CLASS NOTES
enjoying his internship in New York in the to the EWC. He and his wife have bought
KOSALA SANDARUWAN
photo department of the Museum of a house in Limerick, and both play music
BSc ’05
Modern Art. in their spare time. John’s wife plays cello
in the University of Limerick Orchestra, Some of the best years of Kosala’s life
and John leads his own jazz sextet. “So if were those days on the distance
ye are in Cork next October, look me up! education programme at UCD. Kosala is
Best wishes in 2008.” currently an IT engineer in DMS Software
Technologies in Sri Lanka. Kosala applied
DAVID MANNION BCL ’05 to MBCS and became a member with the
help of his BSc qualification and his
David passed the New York Bar in 2006 professional experience. He then
and worked in commercial litigation there achieved professional membership of the
but got fed up with the rat race and came computer society of Sri Lanka MCS(SL).
KHENG LIM MCh ’05
to Alaska where he lives with a Native Kosala is currently reading for an MBA-IT
Kheng enjoyed his research year at UCD in American Eskimo fishing tribe. He is from University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka.
2002/03 and would like to thank Dr L. working pro bono on a federal lawsuit by He especially wants to mention Dr
Young, Professor A. Hill and Professor N. the tribe against several oil companies for Martin Butler from UCD who was the
O’Higgins. He was awarded his MCh thesis affecting climate change and works in a course director at that time and “a
in 2005, thanks to everyone in the snowmobile repair shop in exchange for wonderful professor”.
laboratory, and had an original article food and board. David feels totally ‘zen’
published in Breast Cancer Research. After and is engaged to a local fisherman’s LOURDES DEL ROSARIO
spending two and a half years in the UK daughter with whom he hopes to elope in
HDipNS ’06
he is now back in Ireland to complete his the summer.
higher surgical training. The time Kheng Lourdes took a leave of absence for a
spent at UCD was worth every minute; semester from her HDip in Oncology
both for the progression of his career and Nursing in 2005 — that’s why she wasn’t
for making a dream come true. able to join her original classmates on
their graduation in 2006. She got
DANIEL FORD married in 2006, graduated in 2007 and
HDipDramaStudies ’05,
had another baby whom she called Paris.
MA ‘06
She is still working in the
oncology/haematology ward in the
After completing his MA in Modern Mater Hospital and will be there eight
Drama Studies and Performance, Daniel
BRIAN O’DONNELL MBS ’05
years in June.
read for a Graduate Diploma in Philosophy In December 2007 Brian started his own
at University of York, focusing on business, Ireland’s first online holiday ANN NOLAN BA ’06
aesthetics, imagination and literature. He home exchange service,
PropertySwap.ie.
is now commencing his training as a The website is aimed specifically at Irish Ann Claire is presently living in Monaco.
secondary drama and English teacher in owners of holiday homes both home She is the first Irish student to attend the
Australia. and abroad. The business has recently new MSc in Luxury Goods and Services
moved into a new head office in The programme at the International
JOHN GARDNER MBS ’05 Media Cube in Dún Laoghaire where it is University of Monaco, which is in its
working in conjunction with key second year. She has worked on a
John has had an amazing few years since partners including Enterprise Ireland and number of marketing and research
completing the master’s. Following Bank of Ireland. The business will be projects in Dublin since graduating from
graduation, he started working for Dell in officially launching in early 2008 when it UCD in 2006, and is working to develop
Limerick in manufacturing operations and will be announcing a major new market research techniques that describe
HRM and, after 16 months, was appointed partnership. It already has many how customers identify with luxury and
to a senior pan-Europe HR role, supporting properties on the site from countries fashion brands. Having interned with
Dell’s commercial marketing organisation. such as Australia, Italy, the USA, France, John Rocha, she is now focusing on
He is also HR leader for the European Canary Islands, Turkey, Portugal, Malta, Italian fashion brands and plans to
Works Council after successfully running Spain, Cape Verde, Montenegro, Croatia relocate to Milan once she graduates in
pan-European elections for representatives and Ireland. June.
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