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The 18th annual UL Alumni Awards Gala Dinner took place on 26 September at Limerick’s Castletroy Park Hotel, celebrating the achievements of the 2025 UL Alumni Award recipients: 

Trailblazing jockey Rachael Blackmore (BSc Equine Science - 2015)

Three-time Olympian Thomas Barr (BEng Mechanical Engineering and MSc Sports Performance – 2014, 2016) 

Humanitarian Joseph Kinahan (BE Electronic Engineering – 1986)

Activist Tomás Heneghan (BA Joint Honours and MA in Journalism – 2015, 2018)

View a slideshow of photos from the evening.

View profiles of all previous UL Alumni Awards Recipients.

The UL Alumni Awards celebrate graduates who are doing exceptional things and making a positive impact in the world around them. Each year, alumni are recognised for their achievements across areas such as Business, Science and Technology, Arts and Culture, Academia, Sport, humanitarian work and beyond.

Every award begins with a simple but powerful act: someone taking the time to nominate a fellow graduate. They might be someone you have worked with, someone close to you, or someone whose achievements and impact have left a lasting impression. Their story could be one worth sharing.

Submitting a nomination is a meaningful way to recognise a leader, innovator or changemaker and to ensure their contribution does not go unnoticed. If someone comes to mind, we would love to hear their story.

The closing date for nominations is Tuesday, 31 March 2006.

Nominate a graduate

• Graduates of the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ.
• Graduates of the National Institute of Higher Education, Limerick.
• Graduates who received an NUI award but studied at the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ for a period of  time as part of the programme of study for which the award was granted by the NUI.
• Graduates of Thomond College of Education.
• Graduates of the National College of Physical Education.
• Graduates of MIC who receive ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ awards.
• Graduates of St. Patrick's College, Thurles who receive ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ awards.
• Graduates with an award arising from an * accredited programme, and any others having been granted an Honorary Degree therefrom.

Note: an * Accredited Programme means (i) a programme of study which has been accredited by the National Council for Educational Awards (NCEA), Dublin, in accordance with their procedures or (ii) in respect of some graduates conferred at the National Institute for Higher Education, Limerick, in 1977, a programme of study accredited by the National University of Ireland (NUI), or (iii) the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ or any other statutory appointed Authority having jurisdiction to confer awards on any persons who successfully completed accredited programmes of study at the educational institutions herein noted in this and the foregoing paragraph.