39 Notable alumni of
Dublin City University
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Dublin City University is 1196th in the world, 424th in Europe, and 5th in Ireland by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 39 notable alumni from Dublin City University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Laura Whitmore
- Occupations
- radio personalitymodeltelevision presenteractor
- Biography
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Laura Whitmore is an Irish media personality and model based in London. She was a video jockey for MTV in 2008, and has since presented television shows, such as This Morning (2014), Survival of the Fittest (2018) and Love Island (2020–2022). In 2020, Whitmore became a team captain on the comedy panel show Celebrity Juice. In 2023, Whitmore hosted her first ITV1 chat show Laura Whitmore's Breakfast Show and released her own ITVX documentary series Laura Whitmore Investigates.
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John Connolly
- Occupations
- screenwriternovelistwriterjournalistplaywright
- Biography
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Dr John Connolly is an Irish writer who is best known for his series of novels starring private detective Charlie Parker.
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Clare Daly
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- politicianpeace activistpropagandist
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Clare Daly is an Irish politician who was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Ireland for the Dublin constituency from July 2019 to July 2024. She is a member of Independents 4 Change, affiliated to The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL.
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Tadhg Furlong
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Tadhg Vincent Furlong is an Irish professional rugby union player who plays tighthead prop for United Rugby Championship club Leinster and the Ireland national team. Furlong is widely considered to be one of the world's best tighthead props. He has started all three test matches on two British & Irish lions tours.
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Helen McEntee
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Helen McEntee is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as Minister for Education and Youth since January 2025 and deputy leader of Fine Gael since October 2024. She has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Meath East constituency since 2013. She previously served as Minister for Justice from 2020 to 2025 and a minister of state from 2016 to 2020.
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Jamie Heaslip
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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James Heaslip is an Irish former rugby union player who represented Leinster, Ireland and the British & Irish Lions. He played as a number 8. Heislip earned 95 caps for Ireland during his international career from 2006 to 2017, making him one of the most capped players in Irish national team history.
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Stephen Cluxton
- Occupations
- association football playerGaelic football playerteacher
- Biography
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Stephen Cluxton is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays as a goalkeeper at senior level for the Dublin county team.
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Angela Nagle
- Occupations
- writerjournalistopinion journalist
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Angela Nagle is an American-born Irish academic and non-fiction writer who has written for The Baffler, Jacobin, and others. She is the author of the book Kill All Normies, published by Zero Books in 2017, which discusses the role of the internet in the rise of the alt-right and incel movements. Nagle describes the alt-right as a dangerous movement but also criticizes aspects of the left that she says have contributed to the alt-right's rise. Since 2021, she has been publishing articles on a wide range of personal, political and cultural topics via the online publishing platform Substack.
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Joanne Cantwell
- Born in
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Ireland - Occupations
- sports journalistGaelic football player
- Biography
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Joanne Cantwell is an Irish sports presenter.
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Neil Delamere
- Occupations
- comedian
- Biography
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Neil Delamere is an Irish comedian. He is a regular on the BBC Northern Ireland television show The Blame Game, and was the BBC Fighting Talk Champion of Champions in 2022.
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Seán Ó Fearghaíl
- Occupations
- farmerpolitician
- Biography
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Seán Ó Fearghaíl is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Kildare South constituency since 2002. He served as the Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann from March 2016 to December 2024. He was a Senator for the Agricultural Panel from 2000 to 2002.
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Michael Murphy
- Occupations
- Gaelic football player
- Biography
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Michael Murphy is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays as a full forward for Glenswilly and for the Donegal county team, which he captained from December 2010 until his initial retirement from inter-county football in November 2022. His predecessors as Donegal players, such as Manus Boyle, Brendan Devenney and Anthony Molloy, regard Murphy as the county's greatest ever footballer. Outside his county he is often regarded as one of the sport's all-time best players. With more than 500 points, Murphy is Donegal's all-time record scorer and he is also the county's top goalscorer, with a points-per-game average that is higher even than Martin McHugh.
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Seán Óg Ó hAilpín
- Occupations
- hurlerGaelic football player
- Biography
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Seán Óg Ó hAilpín is a Fijian-Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer.
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Sarah Rowe
- Occupations
- Australian rules football playerassociation football player
- Biography
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Sarah Rowe is a triple code sportswoman. She currently plays association football for Central Coast Mariners and women's Australian rules football for Collingwood in the AFLW.
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Catherine Murphy
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Catherine Murphy is an Irish former Social Democrats politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Kildare North constituency from 2011 to 2024, and previously from 2005 to 2007. She served as founding joint leader of the Social Democrats from 2015 to 2023.
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Donna Traynor
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Donna Traynor was born in October 1964 and is a journalist and broadcaster in Northern Ireland. She is best known as the former main anchor of BBC Newsline.
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Bernard Jackman
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Bernard Jackman is an Irish former rugby union player who played for Connacht, Leinster and Sale Sharks. At international level, he has also played for Ireland. He released his autobiography, Blue Blood in 2011. He coached at FC Grenoble from 2011 to 2017, becoming head coach in 2016. He was head coach of Welsh Pro14 side the Dragons from 2017 to 2018 and was head coach of Bective Rangers FC from 2019 to 2024.
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Samantha Barry
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Samantha Barry is the current editor-in-chief for Glamour magazine.
