountryWide to @ucdlyonsfarm today to discuss research to reduce environmental impact and improve profitability of livestock systems with @HelenBSheridan and I as we start our methane measurements @CLockLivestock

👏👏Congrats to Professor Olaf Schmidt (@OlafUCD), who has been awarded Honorary Membership for Life by the @AABiologists, one of the first scientific societies founded in the UK to be devoted to this field of study. #agriculture #foodscience 👉👉ucd.ie/newsandopinion…

Fantastic recognition for @OlafUCD @ucdagfood of his enormous contribution over many years 👏👏 @_Rosemount @UCDEarth @ucddublin Professor Olaf Schmidt given Honorary Membership for Life by  the Association of Applied Biologists (ABB) @AABiologists ucd.ie/agfood/newsand…

A massive thanks to everyone that supported our recent charity sheepdog trials in aid of Crumlin Children’s Hospital, and to Stephen Lott & Ger Egan for organising it. Also a special thanks to Paddy Fanning (catbrookmedia.ie) for capturing the day. youtu.be/u7GjRua_Zec

Interested in healthy eating or working in the area of human nutrition?🍎🥦 @ucdagfood has two NEW online #microcredential courses; ➡️Concepts of Nutrition and Healthy Eating ➡️Nutrition and the Consumer Diet Visit ucd.ie/microcredentia… to learn more! #UCD #studyatucd

The EU has a vital role to play in agri-food policies. Looking ahead, we would need better support for managing #sustainability and #consumers’ affordability risks over long time scales - Professor Michael Wallace, @ucdagfood at today's #FoodSecurity event with @emireland

Great overview of new MSc Animal Science @ucdagfood in recent @farmersjournal with Programme Director @kmeade11 @siucrashack #Sep22 #online #fulltime #part-time #professionaldevelopment @UCDGS @IrishCountryLiv @ucddublin @UCD_Ag_Soc farmersjournal.ie/new-ucd-master…