SCHOOLS

MINISTER for Education Norma Foley TD received a warm welcome from the children at St John’s Parochial School at Ashe Street on Thursday to coincide with the school receiving some good news recently. Minister Foley wished the school well after receiving DEIS status from September 2022. This status will allow the […]

LAST Thursday, Kerry College held their Apprenticeship Information Evening and Parent/Guardian/Applicant Information Evening as part of their Open Week. Over 900 visitors attended both events in Monavalley and Clash Campus. In Monavalley visitors could meet hiring employers and apprenticeship providers and find out about the apprenticeship system. They also had the […]

Guidance Counsellor Billy Ryle says the major overhaul of the Leaving Cert makes Norma Foley the most reforming Education Minister since Donagh O’Malley’s free secondary education in 1967… On Tuesday, 29th March, Minister Norma Foley launched ambitious plans for a major overhaul of the Leaving Cert in a comprehensive document […]

THE County Final of the Kerry County Council Annual Student Enterprise Awards took place on Friday at the Munster Technological University campus in Dromtacker with Castleisland schools dominating the prizes. Sixteen mini-companies set up by local second level schools participated in the competition which promotes the development of innovation, idea […]

A SUNNY Friday morning provided perfect conditions for a novel, energetic fundraiser at Scoil Nuachabháil. Every pupil in the school took part in a Marathon Relay event which saw them take a baton and sprint laps of the playground in a relay to make up the 26.2 miles. “We contacted […]

PRESENTATION Secondary School is inviting everyone to take part in a virtual run early next month to raise funds for the school and Jigsaw Kerry. Taking place between April 1 and April 3, the event is being coordinated by the Parents Council. This event can be run, jogged or walked […]

By Daithí Ó Loingsigh (student at Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí) Ghlac daltaí misniúla Idirbhliana Ghaelcholáiste Chiarraí páirt i bhFéile Drámaíochta “The Briery Gap” in Ionad Óige Mhainistir Fhear Muí  Déardaoin seo caite. Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí TY students were delighted to participate in the national Briery Gap Theatre Competition in Fermoy last week. Ba […]

ST Patrick’s Day fun came early for the children and staff at Scoil Eoin Balloonagh as they held their annual parade on Thursday to coincide with their Seachtain na Gaeilge. “After all we have been through over the last two years, we are thrilled that the “Mórshiúl na Scoile” is […]

APPLIED Science students of Kerry College hosted a ‘Wear And Share’ Event in the Clash Road Campus to mark International Womens Day on Tuesday. The event was in aid of Adapt Women’s Refuge and saw staff and students bring in clothes they no longer wear and share them with other […]

MINISTER for Education Norma Foley TD announced a major expansion of the DEIS – Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools programme that will see the programme extended to an additional 15 schools across Kerry, including some in Tralee. The DEIS programme is being significantly expanded and eligible schools will now […]

THE CBS The Green senior soccer team have qualified for the Munster A final following a thrilling victory over Gaelcholaiste Mhuire AG. The Green established an early lead going up 2-0 inside 20 minutes through goals from Ryan Guerin and Cian Brosnan, a lead they held going in at half time. […]

Career Guidance Counsellor and Educational Commentator, Billy Ryle on the interim statistics released by the CAO which heralds good news for college applicants… Interim figures released by the Central Applications Office (CAO) suggest that the rush to college may be levelling off. The data covers the period up to 1st […]

CAHERLEAHEEN NS held Denim Day for Dementia, on Friday last as a fundraiser for the Alzheimers Society of Ireland. Principal, Mary Connolly explained that “each year, in Ireland over 11,000 people develop dementia. That’s at least 30 people every day and anyone can get dementia – even people in their […]

AFTER two years of autumn Confirmation days, it’s back to normal once again and spring sunshine greeted pupils arriving to two churches on Saturday morning in the Tralee area. It was a big day for three pupils in Derryquay NS and their families who attended St Brendan’s Church in Curraheen. […]

THE celebrations continued at Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí on Wednesday as the school welcomed back the All-Ireland U19 B Schools League champions and U16 B Schools League final runners up. The U19 final was won well by Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí yesterday at the National Basketball Arena in Tallaght, as they beat St. Louis CS […]

