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The National University of Ireland is a federal university comprising 4 constituent universities and a number of other educational institutions.
RCN: 20000035
RCN: 20000035
Aibhlín served on the boards of the The Arts Council, Glór Arts Centre and the Irish Traditional Music Archive. She is Chair of the Irish Chamber Orchestra and sits on the Governing Authority of the University of Limerick.
Huge congratulations to Dr Mc Crann 👏 🎓
Huge congratulations to Dr Mc Crann 👏 🎓
November 18, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Aibhlín served on the boards of the The Arts Council, Glór Arts Centre and the Irish Traditional Music Archive. She is Chair of the Irish Chamber Orchestra and sits on the Governing Authority of the University of Limerick.
Huge congratulations to Dr Mc Crann 👏 🎓
Huge congratulations to Dr Mc Crann 👏 🎓
In her capacity as Chair of Cruit Éireann | Harp Ireland, she works with her board to develop and promote harping in Ireland and worldwide. In 2019, partnering with the Dept. of Tourism, Arts, Culture, Heritage & Media, she achieved UNESCO recognition for Irish Harping.
November 18, 2025 at 12:22 PM
In her capacity as Chair of Cruit Éireann | Harp Ireland, she works with her board to develop and promote harping in Ireland and worldwide. In 2019, partnering with the Dept. of Tourism, Arts, Culture, Heritage & Media, she achieved UNESCO recognition for Irish Harping.
A fluent Irish speaker and practicing harper, she has experience as a performer, spokesperson, and freelance writer. As Director of An Chúirt Chruitireachta, the International Festival for Irish Harp, Aibhlín transformed the perception of Irish harping nationally and internationally.
November 18, 2025 at 12:22 PM
A fluent Irish speaker and practicing harper, she has experience as a performer, spokesperson, and freelance writer. As Director of An Chúirt Chruitireachta, the International Festival for Irish Harp, Aibhlín transformed the perception of Irish harping nationally and internationally.
McCrann is a Director of Communiqué International, specialising in stakeholder engagement, facilitation and strategic writing. She has a unique understanding of the arts and cultural sector in Ireland and of the complex dynamic and challenging environment in which it operates.
November 18, 2025 at 12:22 PM
McCrann is a Director of Communiqué International, specialising in stakeholder engagement, facilitation and strategic writing. She has a unique understanding of the arts and cultural sector in Ireland and of the complex dynamic and challenging environment in which it operates.
🎓 Honouring Excellence | National University of Ireland 2025 Honorary Degrees
Let's take a look at our 2025 Honorary Graduates:
🔹 Aibhlín McCrann, harper & communications specialist – Doctor of Music (DMus)
Let's take a look at our 2025 Honorary Graduates:
🔹 Aibhlín McCrann, harper & communications specialist – Doctor of Music (DMus)
November 18, 2025 at 12:22 PM
🎓 Honouring Excellence | National University of Ireland 2025 Honorary Degrees
Let's take a look at our 2025 Honorary Graduates:
🔹 Aibhlín McCrann, harper & communications specialist – Doctor of Music (DMus)
Let's take a look at our 2025 Honorary Graduates:
🔹 Aibhlín McCrann, harper & communications specialist – Doctor of Music (DMus)
Dr Maurice Manning was elected Chancellor of the National University of Ireland on March 12, 2009, and served in this position until October 2024.
A huge congratulations and thank you, to Maurice - a true friend of NUI who has done so much for the NUI family over his many years of service 👏🎓
A huge congratulations and thank you, to Maurice - a true friend of NUI who has done so much for the NUI family over his many years of service 👏🎓
November 17, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Dr Maurice Manning was elected Chancellor of the National University of Ireland on March 12, 2009, and served in this position until October 2024.
A huge congratulations and thank you, to Maurice - a true friend of NUI who has done so much for the NUI family over his many years of service 👏🎓
A huge congratulations and thank you, to Maurice - a true friend of NUI who has done so much for the NUI family over his many years of service 👏🎓
Maurice Manning has also been President of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission and was Chair of the European Group of National Human Rights Institutions.
November 17, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Maurice Manning has also been President of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission and was Chair of the European Group of National Human Rights Institutions.
He has published widely and was an Adjunct Professor in the School of Politics and International Relations at UCD. Dr Manning has served in both Dáil and Seanad Éireann. He was a member of the New Ireland Forum, and the British-Irish Inter-Parliamentary Body.
November 17, 2025 at 3:08 PM
He has published widely and was an Adjunct Professor in the School of Politics and International Relations at UCD. Dr Manning has served in both Dáil and Seanad Éireann. He was a member of the New Ireland Forum, and the British-Irish Inter-Parliamentary Body.
