Category: Education
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Major development for St Ailbe’s Post-Primary School, Tipperary Town
St. Ailbe’s post-primary school in Tipperary Town is the latest Tipperary school to be approved funding under the Department of Education’s Additional Accommodation Scheme. Deputy Jackie Cahill announced today (April 13th) that St Ailbe’s on the Rosanna Rd. in Tipperary Town has been approved for 5x General Classrooms, 1x Music Classroom, 1x Science Lab, and…
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Tipperary Families Asked To Join Search For Irelands Best Banana Dessert Creation
Banana importers Fyffes has issued an invitation to mums, dads and children throughout Tipperary and beyond to join in a search to find Ireland’s ‘Best Banana Dessert’ creation. Fronting the search to find this year’s winning creations is Ireland’s well-known television cook, Donal Skehan whose programmes are a favourite amongst viewers and wannabe cooks. The…
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State should cover cost of hotel quarantining for returning Erasmus students – Kelleher
Fianna Fáil MEP, Billy Kelleher has said that the Government should cover the mandatory hotel quarantine costs of Erasmus students returning to Ireland. Kelleher was commenting after receiving representations from his party’s youth organisation, Ógra Fianna Fáil, requesting support for students on official Erasmus programmes. “If the medical advice is that they should spend time…
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Hey, what’s the Story of Your Stuff?
EPA invites second-level students to consider the environmental impact of everyday items and consumption decisions The Story of Your Stuff competition combines creativity and science, giving students the chance to win €500 for themselves and €500 for their school, alongside a new Climate Topic Prize The young people who influence the trends of today will…
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‘ABOUT MY SCHOOL’ STORY WRITING COMPETITION
Tipperary Allianz Cumann na mBunscol are inviting pupils in Rang 3 – 6 to submit a piece of writing (no longer than 300 words) on the above topic. They should seek to describe what they love about the culture of GAA in their own school. Any school submitting a piece to us should have parental…
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FF will freeze student fees and fully restore post-graduate grants – Goldsboro
Fianna Fáil General Election candidate for Tipperary Cllr. Imelda Goldsboro says her party is determined to make third level education affordable again and has put forward a range of measures to ease the financial burden on students. The party plans to establish a new Department of Higher Education and Research to ensure that the demands…
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UK’s Most Prominent Climate Change Policy Advisor, Sir David King, to address conference at LIT, Moylish
The free conference Future Living will take place on February 14, 2020 at the Millennium Theatre, LIT, Moylish Campus. The Conference will focus on Fashion, Food and Festivals and examine the sustainability challenges within business. The UK’s most prominent policy adviser and campaigner on the causes and consequences of climate change, acclaimed environmentalist Sir David…
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EPA publishes Junior Cert resource pack on reducing food waste to tackle climate change
21 November 2019: The EPA has produced an educational resource pack to support over 20,000 Junior Certificate students to learn about sustainable living through the Home Economics curriculum. Reducing food waste is one of the most effective actions we can take to address climate change. The resource pack is be used by Home Economics teachers…
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DEPUTY MICHAEL LOWRY CALLS ON EDUCATION MINISTER JOE MCHUGH TO ENGAGE WITH SCHOOL SECRETARIES
This morning a number of School Secretaries across the County engaged in a one-hour work stoppage in protest over unjustified pay and work conditions. I fully support these School Secretaries in their call for the improvements they deserve. School Secretaries are a vital part of our school system and they play a pivotal role in…
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Emergency Works Funding Approved for St. Anne’s Secondary School, Tipperary Town – Lowry
Earlier this year Deputy Michael Lowry facilitated a meeting between the management of St. Anne’s Secondary School and officials from the Department of Education. At that meeting, the School Board of Management outlined numerous issues in regard to the layout of the school and the problems created by increased student numbers. I’m now delighted to…