by Oisin Walsh | Nov 17, 2015 | Features, Headlines
With the conclusion of the political negotiations and the publication of The Stormont Agreement and Implementation Plan entitled ‘A Fresh Start’, involving political parties in Northern Ireland and the governments of the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, in a...
by Oisin Walsh | Nov 17, 2015 | News archive 2015
Bishop Kevin Doran welcomes the announcement today by the Minister of Education and Skills, Ms Jan O Sullivan of major capital funding for the amalgamation of St Aloysius College and Joseph’s College on the west side of Athlone as part of the Department of Education...
by Oisin Walsh | Nov 17, 2015 | Features, Headlines
Pope Francis has called the attacks in Paris on Friday 13 November 2015 “a piece” of the “piecemeal Third World War.” In a telephone interview on Saturday 14 November with the Italian Bishops’ Conference official television network – TV 2000 – Pope Francis said the...
by Oisin Walsh | Nov 17, 2015 | News archive 2015
“Saint Kieran’s College, Kilkenny, welcomes the announcement by the Minister for Education and Skills concerning the future of second-level schools in Kilkenny” – Rev Dr Dermot Ryan “Saint Kieran’s College is Ireland’s oldest Catholic Secondary School. From its...
by Oisin Walsh | Nov 17, 2015 | News archive 2015
I welcome the announcement from the Minister of Education and Skills, Ms Jan O’ Sullivan, TD, that the Department of Education and Skills have agreed to invest significantly further in second-level education in Kilkenny. Since 1979, our Diocesan College, Saint...