Dr Manning is a proud Carlow man. He was a member of the NUI Senate for twenty seven years, and served on the Governing Authority of @ucddublin.bsky.social from 1979 to 2008. He spent much of his academic career in the Department of Politics at UCD.
November 17, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Dr Manning is a proud Carlow man. He was a member of the NUI Senate for twenty seven years, and served on the Governing Authority of @ucddublin.bsky.social from 1979 to 2008. He spent much of his academic career in the Department of Politics at UCD.
🎓 Honouring Excellence | National University of Ireland 2025 Honorary Degrees
Let's take a look at our 2025 Honorary Graduates:
🔹 Dr Maurice Manning, academic, politician & former NUI Chancellor – Doctor of Laws (LLD)
Let's take a look at our 2025 Honorary Graduates:
🔹 Dr Maurice Manning, academic, politician & former NUI Chancellor – Doctor of Laws (LLD)
November 17, 2025 at 3:08 PM
🎓 Honouring Excellence | National University of Ireland 2025 Honorary Degrees
Let's take a look at our 2025 Honorary Graduates:
🔹 Dr Maurice Manning, academic, politician & former NUI Chancellor – Doctor of Laws (LLD)
Let's take a look at our 2025 Honorary Graduates:
🔹 Dr Maurice Manning, academic, politician & former NUI Chancellor – Doctor of Laws (LLD)
Most recently, Cooke was inducted as a Fellow of DIA and was awarded the '2025 Award for Outstanding Contribution to Health'. '25 also saw Cooke presented with the ICMRA award in recognition of her outstanding contribution to international cooperation and the advancement of ICMRA’s mission.
November 14, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Most recently, Cooke was inducted as a Fellow of DIA and was awarded the '2025 Award for Outstanding Contribution to Health'. '25 also saw Cooke presented with the ICMRA award in recognition of her outstanding contribution to international cooperation and the advancement of ICMRA’s mission.
In 2021 she received the Muckross (her alma mater) Woman of the Year award. In 2022 she was a recipient of the Trinity College Alumni Award and named “European of the Year” by European Movement Ireland. In 2023 she was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI).
November 14, 2025 at 1:07 PM
In 2021 she received the Muckross (her alma mater) Woman of the Year award. In 2022 she was a recipient of the Trinity College Alumni Award and named “European of the Year” by European Movement Ireland. In 2023 she was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI).
She has worked in the Pharmaceuticals unit of the European Commission, where she was responsible for international collaboration, EU enlargement and the orphan medicines regulation for the European Pharmaceutical Industry Association (EFPIA) and in various industry and regulatory positions.
November 14, 2025 at 1:07 PM
She has worked in the Pharmaceuticals unit of the European Commission, where she was responsible for international collaboration, EU enlargement and the orphan medicines regulation for the European Pharmaceutical Industry Association (EFPIA) and in various industry and regulatory positions.
Cooke is a pharmacist with Master’s degrees in Science & Business Administration from Trinity College Dublin. She has over 30 years’ experience in international regulatory affairs and held management positions at the EMA as Head of Inspections and Head of International Affairs respectively '02-'16.
November 14, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Cooke is a pharmacist with Master’s degrees in Science & Business Administration from Trinity College Dublin. She has over 30 years’ experience in international regulatory affairs and held management positions at the EMA as Head of Inspections and Head of International Affairs respectively '02-'16.
Between November 2016 and November 2020, she was the Director responsible for all medical product related regulatory activities at the World Health Organization in Geneva.
November 14, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Between November 2016 and November 2020, she was the Director responsible for all medical product related regulatory activities at the World Health Organization in Geneva.
Emer Cooke has been the Executive Director of the European Medicines Agency, based in Amsterdam, since November 2020. She served as Chair of the International Coalition of Medicines Regulatory Authorities (ICMRA) for five years, from the beginning of her EMA mandate until the end of October 2025.
November 14, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Emer Cooke has been the Executive Director of the European Medicines Agency, based in Amsterdam, since November 2020. She served as Chair of the International Coalition of Medicines Regulatory Authorities (ICMRA) for five years, from the beginning of her EMA mandate until the end of October 2025.
🎓 Honouring Excellence | National University of Ireland 2025 Honorary Degrees
Let's take a look at our 2025 Honorary Graduates:
🔹 Emer Cooke, Executive Director, European Medicines Agency – Doctor of Science (DSc)
Let's take a look at our 2025 Honorary Graduates:
🔹 Emer Cooke, Executive Director, European Medicines Agency – Doctor of Science (DSc)
November 14, 2025 at 1:07 PM
🎓 Honouring Excellence | National University of Ireland 2025 Honorary Degrees
Let's take a look at our 2025 Honorary Graduates:
🔹 Emer Cooke, Executive Director, European Medicines Agency – Doctor of Science (DSc)
Let's take a look at our 2025 Honorary Graduates:
🔹 Emer Cooke, Executive Director, European Medicines Agency – Doctor of Science (DSc)
So Late in the Day was published in the New Yorker and shortlisted for the British Book Awards. Keegan was awarded Woman of the Year for Literature in Ireland in '22, Author of the Year '23, the Seamus Heaney Award for Arts & Letters '24 and was presented with the Siegfried Lenz Award in Hamburg.
