Loreto College
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Pupil tells Oireachtas: exam was like a ‘competition to see how fast you could write’
- Education
- November 22, 2017, 21:44
A 15-year-old schoolgirl has told an Oireachtas committee how completing her mock junior cycle English exam was like “a competition to see how fast y(...)

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(...)

Gentle radical who fought for a more just Irish society
- People
- June 24, 2017, 00:32
Ann Louise Gilligan Born: July 27th, 1945 Died: June 15th, 2017 A gentle radical whose elegance, sensitivity and deep spirituality were matched by he(...)

BT Young Scientist exhibition: Special awards
- Science
- January 13, 2017, 23:10
A number of special awards were announced at the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition on Friday. Science for Development Award (Worldwise glo(...)

BT Young Scientist exhibition: Highly commended projects
- Science
- January 13, 2017, 22:35
The following projects at the 2016 BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition have been described as highly commended. Biological and Ecological J(...)

Schools with the highest achievers in this year’s Leaving Cert results are from Cos Dublin, Cork and Mayo. While no candidate received nine A1s this(...)

Musical youth descend on Wesley College
- Education
- March 15, 2016, 06:00
I am at the Interschools Music Festival at Wesley College Dublin, and students with instruments and music sheets are brimful of nervous energy, ready(...)

Kevin Mulcaire leads field at schools cross country
- Other Sports
- March 6, 2016, 17:48
If we have a fitter, leaner, stronger schoolboy athlete than Kevin Mulcaire right now then he’s hiding out somewhere. No one could touch Mulcaire at S(...)

Room to roam case study: ‘I was a free-range child’
- Social Affairs
- August 28, 2015, 01:00
Maureen Smith, 77 Growing up in Farney Park in Sandymount, Dublin 4, the street was Maureen Smith’s playground. “In winter, I was roller-skating all o(...)

Olivia Burke’s family and friends say a tearful farewell
- Irish News
- June 25, 2015, 01:00
The Tricolour and the Stars and Stripes flew at half mast in a gentle breeze outside the Church of our Lady of Perpetual Succour, Foxrock. Close by, a(...)