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It’s the great school divide

Postcode lottery decides if you go to third level or not

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YOUR school’s postcode could determine whether or not your child will go on to third-level education, a study by the this newspaper has revealed.

According to the college progression figures for 2019, 89% of students in the southside went on to third level, compared with 69% of their counterparts on the northside.

The stark figures also show that of the children attending

schools in areas in the south of the city — such as Dublin 4, 6 and 14 — as many as 92% would expect to progress to a third-level institution.

However, for individual schools in the north parts of the city, such as Dublin 1, 11 and 17, progression rates fall to as low as 7% in Finglas, Dublin 11.

In Dublin 17, just two students went on to attend third-level education.

This divide becomes even more pronounced when the figures are broken down into higher points courses (courses in universities, colleges of education, the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland or the Technological University Dublin), as 88% of schoolleavers in Dublin 6 went on to one of these top institutions, compared with just 15% in Dublin 17.

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Fall in number of homeless families

Call to action: Northside sees 2711 phones stolen

There were 862 families in emergency accommodation at the end of July 2020, compared with 871 the previous month.

The figure for the end of January 2020 was 1,201.

There were 334 families in hotels at the end of July, down 20 from June. This is the lowest number since April 2015.

Between March and June of this year, 85 families were moved from hotels into self-contained apartments) on short-term (12-month) agreements.

More of these apartments are currently being sourced.

A total of 370 families entered emergency accommodation for the first time between January and July 2020. The figure for the same period in 2019 was 632, and in 2018 was 676.

There were 2,017 children living in emergency accommodation at the end of July. This figure is up slightly from the end of June (1,979) but considerably lower than at the end of January (2,678).

This figure is up slightly from the end of June (1,979) but considerably lower than at the end of January (2,678).

Gardai have appealed to smartphone owners in the capital to become more ‘streetwise’, as new data shows that of the 11,488 mobile phones reported stolen nationwide since the beginning of 2019, one-quarter (2,868) were in one Dublin district alone — Dublin South Central.

Dublin North Central accounted for 16% (1,869); while the remaining Dublin metropolitan areas accounted for 23%.

Gardaí have now urged phone owners to download the ‘Find my phone’ app and add an emergency contact number to their phone, as figures show just 1,176 — 10% — were recovered from the estimated €5m worth of phones stolen overall.

Crime Prevention Officer Sergeant Dean Kerins said: “The price of mobile phones makes them a clear target for criminals, so let’s try and deter them by increasing phone security.

“If you a have a smartphone, we recommend downloading a trusted location finder app so

Breakdown by district: • DMR Eastern 331 3% • DMR North Central 1869 16% • DMR Northern 842 7% • DMR South Central 2868 25% • DMR Southern 590 5% • DMR Western 875 8% if it is lost or stolen, you have a better chance of getting it back.”

He also recommends some basic security measures, some of which can be accessed simply on the phone itself.

“Other preventative measures you can take include enabling

the PIN Security feature, keeping your phone locked at all times, and property-mark it with unique personal letters or numbers.

However, Sgt Kerins highlighted the danger of challenging criminals directly,

saying “people can never know the danger that might lie behind a door they knock on” and warned against going n search of mobile phones themselves. He said if a stolen device is tracked to a particular location, it should be reported

to a local garda station instead.

“We will take the details and follow up. It may be necessary to get a search warrant but that is what will be done,” he said.

The most common places for phones to be stolen are in public or in a licensed premises.

Sgt Kerins stressed thieves were “opportunists and are always on the look out” and pointed out that phones left on bar counters or in cars were particularly vulnerable, while criminals were also well able to snatch a phone from someone’s hand on the street.

He said there was a huge number of channels through which phones could be sold making them attractive for criminals.

“It doesn’t matter if they can get €20 or €200 for a phone, they will take whatever they can,” he said.

A final piece of advice from gardai is to be sure an emergency contact is always listed on your phone.

“If we receive a lost or stolen phone, we will be able to contact that person. Our property stores throughout the

Free Wi-Fi to be rolled out in Fingal

FREE outdoor public Wi-Fi to towns and villages across Fingal county will be available in the coming months.

Fingal County Council, in partnership with Fingal Dublin Chamber and Magnet Networks, plan a total of 48 hotspots across 13 locations throughout Fingal.

Visits will be made to local businesses to identify suitable access points in order to enable the public Wi-Fi service.

The access points need to be mounted on the outside of each premises and have a

range of 150m outside but will not extend inside the business premises or interfere with the business’s own broadband.

The schedule of visits is: nWednesday, September 2: Swords, 10am to 11am and Malahide, 11am to 12noon. nThursday, September 3: Skerries from 10am to 11 and Rush 11am to 12noon. nFriday, September 4: Howth, 10am to 11am and Portmarnock, 11am to 12 noon. nMonday, September 7: Blanchardstown Village,

10am to 11am and Blanchardstown Town Centre, 11am to 12noon.

The team will then move onto the remaining areas of Lusk, Donabate, Santry, Castleknock and Clonsilla.

The initiative is supported by the WIFI4EU voucher scheme which provides internet access free of charge in Wi-Fi hotspots in public spaces, such as town centres and parks.

For further information, email Aishling.hyland@fingal. ie or ring Fingal Chamber’s Shay Burke at 01 890 0977.

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A YOUNG Dublin man, motivated by both his father and a close schoolfriend’s arduous health journeys towards kidney and lung transplants, was inspired to emulate a challenge undertaken

by David Goggins — a retired US Navy Seal — in support of the Irish Kidney Association and to raise organ donor awareness and hopes to raise up to €3,000 for the Irish Kidney Association.

