KERRY take on rivals Tyrone in the All-Ireland SFC Quarter-Final this Saturday and the Kingdom’s starting 15 has been named.
The match has a 3.45pm throw-in at Croke Park and thousands of Kerry fans are expected to make the journey to headquarters.
Paul Geaney makes a return to the starting line-up for Kerry while Gavin White is also in the side. The team captained by David Clifford is as follows;
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Shane Ryan; Graham O’Sullivan, Jason Foley, Tom O’Sullivan; Paul Murphy, Tadhg Morley, Gavin White; Diarmuid O’Connor, Jack Barry; Dara Moynihan, Sean O’Shea, Adrian Spillane; Paudie Clifford, David Clifford, Paul Geaney.
Subs; Tony Brosnan, Mike Breen, Brian Ó Beaglaoich, Barry Dan O’Sullivan, Ruairí Murphy, Micheál Burns, Stephen O’Brien, Donal O’Sullivan, Dylan Casey, Seán O’Brien.
Billy Ryle says college is very costly so students are advised to apply to SUSI for college grants by the closing date of July 6th…
It’s not easy to integrate into college life if you’re making a daily return commute from Kerry to Limerick or Cork.
But that’s the only option facing many students who can’t afford the cost of accommodation. Rental accommodation, alone, has increased by 60% in the cities during the past five years, putting most of it beyond the reach of students.
While, Technological University Dublin’s “Cost of Living Guide” suggests that accommodation costs have marginally stabilised, many applicants can’t consider study in Dublin due to the shortage and cost of accommodation.
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Further and third level education is very expensive. The financial burden is eased a little for students who qualify for a partial or total grant.
Even so, many college students have to work part-time or depend on their parents to make ends meet. Thousands of students who are ineligible for funding must come up with about €12,000 annually if they are living away from home or about €5,000 if living at home. The student contribution also has to be paid.
Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) is the grant authority for higher and further education. Student grants are divided into maintenance grants and fee grants.
Maintenance grants are paid directly to the student’s bank account. Fee grants pay tuition fees, the student contribution and the cost of essential field trips. SUSI grants are available at PLC, undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
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To be eligible for funding, your total household reckonable income must fall below specific income thresholds.
The SUSI website, www.susi.ie, contains tables outlining the income thresholds and the associated maintenance grant rates for applicants.
Income thresholds increase by €4,950 for each additional family member in college. The amount of non-assessed income that a student can earn per annum is €6,552.
The minimum distance from home to college for the higher or non-adjacent grant is 30km. A student living less than 30km from home is paid the smaller or adjacent grant.
About 75,000 students are eligible for some level of standard maintenance grants ranging from €500 to €3,677.
The standard maximum non-adjacent grant payable in the 2023/2024 academic year is €3,677. The standard maximum adjacent grant is €1,613.
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The gross annual income level for standard grant eligibility is €40,875 (less than four dependent children), €44,810 (between four and seven children) or €48,575 (between eight or more dependent children).
There is also a special maintenance grant for applicants whose annual gross income is less than €25,000 (less than four dependent children), €27,400 (between four and seven children) or €29,702 (eight or more dependent children).
That payment is now €6,971, non-adjacent and €2,936, adjacent, respectively. SUSI is prioritising new grant applications until 6th July.
SUSI will process late applications but its best to be on the priority applications list. Submit your online grant application as soon as possible.
Applicants are assessed on gross income from all sources in the 2022 financial year. Applications are assessed as either a ‘dependent,’ ‘mature dependent’ or ‘independent’ application.
A dependent applicant is assessed on the income of parents or guardians, while an independent applicant is assessed on personal income and that of her/his partner.
As the grant is means-tested, visit the eligibility reckoner on www.susi.ie. This facility provides potential applicants with an approximate indication of whether or not they are likely to qualify for a grant.
However, it’s always advisable to submit a grant application. Even if you don’t currently qualify, your financial circumstances may change going forward.
Begin your SUSI grant application by registering for an online account where you can set up your username, password and security pin.
Then carefully complete the interactive application form. Once you have submitted a grant application you can follow its progress on the SUSI Online Application Tracker.
Further information on state funding can be found on www.studentfinance.ie. Most of the institutions also offer a range of scholarships for excellence in areas such as academic, sport, creative arts and entrepreneurship.
Colleges also operate a Financial Assistance Fund for students experiencing financial difficulty during term. Go to the relevant colleges’ websites for further details.
Watch out also for local scholarships such as Credit Union Scholarships available to members. If at all possible, avoid taking out a student loan, but if you must then the best rates are available from your local Credit Union.
CHECKLIST
• Third level education is very expensive
• Many college students have to work part-time to make ends meet
• Many college students depend on their parents to make ends meet
• Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) is the grant authority for further/higher ed.
