Student Enterprise 2019 50 different mini companies from 16 different schools across limerick City & County defended. on the South Court Hotel on March 26th for the annual Limerick Enterprise Office – Student Enterprise Awards. Desmond College were represented by 1st Years Tara Danaher & Josh Dore who won 2nd place in the Junior Section…
St. Mary’s Adult Education Centre will be running some Taster Workshops in the areas of Office Skills and Creative Skills. There will be an Information Session/Coffee Morning on Wednesday 17th April from 10am- 12pm. The workshops will then start on 1st May. Please see attached for more information.
Coláiste Chiaráin Croom: LIT Sports Junior Hurling Coolderry Cup Champions 2018/2019 Congratulations to Coláiste Chiaráin and their management team who won the Junior Hurling Coolderry cup last Friday with a final score of 3-10 to 3-8 against Coláiste Ide agus Iosef School, Abbeyfeale. It was a thrilling game of hurling which produced 6 goals played…
Local Youth Club Grant Scheme 2019 The Local Youth Club Grant Scheme is aimed at providing support to youth work activities at local level. Under the scheme, youth clubs and groups in Limerick and Clare are invited to apply for one-off grants to support their development, administration, programme and service costs. The Scheme supports voluntary…
BT’s 11th Business Bootcamp Programme for students Thirty students of the exhibiting intermediate and senior students from the 2019 BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition were invited to take part in a BT Young Scientist Business Bootcamp in March in conjunction with UCD where they experienced the world of technology commercialisation and entrepreneurship. Included in…
On Wednesday 13th March, the Transition Year students along with Ms O Mahony and Ms Corkery travelled to Killarney for an overnight trip to take part in adventure activities including mountain hiking and biking and kayaking. Unfortunately due to bad weather conditions the students didn’t kayak. The group stayed in Killarney International Youth Hostel and…
Coláiste Chiaráin Transition year students have just written a set of children’s books. Inspired by the “Mr. Men” author Roger Hargreaves, students of English, along with their teacher Ms. Mary-Kate Hanley, wrote 7 Mr. Men books. They varied in theme from Mr. Moody and Mr. Jealous to Mr Colourful and Mr. Clean. Some others were…
Coláiste Chiaráin: Leading our Youth Congratulations to Coláiste Chiaráin students who received awards as part of the Rotary Youth Leadership competition. Coláiste Chiaráin have a long standing relationship with Limerick Thomond Rotary Club and a high level of success in all club run competitions. That success continued today with Finnian Brady Halmschlag being presented with…
Over 50 learners from Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board convened at a regional meeting of the National Further Education and Training Learner Forum on Tuesday 5th March. The meeting took place at the Further Education and Training Centre, Kilmallock Road Campus and involved learners from a variety of FET provision offered by Limerick…
Business Studies Awards Ceremony Congratulations to Ciara Brouder, Transition Year student in Desmond College who was presented with a Certificate of Achievement at the Business Studies Awards Ceremony hosted by UL’s Kemmy Business School and the Business Studies Teachers Association of Ireland (BSTAI). The award recognises those who have achieved an A Grade in Higher…