Tag: Portlaoise CBS

Students from Portlaoise CBS claimed a national award at the Young Social Innovators recently. Gary Young O'Shea, Luke Walsh, Padraig Delaney, Finn Brophy, Cormac Allen,...

The National Student Enterprise Award Finals take place virtually on Friday May 14 and Laois has three entrants. Two are from Portlaoise CBS, one in...

There is widespread sadness in Portlaoise and surrounding areas following the death of John Duggan, a highly-regarded teacher in the local CBS secondary school...

The fifth instalment of our Laois Abroad series for 2021 is here and two brothers living in Eastern Europe are up next. Laois people that...

The two victorious teams from the 2021 Laois Student Enterprise Awards received their winning prizes yesterday. Both are from Portlaoise CBS and will go forward...

A group from Portlaoise CBS have been named the winners of the Laois Student Enterprise Awards for 2021. Colm Byrne, Adam Ramsbottom and Aaron Dooley...

Six students from Portlaoise CBS have qualified for the heats of the Irish Film Festival's Ireland’s Young Filmmaker of the Year for 2021. Sean Stafford,...

Students from St Mary’s CBS, Portlaoise secured €270 in funding to advance their project aimed at making their school more inclusive for visually impaired...

A Laois school have launched their own 'Lockdown Bake Off' challenge on TikTok. Portlaoise CBS, led by Home Economics teacher Martina Murphy, are encouraging cooking...

The Transition Year students, staff and parents of St Mary’s CBS Portlaoise are taking part in a Virtual Walk known as Camino De Quarantine...

A total of six Laois students have been presented with prestigious Trinity College Entrance Exhibition Awards for their Leaving Cert results. On Tuesday, we reported that...

A Portlaoise CBS student has been awarded a prestigious University of Limerick scholarship. St Mary’s CBS past pupil Jordan Ikpomwen, who did his Leaving Cert...

NUI Galway hosted a special virtual Scholarship Ceremony recently for recipients of their scholarships for new undergraduate entrants 2020. And among the winners was Laois...

200 care packages have been handed over to a homeless charity thanks to the kindness of some secondary school students in Laois. The lads in...

Students in 5th year in St Mary's CBS in Portlaoise have been informed to stay at home for the next seven school days following...

Portlaoise CBS are currently accepting application forms for 1st year students for the 2021-2022 school year.  The closing date for applications is Friday, October 23,...

The staff of St Mary’s CBS came up with a novel way of honouring their Leaving Cert class of 2020 with the age-old tradition...

12 months ago, Rian O'Connell was devastated. The Portlaoise teenager had completed his Leaving Cert and when the CAO offers came out, he realised...

This is an unbelievable achievement. Two Laois students have scored full marks in the 2020 Leaving Cert results which have been announced this morning. Thomás Dunne...

Over the long history of the GAA, there have been few All Ireland hurling glories for Laois teams. Fewer still have been in Croke Park....

Portlaoise CBS 1-8 St Louis Kilkeel (Down) 1-11 2004 All-Ireland Colleges SFC 'B' Final In May 2004, a star-studded Portlaoise CBS team went in search of...

A Portlaoise CBS Transition Year student has won a national award for journalism. David 'Dee' O'Brien, from The Heath, has won the GAA Future Leaders...

This is a lovely video. The staff of St Mary's CBS Portlaoise have come together to record a video to let their students know that...

We’re nearing the end of our student series now as we speak to pupils in every secondary school in Laois about how Coronavirus has...

The Coronavirus pandemic has brought the kindness and good-nature of so many Laois people to the fore and this is another such story. Portlaoise teenager...

The Coronavirus pandemic is affecting almost every aspect of our lives at the moment. Bar those working in essential services, the rest of the population...

Schools across the country closed their doors to students on Thursday March 12 and are not set to reopen until March 29 at the...

A Laois school who were due to go to Italy on Friday have cancelled their trip. 100 students from Portlaoise CBS were due to go...

St Mary's CBS Portlaoise have released their new school anthem written and performed by their Transition Years. Working with GMC Beats the students wrote and...

The Portlaoise CBS production of the famous film and Broadway show "The Addams Family" was a big hit this week in the Dunamaise Arts...