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Noel Curran
- Occupations
- television producer
- Biography
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Noel Curran is an Irish radio producer, television producer and journalist who has been the director-general of the EBU - the European Broadcasting Union since October 2017. Curran also served as Chairman of Eurovision Services, the former commercial subsidiary of EBU. He previously served as the director-general of Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ; Ireland's national broadcaster) from 2011 to 2016. He has worked in the editorial, management and commercial areas of media.
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Mary Banotti
- Occupations
- nursepolitician
- Biography
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Mary Elizabeth Banotti was an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Dublin constituency from 1984 to 2004.
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David Robert Grimes
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- 1985-.. (age 40)
- Occupations
- physicist
- Biography
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David Robert Grimes is an Irish science writer with professional training in physics and cancer biology, who contributes to several media outlets on questions of science and society. He has a diverse range of research interests and is a vocal advocate for increased public understanding of science. He was the 2014 recipient of the Sense about Science/Nature Maddox Prize for "Standing up for Science in the face of Adversity", and is a fellow with the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry.
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Lorraine Twohill
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Lorraine Twohill is an Irish marketing executive who has worked for Bord Fáilte, Opodo and Google, where she has been head of marketing since 2009.
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Noel Rock
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- politician
- Biography
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Noel Rock is an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin North-West constituency from 2016 to 2020. He previously served as Chair of the Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government from 2019 to 2020.
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Alex Barclay
- Occupations
- crime fiction writerwriterchildren's writerjournalist
- Biography
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Yve Williams, née Morris, who writes under the name Alex Barclay, is an Irish journalist and crime writer.
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Tom Clonan
- Born in
- Ireland
- Occupations
- military personnel
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Thomas Martin Clonan is an Irish senator, security analyst, author and retired Irish Army Captain. He was elected to Seanad Éireann at the 2022 Dublin University by-election. He was re-elected at the 2025 Seanad election.
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Alan Farrell
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Alan Farrell is an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as a member of Seanad Éireann from December 2024 to January 2025. He was a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin North constituency from 2011 to 2016 and for the Dublin Fingal constituency from 2016 until he lost his seat in 2024. He was chair of the Committee on Children and Youth Affairs from 2016 to 2020.
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Philip Moriarty
- Enrolled in Dublin City University
- 1990-1993 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
- Occupations
- physicist
- Biography
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Philip Moriarty is an Irish physicist and professor of physics at the University of Nottingham. He is known for his work on nanostructures and his collaboration with Brady Haran on the YouTube video series Sixty Symbols.
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Bernard Brogan
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- Gaelic football player
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Bernard Brogan is a Gaelic footballer from the St Oliver Plunketts/Eoghan Ruadh club who previously played for the Dublin county team. He is originally from the Battery Heights. From a famous footballing family, he is the son of former All-Ireland winning and All Star player Bernard Brogan Snr and is the brother of former Dublin players Alan and Paul. His uncle Jim was also an inter-county footballer for Dublin. Alongside most of his family, Brogan has attended St. Declan's College on Navan Road.
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Paddy Burke
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- politician
- Biography
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Paddy Burke is an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as a Senator for the Agricultural Panel from 1993 to 2025. He previously served as Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann from 2011 to 2016 and Leas-Chathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann from 2002 to 2011.
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Lance Daly
- Born in
- Ireland
- Occupations
- screenwriterfilm directorfilm produceractor
- Biography
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Lance Daly is an Irish film director, screenwriter and producer.
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Kathryn Reilly
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Kathryn Reilly is an Irish Sinn Féin politician and former member of Seanad Éireann.
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Caroline Conroy
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- 1977-.. (age 48)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Caroline Conroy is an Irish Green Party politician who served as Lord Mayor of Dublin from June 2022 to June 2023.
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David Byrne
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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David Byrne SC is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician and barrister who served as Chancellor of Dublin City University from 2006 to 2011, European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection from 1999 to 2004 and the Attorney General of Ireland from 1997 to 1999.
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Ruairí Ó Murchú
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- politician
- Biography
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Ruairí Ó Murchú is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Louth constituency since the 2020 general election.
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Aishling Sheridan
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- 1996-.. (age 29)
- Occupations
- Australian rules football player
- Biography
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Aishling Sheridan is an Irish sportswoman who played Australian rules football for the Collingwood Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW). She has also played ladies' Gaelic football for Cavan in the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) and Australian rules football for NT Thunder in the VFL Women's (VFLW).
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Úna-Minh Chaomhánach
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- writer
- Biography
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Úna-Minh Kavanagh, is an Irish travel writer, journalist, and video game producer.
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Cathal Gurrin
- Occupations
- researcher
- Biography
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Cathal Gurrin is an Irish Professor and lifelogger. He is the Head of the Adapt Centre at Dublin City University, a Funded Investigator of the Insight Centre, and the director of the Human Media Archives research group. He was previously the deputy head of the School of Computing.
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Donal Hughes
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- 1974-.. (age 51)
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Donal Hughes is an Irish sport broadcaster, influencer, and athlete. Originally known as a sports writer, Hughes transitioned his hobby into a second career when he became the golfing "SpinDoctor" for the Irish Examiner. Later, he became the Head of the Satirical Golf website GolfCentralDaily. He curates social media and works as an influencer for sports companies involved in Golf, Gaelic Football, and Triathlon. In addition, he is the Chief Equipment Reviewer of Golf Bidder, inluding for their YouTube channel.
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Tadhg Cooke
- Occupations
- singersongwriter
- Biography
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Tadhg Cooke is an Irish musician, also known by his stage name "Tiger Cooke".
