Presentation made to joint winners of 2024 Barra Flynn Memorial Scholarship
Tormeys Solicitors LLP, one of the longest established and largest legal firms in the Midlands, were delighted to announce the winners of the Barra Flynn Memorial Scholarship 2024 following a presentation at their offices in Athlone recently.
By way of brief history of the scholarship, Tormeys Solicitors provide an annual scholarship to Leaving Certificate students from the Athlone, Moate, Ferbane, Ballymahon, Roscommon, Ballinasloe and Tullamore school areas.
The fund is awarded to students who attain the highest Leaving Certificate points and who have chosen to pursue a legal pathway at a third level institution.
2024 represented the 32nd annual presentation of the scholarship, and whilst there are now a number of scholarships presented by corporate bodies in the Athlone area, Tormeys Solicitors are proud to have been the first to embrace this incentive to encourage young adults to study law.
The scholarship fund in total is valued at over €2,500, awarding prizes to first, second and third placed students.
In 2000, to commemorate the millenium, Tormeys Solicitors introduced the presentation of the perpetual trophy to the school with the highest culminative points for law students within that year.
The winner of the 2024 school prize was the Athlone Community College.
For the first time in the scholarship’s history, there were joint first place winners with Aiveen Curley, formerly of Athlone Community College and now studying in Trinity College Dublin and Brendan Murphy, also a former student of Athlone Community College, now studying in UCD, sharing this prestigious award.
Alexandra Kinahan, formerly of Our Lady’s Bower, Athlone and now studying in UCD, took the final scholarship prize.
Tormeys Solicitors thanked all the applicants who participated in the scholarship and wished them all the best in their future endeavours.
On a separate note, Tormeys Solicitors were delighted to be awarded Employer of the Year at the recent Athlone Business Awards, organised by Athlone Chamber of Commerce and thanked all their past, present and future clients for their loyal and continued support.