Athy local receives Emily Winifred Dickson award

Outstanding contribution to education

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Athy Local receives Emily Winifred Dickson award

Professor Louise Richards pictured with Fiona O'Loughlin TD and Michael Horgan, Chair of the Higher Education Authority and former RCSI CEO

Professor Louise Richardson, Vice-Chancellor of University of Oxford, has been awarded the inaugural Emily Winifred Dickson award by RCSI Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland at a special ceremony that took place in the College on St Stephen’s Green in Dublin.

The award, which recognises women who have made an outstanding contribution to their field.

She is pictured with Kildare South TD Fiona O’Loughlin and Michael Horgan, Chair of the Higher Education Authority and former RCSI CEO at the awards ceremony in Dublin recently.