Gorey Community School
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School during Covid-19: ‘Keeping all the windows open, you’re freezing’
- People
- December 12, 2020, 06:00
At 8.30 am, around 1,600 masked students arrive at Gorey Community School, the largest school in the country. At each entrance they receive hand sanit(...)

A mean fish called Cancer: A new story by Amy Cahill
- Culture
- May 11, 2020, 06:00
Name: Amy Cahill Age: 17 School: Gorey Community School, Gorey, Co Wexford A mean fish called Cancer Amy Cahill I heard my mammy cry(...)

When Amy Cahill’s powerful and painful story My Mammy Lives in a Box was published in The Irish Times, “I had messages from people on Facebook, sendin(...)

Paul Boyle relishing the challenge to prove what he’s capable of
- Pro14
- December 22, 2018, 06:00
Paul Boyle has never shirked a challenge or cowed in the face of adversity on a rugby pitch. So, when a contract didn’t materialise at Leinster as he (...)

Priced out of Dublin? Consider Gorey
- Homes & Property
- January 6, 2018, 06:00
A 90-minute off-peak drive from Dublin, for many Gorey is a commuter town. And as property prices continue their upward hike, and the need for new bui(...)

School reports show mixed picture of education system
- Education
- November 4, 2017, 16:20
A mixed picture of education standards in Ireland’s schools emerges in revised school inspection reports which measure the quality of schools on a sli(...)

Affordable but elaborate jewellery with a touch of Disney magic
- Fashion
- March 26, 2016, 03:45
For her many fans who associate jeweller Bláithín Ennis with dark, black mesh and crystal neckpieces and earrings, her new collection, Blush, comes as(...)

Depression and the Leaving: you can come through it and get back up fighting
- Education
- August 12, 2015, 06:00
It’s almost five years since I sat my Leaving Cert and failed to get a single option on my CAO form. I thought my story might be insightful and som(...)

Junior Cert German and home economics: Where dull means engaging
- Education
- June 12, 2015, 16:30
Straightforward and standard but perhaps a little dry: that was the verdict of Patrick Kavanagh, Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland subject rep(...)

Priest cleared of abuse challenges Minister for Education’s decision to withdraw salary
- Courts
- August 28, 2013, 01:09
A “penniless” schoolteacher priest, who was cleared by his school board of allegations of sexually abusing a student, has been granted leave by the Hi(...)