New role for former Leinster player O'Brien

Mullingar native Conor O'Brien has been appointed as the business development manager for the digital services company TEKenable.

The former Leinster player will have responsibility for developing new business and growth in the pharmaceutical, medtech and engineering sectors on a global scale. He will also be responsible for researching prospective accounts in target markets and developing campaigns.

Prior to taking up this position, Conor was a professional rugby player at Leinster for six years. He announced his retirement due to injury in August of this year.

He played over 20 times for the province and was a member of the consecutive URC winning teams. He was also a member of the U-20 Irish team that got to the world cup final in Manchester in 2016.

O'Brien also represented Westmeath in Gaelic football up to minor level and played in an All-Ireland MFC quarter-final against Mayo in 2013.

Speaking when his retirement was announced, he said that he will be "forever thankful" and "very proud" that he played for Leinster.

“I was always very conscious of who I was playing for. For Mullingar RFC. For my area. For Westmeath. For the wider province. My family and friends. It really did mean a lot to me and it means a lot to all the players in there."

O'Brien holds a Batchelor’s Degree in Economics from UCD and believes that having worked with some of the most competitive people in professional sport every day is an experience that will stand to him throughout his entire life.

A proud Mullingar man, he attended St Finian’s College as did his father and grandfather before him.