Shannon Father and Daughter Share LIT Lecture Hall

Today on Morning Focus, we were joined in studio by Garry and Jessica Winters, a father and daughter who share an LIT lecture hall. 

The decision to return to education can be a difficult one for mature students – but one Shannon man who did just that found himself in a rather unusual situation. Garry Winters is a third-year student of Industrial Automation and Robotics in LIT and now finds himself studying the same course as his daughter, Jessica. She’s a first-year student at the Moylish campus and followed her father into the course after hearing him talking about it and working in EI in Shannon when she finished secondary school.

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