We were delighted to visit Coláiste Muire Máthair in Galway City on the 30th April to name them school a Champion School of Sanctuary, our second post primary school in Galway. The monitoring team on the day included Sive O’Connor Schools of Sanctuary Coordinator, Aidan Harte and RoisĂn Birch from University of Galway, Paul Fallon […]
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Ballinlough National School has proudly become the first primary school in County Roscommon to be named a Champion School of Sanctuary. This remarkable achievement reflects the school’s unwavering commitment to fostering inclusivity and supporting those seeking sanctuary within the community. With students from a variety of backgrounds and nationalities, Ballinlough NS is a place where
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Welcome Ballyhaunis: Our second Champion Secondary School in Co.Mayo The monitoring team met in Ballyhaunis Community School on Wednesday March 12th. The team were given a truly warm welcome to the school by the Sanctuary Committee and offered a warm cup of tea to start the day. The monitoring team consisted of Sive O Connor
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We are delighted to announce that we are expanding our Sanctuary network to Further Education and Training Centres and Colleges. We are looking forward to welcoming the Further Education sector into our Sanctuary Community to further inspire models of inclusion and welcome for all across the field of education in Ireland. We will soon have
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Rath Dara Community College’s Joyful Culture Day This celebration was a moving showcase of kindness, diversity and inclusion. From the minute the Schools of Sanctuary team walked in the reception door, the energy and excitement were palpable as students from diverse backgrounds came together to celebrate their unique cultures through music, dance, language, traditional clothes and
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MAYOS FIRST CHAMPION SCHOOL NAMED: SANCTA MARIA COLLEGE LOUISBURGÂ It was an icy start to the monitoring day in beautiful Louisburg Co. Mayo on November 27th. The monitoring team were given a truly warm welcome to the school by the Sanctuary Committee and offered a warm cup of tea to start the day. Shortly
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It was an enormous privilege and with gratitude that Schools of Sanctuary was invited to Strokestown House, Co Roscommon, on December 11th for a Charity cheque presentation by Mr. Jim Callery, the person responsible for saving Strokestown Park House in 1979 and for setting up the National Famine Museum there. Jim decided to walk
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Already the county with the first ever award of a Library of Sanctuary, Co. Laois now has its first Champion School of Sanctuary-Â Dunamase College in Portlaoise. 🎉🙌🥳🎈 Â A Schools of Sanctuary Ireland monitoring team visited the school on Wednesday December 13th, a team comprising Andy Pollak (Places of Sanctuary Ireland board member), Homayoon
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November 24th…. an award ceremony those present will never forget. It was the day after we saw the awful scenes on the streets of our capital city in November……school students in Naas CBS were getting on a bus to come to Maynooth University to celebrate their Champion School of Sanctuary award, friends of Schools of
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The great county of Cork has its first Champion School of Sanctuary! Millstreet Community School became the third school in Cork to receive the award but it is the first such awarded school outside of the city. On Friday November 24th, a large monitoring team representing Schools of Sanctuary Ireland visited Millstreet Community School. Each
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