On August 30, Cian Carty Heffernan (24), who recently started up a bakery business in Skerries with his older brother Pearce (27), started his 4 x 4 x 48 Challenge, which involved running four miles every four hours within 48 hours — a total of 48 miles in 48 hours.

Cian’s inspiration to complete the challenge and raise organ donor awareness comes from his first-hand experience, since he was a boy, of seeing his father, Peter Heffernan, suffer kidney failure, as well as his old school and university friend, Jack Bentley (25), struggle with Cystic Fibrosis.

Both Peter and Jack are now enjoying renewed life as a result of their organ transplantation and are embracing sport as members of Transplant Team Ireland.

Cian, a former DCU student,

Raising dough for transplants

delivery business, which operates out of the kitchen of the Potager restaurant in Skerries. Cian said: “I always liked challenging myself to new feats. I wanted to run 1,000km this year and I have over 800km covered so far.

“So I wanted to push myself a bit more by doing this

Challenge for the Irish Kidney Association and organ donor awareness. “I was only 10 or 11 when my father started to become unwell,” Cian explained, “but one of the ways my brother and myself felt we could help him and support my mother, Patricia, was by setting up his home dialysis machine

LIDL to invest €11m in Lusk store

LIDL Ireland has welcomed the decision from An Board Pleánala in relation to their €11m development in Lusk, Co Dublin.

The site sits in a prime location in the newly developed Lusk Village Quarter, which will also contain multiple shops, cafés, a creche, public square, playground and 150 new family homes.

The retailer’s proposed plans have seen significant support from local residents and will see more than €11m investment into the local area, as well as the creation of 35 permanent new jobs and support 100 more indirectly during construction.

Clarification St Anne’s Park

Jack Bentley Peter Heffernan and his son Cian with Colin White, National Projects Manager, IKA

and Pearce, an accomplished pastry chef, found themselves out of work after lockdown.

Then in May, Cian and Pearce — who previously worked with the two-star Michelin restaurant The Greenhouse and other popular eateries — established ‘The Rock Bakery’, a freshly baked produce for

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and ensuring that everything was safe and sterile for his daily treatment. This routine continued into my mid-teens until he finally got called for a kidney transplant nine years ago.

“Our family is hugely grateful to the donor family for this lifegiving gift.”

In our article ‘Go-ahead for controversial Raheny homes’we stated that the development in question was in St Anne’s Park. We are happy to clarify that the land is in fact privately owned lands at the rear of St Paul’s school, which is adjacent to Saint Anne’s Park.

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‘Toxic’ moth discovered in Dublin park THE Department of Agriculture has issued an alert to the public to be on the lookout for the ‘Oak processionary moth tree pest’, which could devastate Irish plant life and pose a serious health risk to humans.

A nest of the very distinctive caterpillars was spotted in a Dublin park in June. And experts are worried that this outbreak — traced to nursery trees imported from Belgium — may not be isolated to the park in the capital.

The Department of Agriculture has now asked the general public to be on the lookout for the caterpillars, which can breed and spread incredibly quickly and could destroy our native oak trees.

The caterpillars also pose a health risk to humans, particularly children, as their hairs contain a toxin that can cause severe rash and burn-like symptoms in those who come into contact with them.

Each year, in countries where

they have recently spread to in Northern Europe, thousands of people are treated for serious skin rashes caused by the moth.

The toxic caterpillars can also affect pets.

The department said that after the single nest was identified in the park in south Dublin, “swift action was taken to eradicate the pest”.

It added this included “the removal and destruction of the single nest found on the solitary tree as well as all associated trees linked to the imported consignment.”

Declan Kealy, a spokesperson from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, said the caterpillar

can cause a nasty rash and irritate the eyes and throat. He urged the public not to touch the caterpillars if they are discovered.

Mr Kealy said the black and white caterpillars are hairy and are very evident, moving in a ‘head-to-toe-style’ procession on a tree.

The pest is established in central and southern Europe and surrounding areas and the moth has now expanded northwards, possibly in response to climate change.

Suspected sightings should be notified to the Department of Agriculture by emailing plantandpests@agriculture. gov.ie

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Fireworks used in dog theft ploy Dublin residents have been left ‘petrified’ in recent weeks over the alarming number of fireworks being set off indiscriminately across the city at nighttime.

The sale, possession and use of fireworks in the Republic of Ireland is illegal, and while gardai were not able to provide details of reports of fireworks being used, sinister rumours are circulating on social media that dognappers are creating the havoc to mark houses out for potential thefts.

While it’s not unusual for fireworks to be heard across the capital in the lead up to Halloween, residents have been voicing their concerns since early August of fireworks going off nightly in various areas of the city, north and south.

Fine Gael Councillor Colm O’Rourke, for Cabra-Glasnevin, said the issue “doesn’t appear to

be confined to one particular area”, rather it “seems to be an issue right across the city”.

And Green Party Councillor Darcy Lonergan, also for Cabra-Glasnevin, added: “Pets are terrified, too.

“If this type of behaviour is happening now I am very worried about Halloween activities.”

Dublin City Council said that “in recent years, the annual Halloween season appears to start in mid-August to early September”, however, councillors have expressed concern over the “growing issue”.

The “war-zone” like scenes locals have been forced to put up with recently have led to warnings circulating on social media that the fireworks may be the latest method by dognappers to mark houses for potential thefts.

Dognappings have soared by 50% in the past two years — there were 145 reported thefts in 2018, before it roase to 210 last year.

The figure for this year is set to surpass last year’s total, with 120 dogs registered as stolen so far in 2020.

Cable ties on lampposts, balloons and signs on walls and in gardens have all been used by dog thieves to mark a house in the past.

Now it is believed the dognappers are using the barking created by the fireworks to help lead them to the homes of dogowners — with the thieves able to quickly go from house to house by following the dogs’ wails.

