TU Dublin Alumni Network

From shop floor to CEO 📈

From TU Dublin to leading Lidl, Robert Ryan’s journey is built on experience, consistency and understanding the customer.

Starting out in retail and working his way up, those early lessons still shape how he leads today.

His advice is simple. Stay close to the customer.

We’re proud to see our alumni leading at the highest level 💙

Read his full story: https://www.tudublin.ie/connect/alumni/our-alumni/alumni-interviews/robert-ryan/

Proud moment for TU Dublin as graduate Roberto “Pico” Lopes competes on the FIFA World Cup 2026 stage ⚽️🇨🇻�

A BA Leisure Management graduate (now BSc Sports & Leisure Management), Roberto represented Cape Verde and was supported through our Sport Scholarship Programme during his time at TU Dublin.

We’re incredibly proud to see him on this global stage - best of luck, Roberto, we’re cheering you on! 🙌

📣 TU Dublin alumni in the built environment

Looking to strengthen your leadership and strategic skills?

Explore the Strategy & Leadership Development in the Built Environment micro-credential at Technological University Dublin starting Sept 2026.

📅 Info session: Fri 19 June 2026 | 13:00–13:30 (Online)
💡 80% HEA subsidy available (fees from €360, limited places)

In collaboration with SCSI - Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland & Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland (RIAI).

👉 Register via QR code in the post

The tube strike didn't stop us 💚🍀

Despite the travel disruption across London last week, TU Dublin alumni still made their way to King's Cross for a fantastic evening of reconnecting, networking and catching up with old friends.

It was wonderful to see graduates from across the city and beyond come together to share memories, make new connections and celebrate their TU Dublin connection.

A huge thank you to TU Dublin alumnus John Nugent for hosting us and helping make the evening such a success.

We loved seeing so many familiar faces and meeting alumni attending their first TU Dublin event.

Here are a few highlights from a great night 📸

⚽ Calling all TU Dublin alumni (yes - even the ones who “nearly went pro”).

TU Dublin FC is entering an exciting new chapter as a founding club in the FAI National League this Autumn, and we’re building the team behind the team.

We’re looking for volunteers across a range of areas:
✔️ Governance
✔️ Matchday operations
✔️ Marketing & communications
✔️ Sponsorship & events
✔️ Logistics & club development

👉 Register via link in bio
📅 Closing date: 15 June

From sausage, beans & chips in Mountjoy Square to helping lead one of Ireland’s biggest food brands, TU Dublin alumnus Adrian Lawlor has come a long way since graduating in 2001.

As part of our 25 Years, 25 Graduates series celebrating 25 years of the TU Dublin Foundation, Adrian reflects on college life, friendships, "library" sessions that may not always have involved studying, and a career journey that has taken him from Dublin to Austin, Texas and back again.

Twenty-five years on, his advice is simple: the best is always yet to come.

👉 Read his full story via the link in bio.

We’re delighted to see TU Dublin Conservatoire Drama students involved in The Good Luck Club, a landmark immersive production by ANU Productions, running from today at the National Archives of Ireland.

Congratulations to our students:
🎭 Libby Conway Dunne
🎭 Ciara Molloy

Both final-year BA (Hons) Drama (Performance) students were cast in this professional production before graduating - a fantastic achievement and a real reflection of their talent, commitment, and potential.

Directed by TU Dublin PhD candidate and ANU Co-Artistic Director Louise Lowe, the production is also the first-ever theatrical performance staged inside the National Archives.

👏 Congratulations to all involved!

🎓✨ GradX 2026 is happening now (28 May – 4 June)

Across art, design, media, music and engineering, explore work showcasing creativity and technical excellence from our graduating students.

Taking place across the East Quad, GradX is a celebration of final-year projects and the next step in our students’ journey into the TU Dublin Alumni community.

If you haven’t yet, make sure to drop by and see it while it’s on 👀

Congratulations to all our graduates - we can’t wait to see what’s next!

To mark 25 years, we’re catching up with Class of 2001 graduates through 25 quick-fire questions on leadership, learning and life.

Bríd O’Connell, CEO of Guaranteed Irish, is a leading voice in branding and strategic leadership. Since graduating from TU Dublin with an MSc in Strategic Management in 2001, Bríd has built a career across tourism, marketing and leadership, and went on to run her own successful marketing business for over 15 years.

Today, she champions Irish businesses supporting jobs and communities.

💬 “People perform best when they feel valued, trusted and inspired.”

If you’re Class of 2001, we’d love to hear your story.