Hartstown Community School

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Lucia Ryan, principal of Hartstown Community School: The school splits up larger classes and uses the gym as a temporary learning hub where students learn remotely. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw
Covid-19: ‘We didn’t want all of our work to be jeopardised’

When Hartstown Community School learned of its third case of Covid-19 , it followed the official guidelines: the student self-isolated while the princ(...)

Maintaining low levels of infection in schools will depend on how well the wider community does in holding off a broader spread in the population. Photograph: iStock
Will schools remain open during the six-week lockdown?

Not so long ago there were siren voices warning that schools could become vectors of coronavirus infection when they reopened. But, two months on, la(...)

Normal People filming locations: Tamangos, Tubbercurry and Shane Ross’s house

Location manager Eoin Holohan says the production team never took the easy option: ‘Honestly, we never stopped trying to make it look good’ If t(...)

The centre of Blanchardstown village. Photograph: Crispin Rodwell/The Irish Times
Make a move to Blanchardstown for 31 schools and an easy commute

What’s so good about it? Almost 50 years ago, Blanchardstown was a tiny village with a gently busy main street, surrounded mainly by greenery and for(...)