A team from the Convent of Mercy, Roscommon town won two Silver Medals at yesterday’s All-Ireland Secondary Schools Swimming Finals in the National Aquatic Centre, Dublin. The team of Jenni Kilduff, Rebecca Carroll, Keela Farnon and Roisin Campbell took honours in the 100m Freestyle Relay and 100m Individual Medley Relay Event. Jenni Kilduff also took …
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St. Michael’s Special School, Castlerea has been revealed as a winner at the 2016 Bord Gáis Energy Student Theatre Awards. The winners were announced at a special awards ceremony at the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre yesterday Thursday, May 5th hosted by RTE Two Tube presenters Bláthnaid Treacy and Stephen Byrne. The Castlerea school was awarded …
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Maria Dignam from Glanduff NS, Kiltoom recently took the top prize in the Connacht/Ulster region of the Green-Schools Irish Water Poster Competition in the senior primary school category. Maria was presented with her prize at a ceremony in Dublin yesterday Wednesday. Picture Credit: Mark Stedman, Photocall Ireland This year’s Poster Competition theme was ‘Be Water …
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The Roscommon teams at Wednesday’s SPAR FAI Primary School 5s Connacht Final represented their Schools and county with distinction but narrowly missed out on honours. Milebush Park, Castlebar played host to Finals of the competition which saw 245 schools, 588 teams and 4,704 players took part throughout Connacht this year. Wednesday’s games saw these schools …
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Eight students from CBS Roscommon – Colm Kildine, Kyran Rayner, Kenneth Kedian, John Cuttle, James Costello, Oisín Stephens, Luke Glennon and Keelan Neary, made it to the finals of the Health and Safety Authority’s (HSA) Multimedia Farm Safety Competition for post-primary students, which took place on Wednesday. At the Showcase and Awards ceremony in Dublin …
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Elphin Community College and Roscommon Community College have been allocated funding to carry out Electrical upgrades under the Department of Education’s Summer Works Scheme. The two Schools are among 62 Post Primary and 135 Primary Schools throughout Ireland to benefit from the first allocation of funding. Speaking about the announcement Minister O’Sullivan stated: “Of the …
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Pupils and Staff from Abbeycartron NS Elphin joined with schools all over Ireland to celebrate Proclamation Day yesterday. The Proclamation of Independence was read by children in the school and then the Irish Flag was raised by Lt. Hugh Lynn, who is an Officer of the Army Reserve and a Teacher in the school. The …
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The fourth annual Roscommon Handball One-Wall Post Primary Schools Blitz was held for the second year in succession in the Meánscoil Mhuire gan Smál gymnasium in Roscommon Town. This fantastic venue provided three full size One-Wall courts which facilitated the completion of forty-four handball games over four hours. Five of the seven post primary schools …
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Summerhill Primary School, Athlone, Co Roscommon, celebrated Proclamation Day with a school concert this morning. This was followed by the flag raising at 12 noon, with a surprise visit from the ice-cream van with ice-cream for all the pupils! After lunch there was a céilí in the school hall and everyone showed off the dances …
Today, Tuesday March 15th, has been designated Proclamation Day for schools in Ireland, as part of the Ireland 2016 commemorative programme. Since last autumn the Defence Forces have delivered a handmade Tricolour and a special pack which included a copy of the Proclamation and booklet on care of the flag to over 3,200 Primary Schools …
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GMIT, IT Sligo and LyIT have launched the My Experience RPL Assessment Toolkit which includes an information website and an online RPL (Recognised Prior Learning) application tool for candidates looking for access or advanced entry to a higher education programme. In addition, a free open online course has been developed for Higher Education staff seeking …
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The Hurlers of CBS Roscommon are among the latest batch of top quality GAA students look to make the grade in hurling and football following the launch of the 2016 Masita GAA All-Ireland Post Primary Schools Championships in Croke Park yesterday. The next few weeks will mark a crescendo finish to an exciting season of …
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Three students from Elphin Community College were among 6,000 Post Primary students from across the country who attended the presentation of flags and proclamation packs by the Defence Forces in Croke Park on Monday. The event marked the conclusion of the “Flags for Schools” programme, an initiative by the Thomas Francis Meagher Foundation, the Defence …
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Clooncagh National School is having a double celebration on next Tuesday 15th March. This day will mark the National 1916 Proclamation Day as well as their own School Centenary. The Pupils and Staff are inviting everyone in the locality and all past pupils to visit the School on Tuesday from 12pm to enjoy an exhibition …
The Roscommon Finals of the SPAR FAI Primary School 5s Competition take place at the home of Roscommon and District Football League Side Shiven Rovers, at Newbridge, Co. Galway on Wednesday April 6th (Note change of date). The fun five-a-side schools competition is open to boys and girls from 4th, 5th and 6th class and …
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