29 Notable alumni of
Dublin City University
Dublin City University is 1142nd in the world, 394th in Europe, and 5th in Ireland by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 29 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
- television presenter
- Biography
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Laura Whitmore is an Irish model, television and radio presenter and actress based in London. She started out as a video jockey for MTV, but is now better known for presenting reality shows such as Survival of the Fittest. In January 2020, she began presenting Love Island and its spinoff series Love Island: Aftersun. In September 2020, she replaced Mel B as a team captain on Celebrity Juice.
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John Connolly
- Occupations
- journalistnovelistwriterscreenwriter
- Biography
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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
- Occupations
- politicianpeace activist
- Biography
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Clare Daly is an Irish politician who has been a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Ireland for the Dublin constituency since July 2019. She is a member of Independents 4 Change, part of The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL.
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Jamie Heaslip
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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James Peter Richard Heaslip is an Irish rugby union former player who played for Leinster and Ireland. He played as a number 8. Heaslip 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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Helen McEntee
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Helen McEntee is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as Minister for Justice since June 2020. From April to November 2021, she became a minister without portfolio during a period of maternity leave. She has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Meath East constituency since 2013. She previously served as Minister of State for European Affairs from 2017 to 2020 and Minister of State for Mental Health and Older People from 2016 to 2017.
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Angela Nagle
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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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 she also criticizes aspects of the left that have, she says, 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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Stephen Cluxton
- Occupations
- teacherGaelic football playerassociation football player
- 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, which he captains.
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Seán Ó Fearghaíl
- Occupations
- politicianfarmer
- Biography
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Seán Ó Fearghaíl is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who has served as the Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann since March 2016. He has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Kildare South constituency since 2002. 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 the Donegal county team, which he captains. Past 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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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.
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Seán Óg Ó hAilpín
- Occupations
- Gaelic football playerhurler
- Biography
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Seán Óg Ó hAilpín is a Fijian-Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer.
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Donna Traynor
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Donna Traynor is a journalist and broadcaster in Northern Ireland. Born in Lisburn, she is best known as the former main anchor of BBC Newsline.
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Catherine Murphy
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Catherine Murphy is an Irish Social Democrats politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Kildare North constituency since the 2011 general election, and previously from 2005 to 2007. She has been the joint Leader of the Social Democrats since July 2015.
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Sarah Rowe
- Occupations
- Australian rules football player
- Biography
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Sarah Rowe is a dual code sportswoman and a former Republic of Ireland women's association football international. In addition to association football, Rowe has also played two other football codes at a senior level. She has played ladies' Gaelic football for Mayo and women's Australian rules football for Collingwood in the AFLW. At club level, Rowe has played association football for Castlebar Celtic, Raheny United and Shelbourne Ladies in the Women's National League. Rowe was a member of the Republic of Ireland U19 team that won their group at the 2014 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship and qualified for the semi-finals. In 2016 she was also a member of the Shelbourne Ladies team that won a Women's National League/FAI Women's Cup double.
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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 was dismissed as the head coach of Welsh Pro14 side the Dragons in December 2018. Jackman is the current head coach of Bective Rangers FC.
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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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David Robert Grimes
- Years
- 1985-.. (age 38)
- 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".
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Noel Rock
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Noel Rock is a former 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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Mary Banotti
- Occupations
- politiciannurse
- Biography
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Mary Elizabeth Banotti is an Irish former 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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Lorraine Twohill
- Biography
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Lorraine Twohill is an Irish marketer who is the CMO of Google.
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Alan Farrell
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Alan Farrell is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin Fingal constituency since 2016, and previously from 2011 to 2016 for the Dublin North constituency. He previously served as 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
- researcherphysicist
- 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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Paddy Burke
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Paddy Burke is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as a Senator for the Agricultural Panel since 1993. 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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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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Úna-Minh Chaomhánach
- Years
- 1991-.. (age 32)
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Úna-Minh Kavanagh, is an Irish travel writer, journalist, and social media manager.
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Cathal Gurrin
- Years
- 1976-.. (age 47)
- Occupations
- researcher
- Biography
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Cathal Gurrin is a lifelogger and lecturer at the School of Computing, at Dublin City University, a visiting researcher at the University of Tromsø, a visiting scholar at the University of Tsukuba, the director of the Human Media Archives research group and a Funded Investigator in the Insight Centre for Data Analytics
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Ruairí Ó Murchú
- Occupations
- 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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Tadhg Cooke
- Occupations
- songwritersinger
- Biography
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Tadhg Cooke is an Irish musician, also known by his stage name "Tiger Cooke".
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Donal Hughes
- Years
- 1974-.. (age 49)
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Dr. Donal Hughes is a well-known Irish sports broadcaster, influencer and athlete. Although qualified with a Ph.D. chemistry and biology, Hughes turned a hobby as a golf writer into a successful alternative career firstly as the golfing "SpinDoctor" with the Irish Examiner and since as head of the popular satirical golf website GolfCentralDaily.com. He also curates social media and works as an influencer for sports companies involved in Golf, Gaelic Football and Triathlon and is the chief equipment reviewer with Golfbidder, with over 9.6 million views on his videos as of late 2020 on YouTube.
