THE director of Cork’s Life Centre has voiced concern that drug dealers have begun selling heroin nearby. Don O’Leary said queues for heroin have been forming in the area, which he fears has become a hub for drug addicts.

“It is unbelievable that schools in industrial estates have school wardens and this main thoroughfare doesn’t." 

Cork sprinter Phil Healy has put a call out to schools in a quest to find ‘Ireland’s Fittest School’.

“IT is going in the right direction,” said Cork primary school principal Ken Foley after Budget 2022 was unveiled yesterday.

A Cork TD has expressed concerns about the lack of transport in place for students attending a new special school outside the city.

A WELL known pianist who put his grand piano up for sale during the pandemic has been named the new University College Cork (UCC) Ritmüller Classical Artist in ResidenceDavid Syme, who is based in West Cork will give a special lunchtime concert on ...

€1,000 worth of gift vouchers has been donated by Aldi Ireland to the UCC Students' Union for its food bank. The union opened the bank last Wednesday to supply food to students who cannot afford to feed themselves.

The Echo spoke to primary school students in Cork city. 

“Junior infants really are the lifeblood of the school”, said Kyle NS principal Joanna Kelly after nine new students joined their national school for the start of the new academic term.

Delegates from over 195 countries will gather to discuss a reduction in greenhouse gases at the event later this month.

COMMUNITY gardaí are patrolling the area around UCC this week ahead of expected revelry to mark the first week of term for first years.

Plans are in the pipeline to develop a new special school in the Glanmire area.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin took a trip down memory lane earlier today, visiting his old secondary school of Coláiste Chríost Rí, where works on a €4. 5 million investment project are progressing.

"European work placements have had a profound impact on vocational learners from Ireland." 

Mr O’Halloran will work at the UPMC Sports Medicine Concussion Program in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

COLLEGE students have been turning to a Cork soup kitchen as a last resort before quitting their studies due to extreme hunger. Caitríona Twomey from Cork Penny Dinners on Little Hanover Street said that they have always welcomed university students.

STUDENTS with intellectual disabilities are set to benefit from major new funding secured by UCC.

TRANSITION Year students from Midleton College were presented with JCPA certificates in recognition of completing their first three years in the school on Friday, September 24.

“We hope all our community will benefit from its use for many years to come.”

A Cork primary school has been given the green light for a complete refurbishment. A design team has been appointed for the refurbishment of St Gabriel’s Special School and grounds, with phase one due to begin in early January 2022.

A VOW from the Department of Education to increase funding for staff at Cork Life Centre could ensure that the organisation has a “bright future”, director Don O’Leary has said.

STUDENT representatives in Cork have taken to the streets in a sleep-out in front of Dáil Éireann to highlight the student accommodation crisis that is now at “breaking point”.

A CORK primary school principal has described as “frightening” the proposed changes to contact tracing arrangements in primary schools, which are due to be introduced next Monday, September 27.

Students are holding a sleepout at the Dáil to demand solutions from the Government. 

Automatic contact tracing of close contacts in primary schools and creches will cease in the coming days. Health Minister Stephen Donnelly on Wednesday announced a major overhaul of public health advice in Irish education settings.

THERE was huge excitement in Midleton CBS Primary School on Monday morning when Alfie - a 16-week-old Goldendoodle puppy - commenced his duties as a school therapy dog.

Two Cork students have scooped a top award at the EU Contest for Young Scientists (EUCYS).

Pop-up vaccination centres will open across many college campuses when students return this month, the Higher Education Minister has said.

CRECHES across Cork may be forced to close if demands sought by the sector are not met within the next Budget.

AN online maths school that was founded by a Cork man in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic is expected to double in size over the coming months.

CORK secondary school St Brogan's College, Bandon, has received planning permission for a new state-of-the-art development, which will enhance the student experience and meet the growing demand for school places in the local area.

A Careers Advisor at UCC believes the ‘explosion’ in points required for a number of courses in Cork this year will lead to more people exploring and taking up offers in PLC colleges locally.

THE principal of Cork secondary school Coláiste an Spioraid Naoimh has praised their Leaving Cert students for achieving ‘exceptional results’ in ‘exceptional times’.

THE Lord Mayor of Cork has welcomed a plan by the Minister for Higher Education Simon Harris, T. D. to secure 10,000 new apprentice registrations per year across a variety of trades and industries by 2025.

THERE has been a “huge jump” in the points required for a number of courses in Cork this year, with some students requiring up to 100 additional points for their choices on CAO offer day.

A new era in second-level education in Ballincollig commenced last week when 21 students became the first-ever students of the Le Chéile Secondary School. The new school officially opened on Tuesday, August 31.

STUDENTS, across all years returned to classes at Mayfield Community School in recent days, with first year pupils getting an active welcome to the school.

GRENAGH Montessori School had three sets of twins amongst the 18 children attending this week as it opened its doors.

PRESENTATION Secondary School, Ballyphehane organised a socially distanced reception to honour their 40 students who received their Leaving Certificate results on Friday morning.

THE Principal of Coláiste Chríost Rí praised their Leaving Cert students for their ‘exceptional’ set of results. Padraig Mac An Rí said the school is thrilled with the results from their 118 Leaving Certificate students.

LEAVING Certificate students from Loreto Secondary School in Fermoy also achieved exceptional results. Three of their students were awarded 7 H1s, seven students achieved over 600 points, while 36% of their students achieved over 500 points.

“This is just the beginning of the next chapter in their lives for this cohort of students”, said Coláiste an Chroí Naofa school principal Colm O Corcora after 92 students received their Leaving Certificate results this morning.

A student who this morning received 8H1's in the Leaving Certificate was fulsome in his praise for his grandparents who have been busy "lighting candles" in the run up to results day.

THE proud father of the Cork triplets who each scored over 600 points in their Leaving Certificate results said it is a ‘joyous’ day for the family.

More than 61,000 students have received Leaving Cert results which show that grades jumped to another record high.The State Examinations Commission (SEC) estimated that grades have increased by 2.6% in all subjects compared to last year, which were ...

BLARNEY STREET CBS has initiated a new departure in their school as they have officially become a co-educational school for the first time in their history.

Almost 7,000 students in Cork will today receive their Leaving Certificate results.

“There were lots of smiling faces and no tears,” said Owenabue Educate Together National School (ETNS) school principal Trina Golden after the Carrigaline-based primary school reopened in a new location for the new academic year.

TUESDAY, August 31 was a historic day for Strawberry Hill NS as they opened their doors for the very first time.  The new primary school is an amalgamation of Sunday’s Well Girls’ and Boys’ national schools.

“The students skipped in the gate with huge smiles on their faces,” said North Presentation Primary School principal Nickie Egan as a new era dawned in the school as their first-class boys continued into second class for the first time.