Digital Art Week 2016

Digital Art Week 2016

April 24th – 29th sees the arrival of our 6th annual Digital Art Week. This gives primary school children around Ireland the opportunity to share their digital art with other children around the country and complete some fun visual arts activities. As it’s...
Signs of Spring 2016

Signs of Spring 2016

It’s that time of year again for our Signs of Spring Twitter Project 2016. With Easter falling so early this year, it’s better to do this project before, rather than after, Easter. This will be our 5th year of this event and it gives teachers and pupils a chance...
Book Review – One Good Turn

Book Review – One Good Turn

“One Good Turn” by Brian Gallagher is about when the Easter Rising is just over and Gerry Quinn’s life is tough. He is living with his uncle. His uncle does not treat him well and he doesn’t know that Gerry took a jacket and got caught. Then...
Book Review: Let’s See Ireland

Book Review: Let’s See Ireland

“Let’s See Ireland” is both written and illustrated by Sarah Bowie. I really enjoyed this book. I read it with my Granny and then again with my mom. She helped me with some of the hard words like Glendalough! This book is about a girl called Molly who...
Teaching Council Elections 2016

Teaching Council Elections 2016

Voting for the election of teachers to the Teaching Council opened today, Monday, 22 February and will close at noon on Wednesday, 9 March. The election is to fill the places of 16 teachers on the 37-member Teaching Council, whose current term of office comes to an...
Interview With Jan O’ Sullivan – Labour Party

Interview With Jan O’ Sullivan – Labour Party

Jan O’ Sullivan is the Labour Party TD for Limerick City. She was first elected to the Dáil in 1998 in a bye-election to fill the seat vacated by the death of Jim Kemmy. She has since been re-elected in three General Elections. She was appointed Minister For...