High Achieving Offaly Students Awarded Sports Scholarships
The Institute of Technology Carlow (IT Carlow) this week awarded 35 academic scholarships and 83 gold and elite sports scholarships for the 2014/2015 academic year to students who have distinguished themselves, both academically and through their exceptional sporting ability. The recipients included three students from Offaly who all received Gold Sports Scholarships. They […]
Irish Cancer Society invites Offaly women to join their Mini Marathon Team and help provide vital cancer services with every step
The Irish Cancer Society is calling on women of all ages to sign up to join their team ahead of the VHI Mini Marathon 2015 so the Society can continue its work of providing vital cancer services. The event, which takes place on Monday, 1st of June 2015, will see over 40,000 women walk, jog […]
Political sparring in Dublin Castle as Offaly students debate renewable energy targets
Students from Tullamore College, St Brendan’s Community School and Coláiste na Sinne, together with schools from all over Ireland, got to experience political sparring at the highest level today in Dublin Castle. They were debating the hot topic of renewable energy targets in the eighth annual Model Council of the European Union. Tullamore role-played Austria […]
Na Fianna GAA Club Notes
MINOR B FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP & U16 FOOTBALL LEAGUE PRESENTATION OF MEDALS The Na Fianna Minor Footballers and U16 Footballers who were successful in winning the 2014 Minor B Championship and U16 League Titles were presented with their winning medals at a function in their honour in the High Chaparral in Geashill last Saturday night. There […]
Raheen GAA Club Notes
LOTTO The numbers drawn in the Lotto draw which took place on Monday 23 February 2015 were 10 15 23 29. There was No Jackpot Winner of €7,000 and 2 Match 3 Winners [Bren & Sandra C/O Joe Murphy; Sharon & Frank C/O Doyle’s ] [€100 Each] . Next week’s draw will take place in […]
Tourism Ireland welcomes +9% growth in overseas visitors for November 2014-January 2015
Commenting on figures from the CSO for overseas visitors to Ireland between November 2014 and January 2015, Niall Gibbons, CEO of Tourism Ireland, said: “I am delighted to see an increase in overseas visitor numbers of+9% between November 2014 and January 2015, about 123,200 additional visitors when compared with the same three-month period last year. I am […]
Offaly records second largest fall in planning applications in 2014 as growth in residential construction sector slows down – National Housing Construction Index
2014 saw Offaly record the second largest fall in planning applications, while nationally, the residential construction sector in Ireland experienced mixed fortunes as the rate of growth fell sharply in the last quarter of the year according to the latest edition of the National Housing Construction Index. While both planning applications (+12%) and project commencements […]
Brosna Gaels Notes
U6 Indoor Hurling Huge thanks to all the players, coaches and parents for the last 6 weeks of u6 indoor hurling! Each child learned some great new skills, made new friends and had fun! Each child received an indoor ball and a Brosna Gaels hat to mark their achievement! Thanks to Anne O’Shea & Granny Egan for […]
Clara GAA Notes
Division 1 Football Clara played Raheen on Friday evening last in Geashill and won on a score line of 1-10 to 1-07. The Clara team was: James Kinahan, Richie Slammon, Gary Collins, Martin Fleming, Darren Coughlan, Lorcan Hiney, Robert Mitchell, Ross Brady, Andrew Cushen, John O Hara, Stephen Deehan, Alan Gavin, Joey Deehan, Barry Cushen, […]