Homeowners have been advised to keep their pets locked in the house or shed at night and to report any loud disturbances to gardai.

Farewell Tommy, The Hill will never be the same

Tony Broughan, known to many Croke Park regulars as Molly Malone, passed away peacefully this week.

Tony, who was 89, was a regular fixture at Dublin matches across the country for the best part of 80 years and became legendary for his unique sky blue and navy garments and his bell ringing on matchdays, earning him the monicker Molly Malone.

Having attended Dublin games for 80 years, Tony once said: “I’m gonna die on the Hill”, such was his devotion to his team.

“They’re always very good to me down on the Hill. They all sing Molly Malone when I go in, there’s a great buzz when I go down there,” he said.

Tributes from Dublin fans rolled in this week for the long-standing Dubs supporter.

Halloween plans scared off by Covid Dublin’s Halloween “Spooktacular” - the parades, funfairs, and firework displays which have become a highlight on children’s calendars - looks set to be cancelled next month, as Dublin City Council (DCC) fears being unable to enforce public health guidelines.

However, councillors have acknowledged illegal bonfires will be the likely alternative for people in the absence of organised festivities.

The council has for several years organised events in the city and suburbs such as Ballymun, Finglas, the Docklands and Ballyfermot, which have been successful in reducing the number of illegal bonfires.

But DCC assistant chief executive Brendan Kenny said it was difficult to see how these events could be held this year under Covid-19 public health guidelines.

“These events were hugely successful in weaning people away from bonfires, but unless there is a major improvement

with Covid-19, it doesn’t look like we can go ahead with these events, particularly if the twometre rule is still in place.”

However, Sinn Féin councillor Daithí Doolan, who represents Ballyfermot and Drimnagh said: “While it might be difficult, it should be possible to organise an enjoyable and safe festival, depending on the health restrictions at the time.”

He was also concerned that Covid-19 was being used as a “smokescreen” to avoid spending money on community events.

Mr Kenny said the council would be working to develop some activities which would not involve crowds gathering.

Independent Ballymun councillor Noeleen Reilly said the Ballymun Otherworld Festival had resulted in a “huge decrease in bonfires”.

“Last year was the quietest Halloween in Ballymun I can remember. The festival has have a huge impact and there has been a steady decrease in bonfires,” she said.

One Dublin woman said: “Hill 16 will never be the same without our beloved Tony, aka Molly Malone, sleep well Tony.

Sending thoughts and prayers for your loved ones.”

Another commented: “RIP Tony Broughan.

“The Hill won’t be the same without you ringing that bell.

“Ar dheis dé raibh a anam.”

Routine test a sight for sore eyes DUBLINER Sinead Swift has nothing but praise for the quick thinking of Specsavers Citywest when, during a routine eye test, they found one of her optic nerves was slightly swollen.

Sinead (41), from Saggart in Dublin, had booked a routine eye test with Specsavers optometrist Rory Dowds as stores reopened.

“I didn’t have any major issues with my sight when I went for the test, I just wanted to get a check-up and I’m so glad that I did,” says Sinead.

Following the test, Mr Dowds noticed signs Sinead had raised pressure within the head, and she was sent for an urgent medical assessment in the Eye and Ear Hospital.

Such an increase in pressure can impact the delicate tissues including the brain.

Sinead says Specsavers’ support was second to none: “I will be forever grateful to Specsavers as they discovered the swelling early before I had any symptoms. If left untreated, this could have been much worse.”

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One Hell of a remove from Pope Francis

By Paul Hopkins My father would have admitted to struggling with any sense of ‘faith’ most of his life, going to church often, spending time in contemplative mode, all the while fighting the demons of doubt as to whether God existed or not, and if my father didn’t, or couldn’t, believe he would go to Hell.

My sister says that had he been born of this generation he would have gone to university,

instead of, like most of his generation, leaving school at 14. Despite that, he was well-read – he gave me love of Shakespeare and Dickens and Yeats – and there is little doubt that another 10 years in academia would have stood him.

And, as a more learned man, he would, perhaps, have come to the conclusion that death – of which he had a morbid fear, ie. his own annihilation – is perhaps the end and that neither God and His Heaven, nor Hell, exist. Then again, maybe not for even the most learned of men, philosophers, theologians and scientists have struggled with the Big Question.

One wonders what my father would have thought of Pope Francis and his recent pronouncement that Hell

does not exist, that is as a place where the damned and the none-believers suffer for eternity.

Francis has also declared that the Big Bang and evolution are real, and that God is not a “magician with a magic wand”.

Speaking at the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, the Pope, the first Jesuit pontiff and a scientist by training, said that

both evolution and the Big Bang were “not incompatible” with the existence of God, and that both “required” a Creator.

To argue that being religious is incompatible with being a scientist does not cut it with me when you consider that the father of the Big Bang was actually a Catholic priest, Belgium’s George Lemaitre; that the pioneer of modern genetics

was an Augustinian monk, the Morovian born Gregor Mendel; and the decoder of the human genome is Dr Francis Collins, a once avowed atheist who converted to Catholicism in his 20s while studying quantum physics.

Meantime, back to Hell: The word is derived from Old English ‘hel’ or ‘helle’, and first attested around 725 AD to refer to a nether world of the dead. Hell appears in several mythologies and most religions.

It is commonly inhabited by demons and the souls of the dead, often depicted in art and literature, perhaps most famously in Dante’s Divine Comedy.

Despite common depictions of a place of fire, some other traditions portray Hell as cold.

