Top Tipperary student Jake Flannery from Rockwell College awarded major university scholarship

Rockwell College is celebrating the success of their top student Jake Flannery. 

Jake is the Tipperary recipient of the Naughton Foundation award which grants top STEM students €5,000 per annum for 4 years towards their STEM university studies.

One only is selected from each county and recipients must meet criteria and performance targets for the duration of their studies.

Jake was selected from thousands of applicants across the county.

The awards ceremony took place of Saturday, September 29th in Trinity College Dublin. Here, Jake accepted his award in a ceremony attended by the Minister for Education & Skills Richard Bruton. The founders of the scholarship programme, Carmel and Martin Naughton, presented the award. 

In addition to the award, the school attended by the recipient received €1000 toward their Science faculty equipment.

Jake’s success comes as a result of achieving six H1 grades including the STEM subjects Biology, Chemistry, Maths and Applied Maths.

A very successful Rugby player, Jake will continue his passion for Rugby at College. He has chosen to pursue Chemical and Biochemical Engineering at UL.

Staff at Rockwell College congratulated Jake on this remarkable achievement and Chemistry teacher Ms. Helen Murray travelled to attend the ceremony on behalf of the College.