A School Excellence Fund (ESF), being co-ordinated by St Joseph’s Community College, Kilkee, and which includes Scoil Réalt na Mara National School, was officially launched on Friday, 15 November 2019. The launch commenced with a Science Fair in St Joseph’s Community College involving students from primary and post-primary. The project is a unique and significant…
Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board marked the official opening of the multi-million euro new school extension at Coláiste Iósaef Community College, Kilmallock, on Friday 8th November 2019. The opening was undertaken by Minister of State at the Department of Finance and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, Patrick O’Donovan TD. He was…
Castletroy College won two categories at the national Pakman Awards held in the Intercontinental Hotel in Dublin on 24 October 2019. The first award was in the ‘Environmental Education and Awareness Initiative’ category sponsored by the Department of Communication, Climate action and the Environment. The other win was the ‘Battery Champion’ award sponsored by the…
Bridge to Employment (BTE) is a three-year programme sponsored by Johnson & Johnson Vision in Limerick that will give 50 students, 25 each from Thomond Community College & Ard Scoil Mhuire, real-world experiences, allowing them to explore potential careers, prepare for college and work, and discover how learning is relevant to their future. Over the…
Twitter partnership with UNESCO on media and information literacy. To mark the beginning of UNESCO’s Global Media and Information Literacy Week 2019, Twitter has launched a new handbook for educators, entitled Teaching and Learning with Twitter. Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board is delighted that the handbook features a Case Study profile of one…
Jack O’Connor, past pupil from Desmond College, who has been chosen as one of Ireland’s two UN Youth Ambassadors, addressed the United Nations Assembly in NYC yesterday. He addressed issues on climate change, youth employment and mental health issues.
Limerick City and County Council, the Universities, Cultural Institutions, schools of Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board and local businesses are creating a European Expo 2020 starting in Limerick. The European Expo 2020 is a unique exploration of the importance of the European Union to its citizens. Over the course of 2020, it will…
Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board and Lifeways Ireland today announced that two of County Clare’s most successful national schools, which teach using the Steiner pedagogy, are to transfer from their current patron Lifeways Ireland to the patronage of Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board on 1st September 2019. The schools to be…
The President of GMIT, Dr Michael Hannon, and the Chief Executive of Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board, George O’Callaghan, today (10 June) formed a new partnership aimed at enhancing access and new opportunities to higher and further education provision in the West and Mid-West region. The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was formally signed…
The talented learners from the Mid-Clare region Youthreach provision at our Clonroad Campus in Ennis have created this excellent entry for the X-HALE 2019 Short Film Competition. Organised by the Irish Cancer Society, this year’s competition sees an all-time record number of entries. Our learners’ film is one of 55 entries from all over the…