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My name is Conor Irvine. I am 21 and I am currently doing pharmaceutical healthcare in DIT Cathal Bruagh street.  As far as I can remember I have always had an interest in science as a whole. This became truly evident in secondary school when I decided to chose the three available science subjects  chemistry, biology and physics for the leaving cert. As I progressed through secondary school I realised that the scientific material became more detailed but my interest was still present throughout the whole leaving cert. From the three subjects my favourite one was chemistry I was impressed with how chemicals interacted with each other and there various real world applications. I realised that one of chemistries various applications was in the pharmaceutical sector, this sparked a specific interest in pharmaceuticals, I was amazed by the extent that pharmaceuticals has shaped the world from curing various medical conditions to improving general quality of life. It was from here that I decided I wanted to do a pharmaceutical related college course after secondary school. I applied for a total of 6 pharmaceutical courses along with 3 chemistry courses and a food science course as backup. After the leaving cert my points only permitted me to do a level 6 food science an management course in DIT Cathal Bruagh street. This course lasted 2 years an after the first year I had made my decision  to advance into a level 8 course when it was finished. I completed the food science and management course with a merit upper division which was a competent enough grade to advance into the second year of my current course pharmaceutical healthcare. I am now in fourth year of the pharmaceutical healthcare course and with some careful thought I have decided I would like to continue academically doing research and further courses. this decision arose from a combination or work placement and college lectures on the topic of research.