CARA Credit Union have announced their Current Account with globally accepted Mastercard® Debit Card as the title sponsors of  Tralee’s Presentation Secondary School’s football team . This sponsorship compliments the Credit Union’s Current Account sponsorship of the LGFA’s All-Ireland Ladies Club Football Championships. This partnership will also sponsor the LGFA’s […]

IT’S been a very busy week at Ballyroe Heights Hotel as they hosted a number of Debs balls organised by students from Tralee and north Kerry schools. After Mounthawk on Monday and Gaelcholáiste Chiarrai on Wednesday, it was the turn of CBS The Green students to hold their soirée last […]

IT’S Debs Ball week at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel and last night it was the turn of Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí students to have fun during the mid-term break. Over 90 guests were in attendance for a night of food, fashion and dancing until the small hours, a chance for the sixth […]

WHILE the Christmas or Summer holidays are the normal times for Debs Balls, the past two years have been anything but normal. The students from Mercy Mounthawk were unable to hold their debs at Christmas due to COVID restrictions, so the mid-term break proved an opportune time to get together […]

THE students of Mercy Mounthawk Transition Year are showing their inventive side for this year’s Young Social Innovators (YSI) Programme. The YSI is a Social Innovation Education Programme encourages students to use their talents, insights, passion and creativity to take action and come up with innovative solutions to social challenges […]

Principal of Holy Family NS, Maria O’Regan, says the school is a place where a deep sense of belonging, empathy and respect for others is advocated… Holy Family National School is central to Tralee town and is very fortunate to engage an innovative, highly dedicated and enthusiastic team of teachers, SNAs […]

Moyderwell Mercy is a co-educational primary school, situated in Tralee town centre, adjacent to the Town Park and public library. Our school offers a loving, welcoming atmosphere where the school staff strives to help the children feel happy and secure in a family-like educational environment. Our pupils learn and grow […]

Avoid the traffic jams! Only ten minutes from Mounthawk Roundabout. Fenit National School, the best little village school in Ireland, is hosting an open week, from February 14th to 21st . The staff and pupils would like to welcome parents / guardians to come and see for themselves the unique, […]

THE students of the QQI Level 5 Professional Cookery and Hospitality Operations at Kerry College got a chance to show their culinary skills to visitors on Wednesday at the Clash Campus. The occasion was the monthly meeting of the Kerry Branch of the Institute of Guidance Counsellors at the Clash […]

COILLTE and the Environmental Education Unit of An Taisce delivered a new ‘Outdoor Forest Classroom’ to a Tralee school on Tuesday. The delivery of An Choill Bheag (little woodland) to Presentation Secondary School, Tralee was  one of six in the country to primary and post-primary schools. An Choill Bheag (AnCB) […]

Billy Ryle says the announcement delivered yesterday is good news for students as it gives clarity as regards the Leaving Cert… The 1st of February brought welcome relief and certainty for exam candidates with a reduction in CAO applications and clarity on the format of the 2022 Leaving Cert exam. […]

THE National Gallery of Ireland has announced that a Kerry school is a winner in their Jack B. Yeats Schools Competition. Scoil Eoin, Tralee, won the Munster Primary School category for its artwork ‘Our Community Remembers the Rose of Tralee’. Eight winning schools nationally will each receive an exciting prize […]

STUDENTS completing the Agricultural Engineering four year degree course at Munster Technological University’s Kerry campus in Tralee are routinely offered lucrative contracts with design and engineering firms across Europe even before their final exams, such is the demand for highly-skilled graduates in the sector, programme leaders say. The renowned, industry-focused […]

THE celebrations continued on Wednesday for Garveys Tralee Warriors after their National Cup success in Dublin at the weekend. Team members and assistant coach Jimmy Diggins began a tour of the town’s primary schools with the Pat Duffy Cup and were wildly cheered by the children wherever they went. Team […]

A GAELCHOLÁISTE Chiarraí student has won the Broadcom Masters International Award at SciFest for her project on Japanese knotweed. Grace Ni Ifearnáin has now been selected by SciFest to represent Ireland at the Broadcom Masters International programme in Atlanta, Georgia, from May 8-13 2022. Grace is currently in second year […]