Buddhist – and particularly Tibetan Buddhist – descriptions of Hell feature an equal number of hot and cold Hells If, and it’s a big if given what can be lost in translation, Pope Francis did say that Hell does not exist, what might he have meant? To say that Hell does not exist is clearly not a statement about geography or cosmology. Neither Francis nor any other sane and educated person believes that a space probe will come back with a reported sighting of Heaven.

The difficulty for most of us is the idea that Hell entails eternal conscious torment, something almost unthinkable. That seems to have been what Francis was

actually discussing.

The idea of eternal conscious torment has troubled Christians almost since it first arose. It seems entirely disproportionate to the sins it punishes. The sufferings of Hell are by definition worse than anything we can experience in this life: worse than cancer; worse than being burned alive; worse than watching your family die in Syria or Yemen – a Hell on earth for many. All those can be unendurable, but the sufferings of Hell, in the traditional doctrine, endure for ever – and then some. Death cannot end them: quite the opposite.

As I see it, to inflict such endless agony does not seem in the nature of a loving and merciful God; it seems disproportionate even to the demands of justice.

The real difficulty, of course, comes with the concept of eternity. The problem is not just that the universe has no place for Hell: it most likely has no time for it either. The universe, which had a beginning in the Big Bang, and will, science dictates, have an end, cannot contain eternity.

If there is eternity, it is outside any known realm, beyond space and time.Likewise a creator, a divine originator and also Heaven.

As for Hell, it seems Francis has given us one less thing to worry about.

Let’s be thankful for small mercies …

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14-page special

• Page 2 The great school divide • Pages 6-7 How does your school fare?

• Page 10 Student life in lockdown

Attendees at the Orientation Day for RCSI medical students at the new Croke Park campus which ensures medical students can continue their education in a safe environment during the Covid-19 pandemic. Pic: Maxwells

part two of our SupPlement on going to school and college

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The great school divide In south Dublin 89% of students go on to college, in north it’s just 69% YOUR school’s postcode could determine whether or not your child will go on to third-level education, a study by the this newspaper has revealed.

According to the college progression figures for 2019, 89% of students in the southside went on to third level, compared with 69% of their counterparts on the northside.

The stark figures also show that of the children attending schools in areas in the south of the city — such as Dublin 4, 6 and 14 — as many as 92% would expect to progress to a third-level institution.

However, for individual schools in the north parts of the city, such as Dublin 1, 11 and 17, progression rates fall to as low as 7% in Finglas, Dublin 11.

In Dublin 17, just two students went on to attend third-level education.

This divide becomes even

more pronounced when the figures are broken down into higher points courses (courses in universities, colleges of education, the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland or the Technological University Dublin), as 88% of schoolleavers in Dublin 6 went on to one of these top institutions, compared with just 15% in Dublin 17.

And the gulf doesn’t end there.

In the top 10 schools with the highest progression rates nationwide, seven are in south Dublin; Mount Anville, in Dublin 14, leads the way with 122% progression rate.

Its closest northside rival on the table is the fee-paying Belvedere College in Dublin 1, ranked in fifth place overall, with 117%.

Meanwhile, half of the 25 schools which sent the highest

proportion of their students to third level in 2019 were feepaying schools.

Almost all pupils in these schools went on to higher education, and the bulk of these again were in south Dublin.

By contrast, the proportion of students going to higher education in some of the schools in north Dublin is as low as 15%..

As is the norm, fee-paying schools in general delivered the highest proportion of pupils to colleges, with the majority of these schools on the table having 100pc progression rates to third-level.

In Dublin, schools in areas such as Dublin 6, like St Mary’s College and Terenure College, saw 100% progression rates; whereas even the top fee-paying schools on the northside, such as Sutton Park in Dublin 13 and St Vincent’s in Castleknock, saw

lower progression rates at 73% and 82%, respectively.

Overall, the data reveals Ireland’s high third-level participation rate, which is among the highest in the world and as in previous years, University College Dublin (UCD) and Trinity College Dublin (TCD), attract much higher proportions of pupils from the fee-paying sector.

For 2019, UCD accounts for about 27pc of school-leavers from fee-paying schools who entered higher education, compared with about 9pc from all schools, while the comparable figures for TCD are about 18pc and 6pc.

This imbalance can be partly explained by the higher concentration of fee-paying schools in their hinterlands, and the practice in Ireland of staying closer to home when it comes to third-level.

Meanwhile, the table shows that one in 10 schools overall saw more of their students start college courses in 2019 than sat the Leaving Cert in that school.

This is because students who defer taking up a course for a year are categorised as having sat the Leaving Cert in the year they took up their third-level course.

Also, many pupils who go to grind schools are often categorised as belonging to their original school.

Since progression rates are calculated by dividing the number of pupils going to college by the number who sat the exam, a lower number of Leaving Cert students in 2019 can boost the percentage of pupils progressing to third level.

St Joseph of Cluny in Killiney, Dublin, for example, had 33 students taking the Leaving

Certificate in 2019, down 12 on 2018; yet 38 of their past pupils went into college in September.

Education analysts point out that while data in the feeder table shows the proportion of students who go to on to study at third-level colleges, it is not a reflection of whether one school is better than another.

Factors such as social class and geography play a significant role, given that more affluent students can afford additional supports leading up to the leaving cert, such as grinds.

The data also does not show the proportion of students progressing to further education or taking up apprenticeships.

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During the lockdown we were delighted to be able to continue the school meals deliveries to families and to supply nearly half our students with Chromebooks to help their studies. Thanks to Trinity Access Programme for their help with this.

Hopefully we won’t need to go back to a school closure situation but if we do we are ready to go straight away.

As a school with small class sizes Ardscoil La Salle is in a position to accommodate all students in their normal classes without the need to split groups or live stream a class to a different room.

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Best wishes for the new school year to all of our school community.