• Priority closing date for new applications for SUSI grant at www.susi.ie is 6th July
• It’s always advisable to apply for a SUSI grant as your financial status may change
• The gross annual income level for standard grant eligibility is €40,875
• The minimum distance from home to college for the higher grant is 30km
• The higher or non-adjacent standard grant payment is €3,677
• The smaller or adjacent standard grant payment is €1,613
• CAO ‘Change of Mind’ Form closes at 5pm on Saturday, 1st July
• Leaving Cert results will be published on Friday, 25th August
• CAO Round One offers will be available at 2pm on Wed., 30th August
Billy Ryle is a Career Guidance Counsellor and Educational Commentator
SCHOOL is now out for summer but before the holidays, Tralee schools enjoyed biodiversity walks and talks with students from secondary and primary schools in Tralee.
Funded by the Kerry County Council Community Support Fund 2023, these walks are a continuation of the biodiversity awareness raising work Tralee Tidy Towns is doing in the town with different stakeholders.
The walks, which were led by ornithologist Ed Carty and biodiversity expert Thomas Canavan, focused on the areas managed for biodiversity in the town park and how they’re contributing to wildlife corridors and important ecosystems which in turn are supporting a variety of native wildflowers, pollinators and bird life.
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Chair of Tralee Tidy Towns, Brendan O’Brien said: “We are delighted to be supported by the Kerry County Council Community Support Fund for this project. We are continuing this work with the schools which we started last year and which was highly commended by our Tidy Towns adjudicator in last year’s adjudication report.”
Gaelcholaiste Chiarraí students on the Biodiversity walk.
“The town park is a haven for biodiversity and the sense of peace in these areas managed for biodiversity is something we should be proud of and maintain into the future,” he added.
Mayor of Tralee, Cllr Johnnie Wall said: “I think these biodiversity walks are wonderful and should be continued. They are a great way to raise awareness and appreciation of the biodiversity areas managed by Kerry County Council in the town.”
Coláiste Gleann Lí students on the Biodiversity walk.Mounthawk students on the Biodiversity walk.Presentation students on the Biodiversity walk.
MUNSTER Technological University (MTU) will host the 2025 International Symposium of Adapted Physical Activity (ISAPA) on its Kerry campus.
The announcement took place today, June 29th, in Dunedin, New Zealand at ISAPA 2023. MTU Kerry North Campus will welcome up to 600 delegates from across the globe to Tralee in June 2025, for the first-of-its-kind conference in Ireland providing a tourism boost for the local area.
It will be the biggest conference ever held in MTU Kerry North Campus, and has the potential to build on and bring more international conferences to the region, both for MTU and its partners.
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The international conference will take place at MTU’s Kerry Sports Academy, as well as venues across Tralee which will host a variety of workshops, conferences and a comprehensive schedule of social programmes.
The new Tralee to Fenit Greenway will provide accessible transport links between the venues on the Wild Atlantic Way, while host families are seeking to accommodate delegates from developing countries.
MTU’s winning bid was supported by a range of partners and business including UNESCO, Fáilte Ireland, Kerry Convention Bureau, Cara, and St John of Gods Skills for Life.
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Speaking on the announcement, Professor Maggie Cusack, President of MTU said; “Staging the 2025 ISAPA in MTU’s Kerry campus is a huge vote of confidence in MTU and the north Kerry region. Everyone at MTU looks forward to working together with our partners to create a symposium that will add to the huge body of research and knowledge in the field of adapted physical education and activity.”
“I especially want to congratulate the UNESCO team at MTU Kerry for their enormous contribution in bringing a symposium of this standing to MTU, Kerry, Munster and Ireland and I look forward to welcoming delegates from across the world to our wonderful campus in Tralee.”
The International Symposium on Adapted Physical Activity (ISAPA) is held every second year to provide physical activity professionals with an opportunity to share their knowledge and experience in professional preparation, research, advocacy, and service delivery in the fields of adapted physical activity, physical education, and sport science.
MTU Kerry’s UNESCO Chair is globally recognised in the field of Adapted Physical Activity which enabled MTU to compete favourably against strong competition from throughout the world.
Coinciding with the official announcement in Dunedin, Catherine Carty, UNESCO Chair Manager, MTU said; “We want to firmly establish MTU as a leader in this field bridging the gaps between policy and practice and building capacity of professionals in APA. APA is important in the context of human rights and sustainable development for those living with disabilities and we want to level the playing field”.
ISAPA spokesperson Cindy Sit, a professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong said, “The International Federation of Adapted Physical Activity (IFAPA) is very excited to bring our international symposium to MTU. The expertise in MTU across policy, practice and research is globally recognised and I’m confident our delegates will learn and grow from ISAPA 2025 Kerry.”
Billy Ryle says college is very costly so students are advised to apply to SUSI for college grants by the closing date of July 6th…
MUNSTER Technological University (MTU) will host the 2025 International Symposium of Adapted Physical Activity (ISAPA) on its Kerry campus.
