{"id":20523,"date":"2025-09-14T10:10:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T10:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/20523\/"},"modified":"2025-09-14T10:10:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T10:10:07","slug":"moyross-to-med-tech-limerick-mans-journey-to-overcome-old-perceptions-of-his-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/20523\/","title":{"rendered":"Moyross to med tech: Limerick man’s journey to overcome ‘old perceptions’ of his home"},"content":{"rendered":"

FROM MOYROSS to med tech, Desmond Collins has had quite a journey<\/a>, and he remains \u201cdeeply proud\u201d of where he’s from.<\/p>\n

Now a senior manager at a med tech company in Castletroy, Desmond,\u00a0 38, never shies away from his roots.<\/p>\n

He refused to use a different address on job applications to avoid the stigma when he was young, instead choosing to push through the \u201cold perceptions\u201d that people had about his home.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt used to annoy me,\u201d Desmond said, \u201cas if being from Moyross made success unexpected.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now, he has a far greater understanding of how his childhood shaped who he is, and a far greater appreciation for the sacrifices his parents made to make sure he had every opportunity possible.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s only now I recognise that the times when they would leave my brother and sister and me in the kitchen to eat dinner and they would go into the sitting room – it was because there wasn’t enough food for them.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Education was another priority for his parents, with homework always being done the second they got home, before they were allowed to play outside.<\/p>\n

Desmond admits he had \u201cno interest\u201d in college, but his parents\u2019 encouraged him to go to the then-LIT, \u201cjust over the back wall\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf my parents didn’t do the little things, I wouldn’t be where I am today,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Though he grew up around feuds, drive-bys and raids – which he admits they’d get \u201cserious enjoyment\u201d out of as kids – he maintains the belief that there were \u201conly about four or five bad eggs… there was a lot of lovely people\u201d.<\/p>\n

He visits his parents, who still live in Moyross, every weekend.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He has inherited their passion for education, encouraging young people who come from a similar background to him to pursue third-level education, be it university, a PLC or a trade.<\/p>\n

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