NISO Summer 2025 Certificate course graduation group, back from left, John Henson (course lecturer), Suman Chaulagain (Athlone), Shane Nolan (Athlone Training Centre, Garrycastle and Ardagh, Longford), Pawel Wasiak (Sheraton Hotel, Athlone), Denis Shanahan (Tipperary), Enda Morris (Mullingar), Adam Browne (Batterstown, Naas), Martin Whyte (NISO Midland Member/Mergon, Castlepollard), Kieran Murphy (Ennis, Clare); front, Lisa Sweeney (TUS nursing lecturer, Mullingar), Josephine McGrane, (Louth), Minister Boxer Moran, Alan Kelly (Siemens X Ray Division and Kinnegad), Dr Sean Reidy (NISO course organiser and TUS), Fergal Sweeney (TUS safety officer, course lecturer) and Tony Dockery (Ward and Burke, Athlone).
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Alan Kelly (Siemens X Ray Division and Manorfield, Kinnegad) receiving his NISO Safety course Certificate recently from Minister Boxer Moran and Sean Reidy (TUS) in the Sheraton Hotel, Athlone.
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Enda Morris, Mullingar, receiving his NISO Safety course Certificate from Minister Boxer Moran and Sean Reidy (TUS) in the Sheraton Hotel, Athlone.
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Charlene Fitzpatrick (BNM safety officer) receiving a piece of engraved bog-oak (Celtic Roots, Ballinahown) from Minister Boxer Moran and Dr Sean Reidy (TUS and NISO course coordinator), on behalf of the victorious BNM Quiz team who came first in the annual All Ireland Safety Quiz finals held in the Mullingar Park Hotel.
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Lisa Sweeney (TUS nursing lecturer) receiving a bouquet of flowers from Minister Boxer Moran and Dr Sean Reidy (TUS and NISO course coordinator) at the NISO Awards night in the Sheraton.
NISO Midland branch held their presentation of certificates for the Introduction to Occupational Health and Safety courses in the Hodson Bay hotel in Athlone on Friday June 20. Two courses were hosted by TUS Athlone between September and December 2024 and again between February and May 2025.
People from around Mullingar who successfully completed the course included; Enda Morris (Mullingar) and Alan Kelly (Siemens X Ray Division and Manorfield, Kinnegad). They were among the 20 participants who successfully completed the course.
They included people from Westmeath, Offaly, Galway, Clare, Longford, Roscommon, Kildare, Meath, Louth and Tipperary. Participants received their certificates, from Minister Boxer Moran. John Henson, Martin Whyte and Fergal Sweeney represented NISO Midlands along with Dr Sean Reidy, (TUS and chairperson of NISO Midlands).
There were two separate presentations to Lisa Sweeney, TUS nursing lecturer, who is stepping back from lecturing on the course, and Charlene Fitzpatrick, who accepted a set of Bog Oak pieces on behalf of the BNM Quiz team who won the National Safety Quiz competition held in Mullingar Park hotel earlier this year.
The NISO Cert course will run from Monday September 15 at TUS Athlone. A number of the participants are advancing onto the part-time Level 7 degree in EHS Management in the autumn at TUS.
To book a place on the NISO course, make contact at niso.ie or the book a place on the BSc in EHS Management check the TUS website under part-time courses.