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PREPARATIONS are afoot for what promises to be a great day out for all the family at the CBS The Green 3k/5k Fun Run. Taking place on Sunday, September 25, it’s set to be a repeat of last year’s huge success in raising over €3,000 for the Astro-Turf fund. “Last year was […]

OVER 120 First Year pupils celebrated the end of their first year in C.B.S The Green, with an awards ceremony held in the school recently. Individual awards were handed out to over 50 students including sports, academic and music awards. These awards were given to the individual students in recognition of their […]

HUNDREDS of people gathered at the CBS The Green gym on Thursday night for the annual Graduation Night and Awards. Staff, students and parents were present for a Mass followed by the awards ceremony and an address by Principal Anne O’Callaghan. Awards were given for sports and academia with the […]

TWO nights of great entertainment came to a close on Thursday when CBS students staged ‘A Wake In The West’ at the school. Transition Year students tread the boards for a public performance last night and there was a fantastic response from the audience who thoroughly enjoyed it. Written by  Michael J […]

CBS The Green Transition Year students are preparing to stage a play open to the public for one night only early next month. Having successfully staged their interpretation of John B Keane’s ‘The Field’ last year – of which Billy Keane opined “Ye brought John B. Keane back to life. […]

FIVE CBS The Green students are looking forward to a spot of cattle rearing after they were selected as one the five finalists in the Certified Irish Angus Beef Schools Competition. The lads, who are from the town, went to Croke Park on March 16 for the competition and were interviewed of their knowledge of Irish Angus […]

WEDNESDAY night was a very good one for CBS The Green as they held a fundraiser in the Brandon Hotel Conference Centre which attracted 1,000 paying customers. ‘The Kube’ was a star-studded evening for the Lee Strand Protein+ Milk and Moriarty Construction sponsored event and saw GAA stars, politicians, radio presenters and CBS […]

KERRY’S Darran O’Sullivan may be quick on the football field, but it appears he is even more quick-witted of it as he beat his team-mates to win ‘The Kube’  last night. He was joined by a host of GAA stars, radio stars and local politicians in the Brandon Hotel where […]

THERE’S just days to go now until GAA stars do battle in The Kube. Tickets are selling fast for the Tralee CBS The Green fundraiser, which will see GAA stars James O’Donoghue, Kieran Donaghy, Colm Cooper, Alan Brogan and many more take part. Brothers, John and Denis Moriarty of Moriarty Civil […]

CAREFUL planning is in progress for the 1916 Centenary Commemorations taking place at CBS, The Green, during the inaugural “History week”, which runs from until March 15 at the school. The final day will be a Proclamation Day as students and teachers of the school will be joined by invited special guests […]

TRALEE has new All-Ireland champions after CBS The Green’s Under 14 team won yesterday in Gormanstown College in Co Meath. Having won the county and provincial championships over the past few months, the team of Sean Kennedy, Kevin Griffin, Seamus Bradley, David Smith along with team managers; Aine Knightly and […]

FIVE certified townies stand a chance of winning Angus calves for their school. To do so, CBS The Green students, Michael Scanlon, Rory Ruttledge, Dara O’Brien, Dara Regan and Hugh Healy will travel to Dublin for the Certified Irish Angus Beef Schools Competition in Croke Park on March 16. While there, […]

A SCHOOL well known for their football prowess are getting in on another racket. First year students from the CBS The Green are heading for the All-Ireland Badminton finals to be held in Meath next week. “This is our first year entering the competitions” said teacher, Aine Knightly. The finals […]

KERRY GAA stars will meet an old Dublin foe when they all battle it out to win €2,000 for their chosen charity, along with raising funds for an all-weather pitch on the grounds of CBS The Green. ‘The Kube’ charity fundraiser, sponsored by Lee Strand Protein+ Milk and Moriarty Construction, will […]

CBS THE GREEN transition year students and Team Bramble have teamed up to try and solve the problem of dog waste around town. Armed with leaflets, flyers and posters, The Green lads are getting out and about spreading the word about about the dangers of dog dirt which, along with […]

