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Accessibility & LanguagePursuing Sporting Excellence
Pursuing Sporting Excellence: Insights on Success and Leadership
The Aviva Stadium was the setting on Tuesday 28th of November for a panel discussion featuring University of Galway alumni with substantial expertise, leadership positions and administration skills in various sporting fields.
MC for the event was Damian Lawlor (MA 2003), RTE journalist and broadcaster.
The panellists were:
Heather Boyle (BA 1998), former international rower and cyclist, communications, PR and athletes' commission lead, Olympic Federation of Ireland.
Yvonne Comer (MBA 2019), former rugby international, Connacht representative to the IRFU and CEO & Co-Founder at RugbySmarts.
Kevin McStay (MA NUIM), former Mayo player and all-star, current Mayo manager, former RTE pundit and Irish Times columnist and former Defence Forces officer.
Feargal O'Callaghan (MBA 2022), high performance sports lead, University of Galway, team manager, Rowing Ireland, Tokyo Olympics and athletics performance coach, Munster Rugby 1999-2019.
The event was facilitated by Martin Murphy (BA 1980), former Aviva Stadium Director and was kindly supported by Uniphar.
Kevin McStay, Heather Boyle, Damian Lawlor, Yvonne Comer, Feargal O'Callaghan
Heather Boyle, Andrea Murray, Deirdre Boyle
Mike O'Mahoney, Joey Costello, Richard O'Hanlon and Mick Molloy
Heather Boyle, Yvonne Comer
Joe Dixon, Ben Creavan, Paul McDonald
Mary Surlis, Stuart Stamp and Celine Reilly
John Kenny, Tony Kenny, Julia Stafford, Hugh McGonigle
Julia Stafford, Anthony Fay and Catherine Conroy
The Panel during the discussion
Martin Hogan, Sean O'Rourke, Kevin McStay, Damian Lawlor
Feargal O'Callaghan, Yvonne Comer, Heather Boyle and Martin Hogan
Colm O'Dwyer, Paul Dodd, Nicola Rees, Catherine Conroy
Brendan Corrigan, Emily O'Reilly
Liam Fallon, Pamela O'Hanlon
John Kenny and Tony Kenny
