Dr Chiara Bonfiglioli and Dr Aoife Daly were awarded €1.985m and €1.998m respectively from the ERC Consolidator Grants for their projects.

In October, the university lodged an application with Cork City Council seeking permission for the development of a two-storey building connected to the Rubicon Centre via a first-floor link corridor.

The CAO is the organisation responsible for overseeing undergraduate applications to colleges and universities in Ireland. Applicants have until 5pm today to set up their application to avoid paying an extra fee after the deadline.

The legislation the Labour Party has brought forward is proposing to ensure that schools cannot prioritise the children or grandchildren of past pupils over local children

They built a model village of Ballinhassig and set up a railway line using an electromagnetic battery train.

Dunmanway school to represent Ireland at European showcase

600 from around the country attend mock general assembly debates at City Hall

The Coláiste Muire students’ project – ‘Fight Fast Fashion/Free from Fast Fashion’ aims to raise awareness about the impact fast fashion has on the environment, while the Loreto Secondary School students ‘Plan to Protect’ project aims to make their school more sustainable, including creating a ‘mini meadow’ and hosting a jumble sale.

The idea of turning waste into fertiliser came to them last September after their teacher, Anthony Malone, suggested they visit a local coffee shop for a think-in session over a cuppa

The primary school principal said their new permanent location in Janeville is ‘ideal’.

The decision to return to college as mature students has given many a new direction. Graduates of UCC’s Youth and Community Work social science degree tell Eoin Kelleher how it benefitted them.

The initiative is a framework through which higher education institutions can implement national policies in the key areas of physical activity, obesity, tobacco, sexual health, mental health, and drugs and alcohol in a way that addresses local needs

School principal Tony McSweeney said the students have engaged in several community events over the festive season.

The Cork Life Centre is a volunteer-led alternative education centre, located on Winter’s Hill, in Sunday’s Well, on Cork’s northside

Nationally, there are now 13,753 Ukrainian pupils enrolled in schools across Ireland

Secondary school looking forward to welcoming female students in September 2023

More than 200 Christmas dinners were served up to all the staff and students at the Cork city primary school to conclude the academic term and usher in the festive period.

Conor, clearly a wise man himself, asked what had become of the gold, frankincense and myrrh.

“As a direct result of insufficient nursing capacity, one pupil has not attended school since the mid term break,” principal Anne Hartnett said.

Micheál Martin cut the ribbon to officially open a new wellness zone at the Presentation Secondary School in Ballyphehane.

Bishopstown Community School, a co-educational secondary school with 340 students, is currently in the midst of a significant development programme.

“He spoke about how he overcame adversity through his own personal resilience." 

It emerged recently that career breaks for teachers could be suspended under plans being considered by the Government in response to a shortage of qualified staff

Professor Paul Ross, Director of APC Microbiome Ireland, a world-leading SFI research centre based at University College Cork, has been awarded a highly competitive European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant.

Speaking in the Seanad earlier this week, Fine Gael TD Tim Lombard raised the need for sufficient secondary school places to be provided for the upcoming academic year at schools in the town.

Minister Foley taught Irish and English in the all-girls secondary school for 10 years between 1989 and 1999, and was warmly welcomed back by pupils and staff on Friday.

Johnson & Johnson released details of its 10 Women in STEM2D (WiSTEM2D) Undergraduate Award recipients following Munster Technology University’s (MTU’s) first year of engagement with the programme.

All proceeds from the fair are divided among the student group based on their participation in workshops during November and December.

Construction of the new three-school campus in Carrigtwohill is expected to be completed in 2023, and the campus will serve over 2,000 students from the locality

“We are now seeing this in Cork schools where children are still being segregated today. This is being addressed in our school system but more needs to be done to bring students together.”

The music video of the song ‘Find Your People’, which was penned and performed by students, was filmed at various locations across Cork city.

“The Taoiseach spoke about his childhood, and he recalled that he used to sneak in and play on the school pitch." 

The director of Cork Life Centre told The Echo he is now “very confident” for the centre’s future.

Head of the Department of Computer Science Dr Sean McSweeney said that Dr Mubashir Rehmani’s inclusion for the third time on the prestigious list is “a remarkable achievement”.

The event was attended by students from Scoil Mhuire, who learned of the historic link between the Choctaw Nation and the Irish people

The Junior Cycle results are traditionally released in September, but their publication was delayed this year due to a shortage of examiners and the prioritisation of Leaving Cert papers

The Cork Life Centre, which is based in Sunday’s Well, is an alternative education facility which every year offers one-to-one tuition up to Leaving Certificate to 55 young people for whom mainstream education has not worked.

North Presentation Secondary School and St Vincent’s Secondary School were recently engaged in a process to amalgamate the two Cork city schools, until the patrons of St Vincent’s the Religious Sisters of Charity, withdrew from the process following opposition to the plan.

“We think it is important as a school to give back to the local area and to be a good neighbour,” said teacher Evan Ó Brolcháin.

In front of a packed, sold-out house, with more than a few friends in the audience, the former Cork Life Centre student delivered an assured performance of his own song, Summer Ballad.

The Yellow Flag Programme, which is the only one its kind in Ireland, provides schools with the tools to shape learning environments which ensures prejudice and discrimination cannot flourish

This weekend, Taoiseach Micheál Martin told The Echo he believed positive work had been done to secure the Life Centre’s future.

a series of free talks, walks and workshops will take place as part of the KinShip Winter Weekend in Cork.

Ceist, patrons of the North Presentation, expressed disappointment at the decision to withdraw from the process “at this very late stage”.

A meeting between the trustees and the Board of Management and the staff of the school is due to take place tomorrow.

Students and parents of St Vincent’s held a protest to voice their concerns last Saturday.

The veteran folk singer had approached Don O’Leary, the Life Centre’s director, asking if he could help the northside alternative education centre

The atmosphere was electric, as befitted a gig by one of Ireland’s best-loved troubadours on a rare appearance at the Opera House

A number of parents, children and students staged a protest this afternoon that saw them march from the school on St Mary’s Road to Grand Parade. 

Parents and students of St Vincent’s Secondary School have spoken to Breda Graham and Sarah Horgan about why they are fighting against an amalgamation plan that would see pupils moved from their current location next September.