De La Salle Macroom 1-18  CBS The Green 0-16 The Green were sent out of the Frewen Cup on Wednesday afternoon in Lewis Road, Killarney. The Tralee side trailed by 3 points at half-time (0-8 to 0-11), their game improved in the second half which at one stage bright the sides level. […]

CBS The Green have been crowned Munster Champions in the U14s division of the Munster School Boy’s Badminton. The competition took place in the Sports Arena, University of Limerick, on Thursday, January 28. It was a tough day for competitions, with the team playing 30 games in total. They had […]

TRALEE athletes excelled at the Kerry Schools Cross Country Championships on Wednesday at The Demesne, Killarney. Tralee CBS beat competition from around the county to win the ‘Best School Award’ for boys, with Mercy Mounthawk coming in second place and Presentation Milltown 3rd. Presentation Killarney won ‘Best Girls School’ with Mercy Mounthawk once […]

THE CBS students’ held their debs ball on Saturday night and we were there to capture the style. Around 280 teenagers attended the event in the Ballyroe Heights Hotel and they certainly enjoyed themselves before the countdown to the June exams begins in earnest. Here’s the second part of the […]

BEFORE they head back to studying for the Leaving Cert, the students from CBS The Green held their debs ball last night and all manner of fun was had. The event took place in the Ballyroe Heights Hotel and the style and glamour was only dazzling. There was 200 for […]

THE lads from CBS The Green got all festive yesterday as they threw their annual Christmas party at St. Louis Nursing Home in Clonmore. The boys were decked in Christmas jumpers and Santa hats determined to give the residents a fun-filled afternoon. They greatly impressed with their carol singing but the […]

THIS week saw a wonderful display of colourful home baking from Class 3C at CBS The Green. As part of their CSPE Action Project, 3C organised and held a fundraising cake sale for Concern in the school. Students decided to raise funds for the wonderful work done by Concern across […]

  TWO Tralee schools have a 100 per cent rate of students progressing to third level colleges according to data released on Schooldays.ie They are named as Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí and Tralee Community College (Coláiste Gleann Lí). The data gives a breakdown of where 2015  Leaving Certificate students went to college this […]

CBS The Green Parents Council have once again pulled out all the stops and hosted a very successful “Careers Day” for students on Wednesday last for College Awareness Week. The initiative was taken on and organised by parents Breda Dyland and John Gannon. They were assisted on the day by […]

Kerry Schools U16 1/2 – Dunloe Cup Final Intermediate School Killorglin 2-8 Tralee CBS 1-8 Tralee CBS came unstuck in the Dunloe Cup decider played in atrocious conditions in Annascaul on Wednesday. Killorglin were deserved winners thanks to powerful surge after half time in which they scored 1-5 without reply to […]

Dunloe Cup Semi Final Tralee CBS 2-15 (21) Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne 1-17 (20) CBS THE GREEN triumphed after extra time against Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne of Dingle last Friday. It wasn’t looking good for The Green with three minutes of normal time remaining as they found themselves five points down. Mikey […]

THIS Friday CBS The Green Transition Year students will climb Killarney’s Four Peaks. The challenge has been organised as a ‘Donal Walsh memorial walk’ with the theme of the challenge being Donal’s own message of Live Life. Donal, a student of CBS The Green, accepted his illness with incredible dignity […]

A CBS The Green student is certainly in a celebratory mood after he recently triumphed playing handball at provincial final level. Dáire Keane, a third year student in the school, won the Munster Final in the U15 handball category recently to add another feather to his already burgeoning cap of accolades, when […]

  CBS The Green students will compete in a national science competition later this month with a chance to represent Ireland. Last year, three CBS students Seán Cahill, Gearóid O’Connor and Jerdie O’Shea were nominated to participate in “the Irish Science Olympiad” and this year another two students, Dylan Kildea Mc Connell […]

IT was a case of saying ‘Hola’ to new arrivals in a Tralee school this week as six Spanish students began studies there. The students have joined the CBS the Green school community to experience life in the Irish Education system. “Their time in The Green will provide them with an invaluable opportunity […]