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‘It’s been a long six months but we’re ready to reopen’ It’s been a long six months away from school for teachers, students and parents alike and we at Ardscoil La Salle are very much looking forward to seeing all of our students again, along with our new 1st years. The time away from school has been difficult for everyone. We will be taking time with the students in the first few weeks to get them settled back into the school routine and to focus on their wellbeing.

When schools closed in March we were already using Google Classroom so we were up and running with remote learning very quickly with all students engaging with their teachers online and

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Pupils jump for joy in new school The first official arrivals to the new Cherrywood town were welcomed by Hines and neighbouring landowners following the commencement of senior infants classes at Dublin’s newest primary school – Cherrywood Educate Together National School.

The new school, which is located at the edge of the new Tully Park in the heart of Cherrywood in South County Dublin, has just six new pupils enrolled with numbers expected to grow significantly in the coming months and years.

Construction is currently underway on a state-of-theart primary school building in an expansive park setting and is expected to be ready for occupation in September 2021.

In the meantime, the new settlers will be housed in a temporary school building complete with outside playground facilities.

“It is a great honour to be the principal of Cherrywood Educate Together,” principal, Joe Lennon said.

Pupil Jedidja Geldenhuys at the opening of Cherrywood Educate Together Primary School. Pic: Naoise Culhane

“In the coming years a brand new and very sizable community will set down roots and grow here and our school will be at the centre of that community.

“This area is steeped in local history and is surrounded by lovely countryside as well as fantastic park facilities right beside the school. We intend using all of these amenities in the provision of a well-rounded education to these children.”

Marking the first day at school for the new arrivals, Hines Ireland and other landowners in Cherrywood presented each pupil with a welcome gift bag.

Ian Lydon is a Managing Director with Hines and said it was a great start for the new town of Cherrywood: “This is a very important day for Cherrywood and it is fitting indeed that our first official settlers are 6 young school pupils attending the Cherrywood Educate Together National School.

The first day at school is an important milestone in every young person’s life.”

The burger is king for hungry school children As children return to school this year, Deliveroo, the online delivery company has revealed Dublin’s most popular restaurant delivery orders for kids.

The information gathered by Deliveroo is based on the top five most popular orders from children’s menus in Dublin.

Parents can relieve some of the pressure of the first week back and treat their star pupils to something tasty as they get home from their first days at school since March.

Family favourite Burger King dons its crown at the number one spot in Dublin for orders from its childrens menu.

But young Dubliners have exotic palates with authentic Chinese restaurant Xian Street Food taking second place.

Elephant and Castle renowned for its chicken

wings bathed in hot sauce and delectable burgers comes in at number three.

Burgers are almost everything a child could want, and Wowburger cuts the mustard (or adds it in if the kids want it) taking fourth place; and finally Camille Thai, with its healthy noodles and curries, rounds out the list at number five.

Arabella Jenkins, Deliveroo said: “Deliveroo is proud to offer tons of great options for kids.

The first week back at school is a big occasion for so many families, perhaps this year more than any other since children have been out of school since March. We’re delighted to play our part in offering a delicious treat for the kids, and a night off from cooking, for the mums and dads.”

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DUBLIN SCHOOLS IN NUMBERS School

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Dublin 1 Belvedere College Larkin Community College Mount Carmel O’Connell School Dublin 2 Loreto College Institute of Education Catholic University School CBS Westland Row Dublin 3 Holy Faith Secondary School Marino College Mount Temple Comprehensive St Joseph’s CBS Dublin 4 The Teresian School St Conleth’s College John Scottus Secondary School St Michael’s College Marian College Ringsend Technical Institute Muckross Park College Dublin 5 Chanel College St David’s CBS Ardscoil La Salle Mercy College Coolock St Mary’s Holy Faith St Paul’s College Manor House Greendale Community School Dublin 6 Stratford College St Louis High School The High School Alexandra College St Mary’s College Gonzaga College Sanford Park School Dublin 6W Our Lady’s School Terenure College Templeogue College Presentation College Terenure St Mac Dara’s Community College

LC sits % 3rd level Trinity UCD DCU Maynooth NUIG TUD Waterford Carlow DL IT Other Total 164 63 56 51

