Engineers Ireland Awards Fellowships To Top Professionals

The achievements of six of Ireland's top engineers have been celebrated by Engineers Ireland.

The national engineering body awarded the title of Fellowship by Presidential Invitation to six professionals from across various sectors.

Those presented with the accolades at the annual national conferring of professional titles at Dublin's InterContinental Hotel include Niall Gleeson, CEO of Uisce Éireann; Maura Daly, Municipal District Engineer at Meath County Council; Marie Hayden, Founder of Grid Enhancing Technologies Ltd; Colonel Damien McEvoy, Director of Engineering in the Defence Forces; Paddy Hayes, CEO of ESB; and Catherine O'Brien, Director in Accenture's Strategy & Consulting practice.

Engineers Ireland President John Power also awarded the title of Honorary Fellow to Dr Val Cummins, Director for the Western Emerald and Western Star at Simply Blue Group. Honorary Fellowship is the highest honour, other than the Presidency, that Engineers Ireland can bestow. It is conferred on those distinguished by the importance of their work in engineering, science or other vocations.


These special awards were made as other members of Engineers Ireland also received their parchments for being successful in their application for Registered Professional Titles such as Engineering Technician, Associate Engineer, Chartered Engineer and Fellow.

During the course of the last year, over 350 members of Engineers Ireland achieved a Registered Professional Title from the professional body, with many members conferred at regional events in past weeks in Belfast, Cork, Galway, Limerick, London, and Sligo.

John Power, President of Engineers Ireland, said: "I would like to offer my congratulations to each of our conferees who achieved Registered Professional Titles this evening. Attaining a Registered Professional Title is an important milestone in an engineer's career. It is a formal recognition of competence, integrity and dedication to professionalism within the engineering sector. I hope that this year's conferees will continue to be an inspiration for others and continue to excel within the engineering profession."