Christy Hogan graduated with an honours Diploma in Journalism from The Irish Academy last month. Readers of ‘NewsFour’ will know that Christy has been contributing articles to this paper for some time. He was presented with his Diploma by Cllr. Aodhan O’Riordan, deputising for the Lord Mayor of Dublin. Ann Doyle, the well-known television newsreader, gave the guest address at the ceremony, which was also addressed by Ellen Gunning (a near neighbour of Christy’s for over 20 years) who is the director of the Academy.

The Diploma in Journalism is taught by the Academy at UCD, UCC and GMIT. The course is taught two evenings a week from October to May and includes journalistic writing, broadcast media, legal and financial environments and politics. Further details of the Academy’s courses are available on their website www.irishacademy.com or by telephoning 2780802.

Left to right: Christopher Hogan, Ellen Gunning, Director Irish Academy, Cllr Aodhan O’Riordan and Antoinetta Nestor.