116% 51% 30% 69%

36 2 1 3

29 2 1 2

51 4 0 6

7 2 4 4

16 0 0 0

35 15 3 15

0 0 0 0

0 1 1 0

3 0 2 0

14 6 5 5

191 32 17 35

87 106% No data 81 99% 22 41%

35 125 15 1

23 183 13 1

17 75 18 2

1 53 2 0

1 18 1 0

10 69 24 3

0 1 1 0

0 1 0 0

0 1 2 0

5 54 4 2

92 582 80 9

98 49 140 38

105% 43% 88% 58%

20 1 30 0

11 0 4 4

36 4 30 1

2 3 12 2

4 0 1 0

16 6 27 10

0 0 0 0

1 1 0 0

0 0 7 0

16 6 12 5

103 21 123 22

12 46 17 102 52 14 104

175% 93% 88% 104% 67% 43% 96%

0 7 1 27 1 1 21

8 18 2 50 6 2 48

0 2 1 2 2 1 7

0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 0 1 2 0 0 5

5 11 7 19 16 2 13

0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 1 1 0 0

5 2 3 3 4 0 2

2 3 0 2 5 0 4

21 43 15 106 35 6 100

98 47% 61 44% 40 43% 45 44% 56 50% 92 62% 132 75% No data

2 2 1 1 2 4 16 0

4 2 1 0 1 5 10 1

15 5 4 7 6 16 30 0

0 2 2 3 1 0 5 0

0 0 0

0 1

0 0 0 0

17 11 8 6 9 16 23 0

0 1 2 1 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 0 0 0 0 3 3 0

7 4 1 3 8 11 11 0

46 27 17 20 28 57 99 2

21 93 107 67 62 88 48

95% 86% 104% 104% 111% 109% 106%

5 11 35 16 13 37 22

6 16 17 30 38 35 14

1 10 4 5 2 1 3

2 6 1 1 1 0 0

1 1 5 3 0 0 0

4 28 35 6 15 19 9

0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 1

1 4 9 2 0 2 1

0 4 5 9 0 2 1

20 80 111 69.5 69 96 51

137 114 106 36 164

96% 104% 84% 81% 59%

23 15 7 0 5

43 33 18 3 14

10 6 7 6 9

7 5 3 4 10

3

35 52 42 10 52

0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 1 0

1 5 2 0 2

10 3 13 4 5

132 119 89 29 97

0 1 0

Dublin 7 Colaiste Mhuire St Dominic’s College Cabra Community College St Declan’s College The Brunner Stanhope Street Girls School Dublin 8 Mercy Secondary School CBS James Street St Patrick’s Cathedral Grammar School Synge Street CBS Presentation College Dublin 9 Dominican College Our Lady of Mercy College Scoil Chaitriona St Aidan’s CBS Maryfield College Rosmini Community School Ardscoil Ris Plunket College Margaret Aylward Community College Dublin 10 Caritas College Kylemore College St Dominics Secondary School St John’s College De La Salle Dublin 11 St Kevin’s College Beneavin De La Salle College Mater Christi Colaiste Eoin Patrician College St Vincent’s Glasnevin St Mary’s Secondary School St Michael’s Secondary School Dublin 12 Rosary College St Kevin’s College Loreto College St Paul’s Secondary School Greenhills College Drimnagh Castle Our Lady of Mercy Secondary School Assumption Secondary School Dublin 13 Pobalscoil Neasain St Mary’s Gaelcholaiste Reachrann St Fintan’s High School Grange Community College Sutton Park School The Donahies Community School Santa Sabina Dominican College Dublin 14 Loreto High School Beaufort Our Ladys Grove Secondary School Mount Anville Secondary School St Killian’s Deutsche Schule De La Salle College Notre Dame Secondary School Dublin 15 Blakestown Community School Riversdale Community College Castleknock Community College Castleknock College Coolmine Community College Hartstown Community School Colaiste Pobail Setanta Luttrellstown Community College Hansfield Educate Together Secondary School Dublin 16 Wesley College Ballinteer Community School Colaiste Eanna CBS Sancta Maria College Rockbrook Park School St Tiernan’s Community School St Colmcille’s Community School St Columba’s College Dublin 17 Colaiste Dhulaigh Belcamp College Dublin 18 Rosemont School Loreto College Cabinteely Community School St Laurence College Dublin 20 Palmerstown Community School The King’s Hospital Mount Sackville Dublin 22 Colaiste Chilliain Moyle Park College Colaiste Bride Deansrath Community College St. Kevin’s Community College Dublin 24 Tallaght Community School St Aidans Community School St Mark’s Community School Firhouse Community School Mount Seskin Community College Killinarden Community School Old Bawn Community School

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% 3rd level

Trinity

UCD

DCU

Maynooth

NUIG

42 130 16 94 43 38

71% 82% 25% 60% 40% 47%

3 4 0 4 3 1

4 11 2 0 1 1

12 17 0 12 0 1

3 18 0 13 2 2

0 0 0 1 0

27 18 26 51 19

63% 78% 46% 31% 37%

2 0 0 1 0

1 1 1 4 0

2 1 0 2 1

3 1 1 1 1

0 0 0 0

106 73 58 99 102 17 89 46 14

87% 55% 66% 65% 73% 47% 80% 50% 50%

14 5 3 1 6 0 9 1 0

7 0 1 2 12 0 5 5 0

37 10 17 27 27 1 30 5 2

2 2 1 1 3 0 0 1 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

16 21 33 40

56% 33% 30% 43%

0 0 0 0

2 1 1 1

1 0 0 0

1 1 4 1

0 0 0 0

80 45 No data 28 No data 51 122 86

48% 40%

0 0 1 0 0 2 6 8

1 1 0 0 0 0 5 3

12 4 0 1 0 1 28 13

0 1 0 0 1 4 13 10

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 0 3 5 2 8 4 0

0 0 1 1 1 4 1 4

0 1 5 10 0 5 3 3

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

7% 47% 66% 64%

24 No data 64 62 36 94 40 51

38% 45% 76% 47% 59% 50% 53%

0 0 2 7 0 4 0 2

101 45 45 111 16 55 73 97

55% 60% 113% 73% 31% 69% 30% 99%

8 0 10 15 1 6 2 25

6 3 2 11 0 9 1 8

10 7 22 25 0 6 4 44

3 0 0 2 0 0 3 2

0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0

91 35 76 34 53 27

99% 89% 122% 118% 83% 85%

11 4 23 8 1 2

46 10 54 12 14 8

8 1 0 2 3 2

2 3 0 1 0 0

2

71 45 177 96 186 207 201 130 37

48% 60% 88% 81% 78% 62% 78% 66% 32%

3 0 21 10 13 8 10 6 0

1 1 10 14 7 15 7 4 1

3 1 38 14 9 11 13 7 2

8 8 31 20 34 34 57 41 5

1

141 62 104 85 28 36 114 61

99% 44% 77% 71% 86% 50% 98% 36%

24 0 5 4 1 0 9 12

36 5 20 12 5 4 33 5

9 2 6 4 0 1 8 0

1 0 2 9 2 1 10 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

13 No data

15%

0 0

0 0

0 1

0 0

0 0

23 71 60 41

70% 103% 47% 61%

3 17 1 0

8 37 10 7

0 4 2 1

1 0 1 0

0 1 0 0

84 113 86

44% 91% 108%

3 21 19

3 10 13

3 12 21

7 13 14

0 8 3

76 111 154 34 31

61% 64% 68% 26% 26%

3 5 15 0 0

6 5 16 1 1

4 5 10 0 1

10 8 22 1 1

0 0 1 1 0

108 48 128 108 43 67 149

54% 35% 34% 70% 37% 22% 55%

5 0 3 6 0 0 6

4 1 4 9 2 0 10

4 0 2 3 0 0 6

8 2 8 7 1 0 15

0 0 0 0

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oted that sometimes the number who progressed to college will appear greater than the number who sat the leaving omaly arises because in many cases the data provided from the universities/colleges also includes repeat students.

