CLASS NOTES
general support and project management
NIALL O’CONNELL BE ’79
accountant and a licensed insolvency
to clients with European and practitioner. Finbarr is now a restructuring
international operations. Peter is married Niall has been living in Canada for 26 years partner at KPMG LLP, London. He
to Liz who is from Madeira. and would be interested to know what specialises in the areas of financial services,
happened to the Chemical Engineering pension deficit-related work, fraud and
CLAIRE HOBAN BSocSc ’78, class of 1979. asset tracing, property, mining, service-
DipAppSS ’94
related businesses, charities, construction
PAUL O BEIRNE BA ’79, and shipping. In his spare time he enjoys
Claire began her working life as a social
MBA ’89
walking, gardening, travelling, reading,
worker with organisations including St cooking and drinking fine wines.
John of God, before commencing private “Greetings to the class of 1979 Group 19
practice in 1991, where she has since Psychology.” Paul has great memories of JOAN MORRISSEY BSc ’81,
continued to work clinically. She has also the BA Group 19 class of 1979. He
PhD ’88
worked on the development of mental completed an Executive MBA in 1989 and
health services, particularly in relation to moved to the USA in 1992. He has been Since graduating with a PhD, life has
adolescents. Her interest has been in the living there since and is currently working changed a lot for Joan. She and her
crossover between the public and private as a HR director for Microsoft Corporation husband, John Kehoe (BE ’81), moved to
sectors and the development of primary in Redmond, Washington. Paul is married, Canada in January 1989. Joan has worked
healthcare structures. She is a trainer with his wife is from Colombia and they have at University of Windsor, Ontario since
individuals and with groups and she has three children. then and is now an associate professor in
been involved in innovative projects at a the School of Computer Science. When
corporate level, in keeping with corporate she arrived she was one of two female
social responsibility. Claire lives in Dublin faculty members in science. Life was
and is married with two teenage children. hectic as every committee on campus
had to have at least one female on it!
During the mid-1990s they had huge
numbers of students — 400 per course,
per semester was the norm. It’s a bit
better now! They live about 15km
outside Windsor in Tecumseh, right by
Lake St Clair in the middle of the Great
Lakes.
ANTHONY FLANAGAN BE ’79
DONAL HURLEY BSc ’81,
MSc ’82
Since graduating in 1979 Anthony spent
some years with Dublin County Council, a Donal started work on a PhD in 1982
BERNARD FARRELL BSc ’79
spell in Blessington and is now living in attempting research into an area of
Africa. continuum mechanics but abandoned this
Bernard emigrated to the USA in the mid- in favour of more secure employment in
1980s and now lives north of Boston 1984 as a teacher of maths and physics in
where he works as a software architect for
Kronos, a company that develops software
for managing people, scheduling and [
the International Schools of Choueifat in
Ashwicke Hall, Wiltshire from 1988 to
1980s
] 1997, and in Abu Dhabi, United Arab
paying them. Bernard has been married Emirates. There he met his Scottish wife
for nearly 14 years; his bride is from Rhona. They were wed in Alloa in 1990.
Pawtucket, Rhode Island. They have three
FINBARR O’CONNELL
Donal was head of the International
children, several chickens and two goats.
BComm ’80
Physics Department until he left in 1997
Some days this makes him feel like a small for a two-year stint as a lecturer in
farmer. “I blog about life with diabetes Finbarr is married and lives with his wife, mathematics and computer applications at
and diabetes technology. You can find me Tricia (a UCD Arts graduate!), in North UAE University in Al Ain. Their two
by googling for ‘Bernard diabetes’. Drop Finchley, London. After leaving university daughters, Aisling and Aoife, were born
me a note if you’re going to visit Boston!” he pursued a career as a chartered there in 1997 and 1998 respectively. In
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