Between the funny, outrageous, well-thought and charming, these are our top Tweets and Facebook comments of the week.
Father Paddy Byrne gave thoughts and prayers to those in Barcelona
Sincere thoughts and prayers for the people of #Barcelona We must never be desensitised to evil terrorism.
— fr paddy (@frpaddybyrne) August 17, 2017
Scoil Chríost Rí showed support for their Head Girl and European silver medallist
Huge celebrations tonight for our head girl now European silver medalist Maeve @ceist1 @Bballirl @plaoisepanthers @LaoisNews pic.twitter.com/W5by5PnIAt
— Scoil Chriost Ri (@ScoilChriostRi1) August 15, 2017
There was also some inspiritional advice dished out to Leaving Certs on Wednesday
I did well in my leaving, but my life is in bits now, so I dont know what to tell ye
— Dean Cullen (@TheCulll) August 16, 2017
There was huge support for European U-18 championship finalists Maeve Phelan and Claire Melia who represented Ireland in the final against Germany on Facebook.
There was a delighted reaction to Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh speaking in Ballyfin
Anger was shown as it was revealed that Laois families would be left without school bus places this September
As the Leaving Cert results came in on Wednesday, Clonaslee students and natives alike expressed their happiness with the school’s exceptional results.
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