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7 38 2 20 8 11

0 1 0 1 1 0

0 0 0 0 0 0

0 3 0 1 0 0

1 14 0 4 2 2

30 106 4 56 17 18

9 6 6 8 4

0 0 0 0 0

0 1 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0

0 4 7 0 1

17 14 12 16 7

21 13 10 19 17 3 19 6 3

0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0

0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

1 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0

10 8 6 13 7 2 6 5 1

92 40 38 64 74 8 71 23 7

5 1 3 12

0 0 0 0

0 1 0 0

0 0 0 1

0 3 2 2

9 7 10 17

19 11 1 1 0 14 21 13

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1

6 1 0 0 0 2 7 10

38 18 2 2 2 24 81 55

8 3 9 18 14 26 11 15

0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 1 1 0 3 0 1

0 1 6 5 0 5 1 2

9 5 29 47 17 55 20 27

18 10 9 20 2 11 7 13

0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0

0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0

1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0

10 6 6 4 2 2 5 4

56 27 51 81 5 38 22 96

16 7 6 4 20 8

0

0

0 0 0 0

1 0 0 0

3 3 1 4 0 1

2 3 7 5 9 2

90 31 93 40 44 23

11 11 49 15 80 47 53 20 3

0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0

3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0

4 4 6 2 2 11 12 7 1

34 27 156 78 146 128 156 86 12

48 13 38 21 11 8 41 0

0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0

3 2 0 0 1 1 0 0

6 3 6 5 0 2 2 0

12 2 3 4 3 1 7 2

139 27 80 60 24 18 112 22

1 0

0 0

1 0

0 0

0 0

2 1

3 8 7 8

0 0 0 1

0 0 0 0

0 5 3 3

1 1 4 5

16 73 28 25

16 21 13

0 1 0

0 0 0

1 2 0

4 15 10

37 103 93

19 43 26 6 4

0 0 1 0 1

0 1 0 0 0

1 1 2 0 0

3 3 11 0 0

46 71 104 9 8

35 12 24 36 10 14 42

0 0 0 0 2 1

1 0 0 2 1 0

0 0 0 6 0 0

1 2 2 7 0 0 3

58 17 43 76 16 15 82

School

LC sits % 3rd level Trinity UCD DCU Maynooth NUIG TUD Waterford Carlow DL IT Other Total

South Co. Colaiste Eoin St Joseph of Cluny Blackrock College St Andrew’s College Colaiste Iosagain Clonkeen College Loreto Abbey Rathdown School Holy Child Secondary School Christian Brothers College Oatlands College Newpark Comprehensive School Holy Child Community School Sion Hill College Rockford Manor Secondary School St Benildus College St Raphaela’s Secondary School

83 33 200 137 78 68 95 37 47 60 80 124 26 65 40 105 93

89% 115% 110% 101% 109% 97% 108% 95% 111% 115% 74% 70% 42% 91% 85% 96% 85%

11 7 42 33 10 3 28 9 20 11 7 15 1 6 1 4 5

28 15 99 63 37 21 34 13 18 26 28 22 5 22 10 38 23

6 2 6 5 16 3 4 0 0 2 2 1 0 7 1 3 9

0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 2 3 0 4 1 1 0

0 0 8 2 7 1 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

16 8 47 15 9 12 21 5 7 16 11 24 4 14 14 46 29

0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0

10 4 4 11 0 15 4 3 2 5 4 15 1 5 4 4 5

3 2 9 8 6 6 7 5 3 7 3 6 0 1 3 4 11

74 38 219 138 85 66 103 35 52 69 59 87 11 59 34 101 79

North Co. Loreto Trinity Comprehensive Malahide Community School Portmarnock Community School St Finian’s Community College St Joseph’s Colaiste Choilm Balbriggan Comunity College Donabate Community College Loreto Fingal Community College Skerries Community College Portmarnock Community School

216 64 194 135 66 83 107 79 136 118 80 140 135

69% 25% 80% 76% 76% 76% 65% 41% 68% 81% 73% 84% 76%

22 1 29 18 2 5 2 2 5 6 3 15 18

0 0 9 8 2 1 5 1 6 8 2 3 8

45 1 34 21 13 19 14 5 25 32 11 29 21

11 3 4 1 3 7 3 3 8 2 5 8 1

4 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3

27 9 36 33 24 16 27 11 32 20 23 22 33

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

8 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0

32 2 36 18 6 18 0 10 16 28 13 34 18

149 16 156 102 50 63 70 32 93 96 58 117 102

West Co. Lucan Community College Colaiste Coils Life Holy Family Community School St Joseph’s College Collinstown Park Community College Colaiste de hIde Colaiste Phadraig CBS Adamstown Community College

118 122 154 127 53 32 101 144

75% 83% 66% 93% 38% 56% 78% 72%

8 14 1 10 0 1 8 6

10 14 12 15 0 0 8 14

14 8 6 16 2 0 5 5

28 29 28 39 3 2 32 25

0 1 1 4 0 0 0 2

21 19 39 20 13 10 24 38

0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0

0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0

1 1 1 1 0 2 0 0

7 11 13 13 2 2 2 13

89 101 101 118 20 18 79 103

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Wash your hands kids!

