Accountancy student first in Ireland — and eighth in the world

A Galway city accountancy student looks to have things well figured out in her chosen profession.

Libby Howard from Bohermore finished first in Ireland — and eighth in the world — in her Financial Reporting (FR) exam.

She is an Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) student at Dublin-based online and blended learning college Accountancy School.

Another Galway student, Daniel Thistlethwaite from Gort, achieved first in Ireland and second place in the world in his Financial Management (FM) exam.

Viewing their results in context of the worldwide number of 500,000 ACCA students (approximately 8,000 of whom study in Ireland), Daniel and Libby were two of 30 Accountancy School students to finish first in Ireland. All were recognised for their achievements at a ceremony in Dublin recently.
Congratulating both on their results, Accountancy School Managing Director Dave O’Donoghue said, ‘ACCA is a globally recognised accountancy qualification, and the key to a hugely rewarding career in accountancy and financial management, here in Ireland and internationally’.

Against the backdrop of what he termed an acute worldwide shortage of accountants, the ACCA programme and other linked courses provided by Accountancy School were ‘high amongst those that the School is proud to offer, not least for the fact that students consistently achieve high pass rates of up to 96 percent, and for the part the courses play in helping young people to achieve their ambitions’, Mr O’Donoghue added.