This August 21 students graduated with their BSc in Paramedic Studies and UL GEMS has the honour of being the first Irish University to confer this degree. Pictured above at the conferring were graduates from Dublin Fire Brigade, Kevin Reddington, Fire Fighter and Advanced Paramedic and Jim O'Toole, Fire Fighter and Paramedic. Picture: Alan Place. Our graduates are drawn from the National Ambulance Service, Dublin Fire Brigade and the Irish Coastguard. UL GEMS wish to thank the students and all our tutors most sincerely for the huge effort that went into delivering this inaugural degree programme.