Safefood launch hygiene pan aimed at children

With the majority of preschool and schoolchildren back in the classroom this week, safefood is launching its free handwashing education pack ‘Rufus the Handwashing Hero’.

The aim of this teaching resource is to make learning about handwashing fun and engaging for children as they start in pre-school and Junior Infants this year. This will also help support parents and teachers with reinforcing good handwashing behaviours.

While handwashing has always been a pillar of good food safety, current public health advice has highlighted the importance of good personal hygiene, including handwashing even more.

Developed with input from educational professionals to teach children about handwashing through story and song, the safefood pack is a unique education resource suitable for children aged between 3 – 6 years, as it uses familiar concepts, story and rhymes to engage young minds.

When asked about using the safefood song and story pack, 77% of preschool educators

perceived children were more engaged and enthusiastic about handwashing when using the pack. In addition, a further 47% of educators believed that children remembered when to wash their hands thanks to the Rufus character.

Introducing the resource, Ray Dolan, Chief Executive safefood said “Handwashing is one of the most important life skills we can teach children from a young age. ‘Rufus’ is a fun, friendly character with a big personality and we’ve created him to engage and educate young minds.

Our free pack which is being distributed to all pre-schools and Junior Infant classes in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland features a large, colourful storybook, catchy song, waterproof posters for bathroom sinks and our easy-to-remember five steps of handwashing – Wet; Soap; Rub; Rinse and Dry. The pack also contains extra reusable sink posters that children can bring home so they can learn with their parents too.”

Dr Linda Gordon, Chief Specialist in Food Science,

TV presenter Karen Koster and her son JJ with ‘Rufus the Handwashing Hero’ booklet

safefood continued: “We know that young children can be more vulnerable to gastrointestinal illness and handwashing is really important in preventing this. With our ‘Rufus the Handwashing Hero’ pack, we are helping young children by making handwashing fun, memorable and educational.

We are also supporting parents and teachers so they can continue to reinforce these good hygiene habits in a positive, supportive way.”

Developed with input from educational professionals to teach children about

handwashing through story and song, the safefood pack was originally developed and distributed to all pre-school, nurseries and crèches. This year, the pack is being distributed to include all primary schools, specifically for Junior Infant classes where Rufus will be familiar to children from their pre-school experience.

Ireland AM presenter and Mum of three, Karen Koster is supporting the initiative, adding: “While it is second nature to so many of us, we often forget it’s a skill we need to teach. I know with three small children of my own, the most important thing is to start early with children, when they’re toddlers. My own son, JJ is starting school for the first time and I am hoping to pick up some tips from Rufus along the way. Teaching children good handwashing habits has become more important than ever,” Koster said.

Additional classroom resources, including videos and downloadable activities are available on the safefood web site. For more information, visit safefood.net/handwashing.

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Lockdown life as a transition year pupil

By Adam Costello Quarantine was odd. It wasn’t like it was hard, or took much effort. I didn’t have too much work and generally didn’t have to do anything.

Although that gets old quickly.

Living in a small house, it can get really tiring for siblings and parents. No matter how close you are with your family, it’s weird to be with people all day, every day for a few months.

I got lucky as I was in fourth year when we went into lockdown, so what little work we had got cut down even more, so it just felt like we got a very early summer. But it also seemed like some dark joke, because obviously we couldn’t go out or meet up with friends.

I thought one of the hardest parts was keeping a schedule, especially a sleep one. It would go well for a few days then boom, you start going to bed at 6AM and waking up at

Cody Kennedy (7) and Bóinn (11) at The LAB on Foley Street at the launch of Culture Night which takes place on September 18. Pic: Julien Behal

4PM. This probably came from the fact that I’d sleep during the day because there was nothing else to do.

You can get burned out quickly playing video games and watching Netflix or TV can become the most mindnumbing and boring chore in the world.

But what are you meant to do when you’re falling deeper and deeper into a void of boredom and loneliness?

At my age, the social norm

becomes doing things with friends in the flesh, going for walks and getting coffee.

So merely talking, playing a game, and talking to them again on a call does not provide the same stimulus.

Lockdown can bring about odd sensations - although it’s not lonely with family in the house, you can still feel isolated. One of the hardest things was not being able to play sport - although the absence of sport was probably

not as bad as when sport was used just as an outlet for when school got stressful, or when you just needed a break from everything.

But it was hard if you had a goal, or were making good progress before the lockdown and were suddenly stopped in its tracks. It wasn’t all bad.

I was able to do things like rearrange my room and write some of the ideas I had.

I also think that many people exaggerated and made it

seem like they were being held captive.

Obviously, everyone’s mind works differently and it could be the end of the world for some and the best thing ever for others.

But for me it was neither. I was stuck in the middle and I couldn’t help but think about how it was such a minuscule problem; but then, naturally I couldn’t help but think about how I was feeling that lonely, isolated feeling.

Not going to school for so long also brought up other problems: not having that structured, orderly day makes you think there’s a plan and you have to schedule everything else around it.

Obviously this can fix your sleep schedule as you’ll need to get up early. And it gives you something to do, a good stimulus for most people. But quarantine did show me I miss some things that I never thought I would.

Adam is now a fifth year student at Presentation College Bray

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The exciting courses for you at BIFE Advertorial Over recent years many new avenues have opened up to students in pursuit of their dream career.

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We take a look back at extracts from old newspapers to see what was in the news this month in years gone by

Irish Press 03/09/1958

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Freemans Journal 05/09/1861

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