November 14, 2025 at 12:58 PM
So Late in the Day was published in the New Yorker and shortlisted for the British Book Awards. Keegan was awarded Woman of the Year for Literature in Ireland in '22, Author of the Year '23, the Seamus Heaney Award for Arts & Letters '24 and was presented with the Siegfried Lenz Award in Hamburg.
Foster won the Davy Byrnes Award. Small Things Like These, a New York Times Best Book of the 21st Century, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, the Rathbones Folio Prize and won the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction and The Kerry Prize for Irish Novel of the Year.
November 14, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Foster won the Davy Byrnes Award. Small Things Like These, a New York Times Best Book of the 21st Century, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, the Rathbones Folio Prize and won the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction and The Kerry Prize for Irish Novel of the Year.
Claire Keegan's works of fiction are critically acclaimed, and have been translated into thirty languages. Antarctica won the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature. Walk the Blue Fields won the Edge Hill Prize.
November 14, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Claire Keegan's works of fiction are critically acclaimed, and have been translated into thirty languages. Antarctica won the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature. Walk the Blue Fields won the Edge Hill Prize.
🎓 Honouring Excellence | NUI 2025 Honorary Degrees
NUI proudly conferred honorary degrees on six outstanding individuals who have made contributions across science, literature, education, the arts, public life, & history.
🔹 Claire Keegan, award-winning novelist – Doctor of Literature (DLitt)
NUI proudly conferred honorary degrees on six outstanding individuals who have made contributions across science, literature, education, the arts, public life, & history.
🔹 Claire Keegan, award-winning novelist – Doctor of Literature (DLitt)
November 14, 2025 at 12:58 PM
🎓 Honouring Excellence | NUI 2025 Honorary Degrees
NUI proudly conferred honorary degrees on six outstanding individuals who have made contributions across science, literature, education, the arts, public life, & history.
🔹 Claire Keegan, award-winning novelist – Doctor of Literature (DLitt)
NUI proudly conferred honorary degrees on six outstanding individuals who have made contributions across science, literature, education, the arts, public life, & history.
🔹 Claire Keegan, award-winning novelist – Doctor of Literature (DLitt)
Thank you to all who recently attended our NUI Higher Education Seminar Series: Neurodiverse Learners Transitioning to Higher Education in 49 Merrion Square.
The seminar is now available to watch back here ➡️ www.nui.ie/news/2025/Po...
The seminar is now available to watch back here ➡️ www.nui.ie/news/2025/Po...
November 11, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Thank you to all who recently attended our NUI Higher Education Seminar Series: Neurodiverse Learners Transitioning to Higher Education in 49 Merrion Square.
The seminar is now available to watch back here ➡️ www.nui.ie/news/2025/Po...
The seminar is now available to watch back here ➡️ www.nui.ie/news/2025/Po...
We thank President Higgins for his enduring friendship to the NUI community, his advocacy for education and equality, and his lifelong example of integrity, compassion, and imagination.
We wish him every happiness in retirement - and many joyful walks with Misneach.
We wish him every happiness in retirement - and many joyful walks with Misneach.
November 10, 2025 at 4:54 PM
We thank President Higgins for his enduring friendship to the NUI community, his advocacy for education and equality, and his lifelong example of integrity, compassion, and imagination.
We wish him every happiness in retirement - and many joyful walks with Misneach.
We wish him every happiness in retirement - and many joyful walks with Misneach.
President Higgins’ friendship to NUI spans a lifetime - as a student and lecturer at University College Galway, as a member of Seanad Éireann elected on the NUI panel, and as a proud recipient of an NUI Honorary Doctorate of Laws, conferred in 2012 at Dublin Castle.
November 10, 2025 at 4:54 PM
President Higgins’ friendship to NUI spans a lifetime - as a student and lecturer at University College Galway, as a member of Seanad Éireann elected on the NUI panel, and as a proud recipient of an NUI Honorary Doctorate of Laws, conferred in 2012 at Dublin Castle.
We extend our heartfelt thanks for his lifelong commitment to higher education, to the Irish language & Irish scholarship, for his immense contribution to Irish society and to the leadership he has so humbly displayed as President of Ireland.
November 10, 2025 at 4:54 PM
We extend our heartfelt thanks for his lifelong commitment to higher education, to the Irish language & Irish scholarship, for his immense contribution to Irish society and to the leadership he has so humbly displayed as President of Ireland.