Organisation: Loreto Convent

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Mary Magner elected as next teacher union president

A Cork native is to become the next president of the largest teachers’ trade union in Ireland.

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Loudest Whisper plan to make big noise with opera

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Seven women who played a key part in 1916 and beyond, impacting on society

A Cork nun’s extraordinary life at war

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A1 results for four Cork schools

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No fees, no problems as 10 students celebrate best results in the country

Two pupils help gardaí with inquiries after smoke bomb set off in school

Two pupils are helping gardaí with their inquiries after 60 students and teachers had to be treated for breathing difficulties when a smoke bomb was set off in a Co Cork school.

Sat, 04 May, 2013

Charting a passage to India

PARK STREET Cemetery in central Calcutta, or Kolkata as it is now known, is a good place to encounter the Irish who once served in the British army in India, including many who were employed as petty officials in the centuries before Indian independence.

Tue, 22 Jan, 2013

A new dawn has come in Derry’s north coast

UNTIL this year, I had always believed that there were only two ways for a club to win a Championship.

Thu, 28 Oct, 2010

Dublin pips Cork as Killian nets country’s highest marks

IN what Cork fans will be hoping is not a portent of things to come in Sunday’s All-Ireland Football semi-final clash, Dublin has beaten Cork to the title of the top student in the country.

Thu, 19 Aug, 2010

Best friends each get eight A1s

Best friends Gabrielle O'Donoghue and Roisin Ryan plan to celebrate in style after both got eight A1s and two other friends achieved the maximum 600 points as Leaving Cert results were announced today.

Wed, 18 Aug, 2010

St Leo’s stun Fermoy girls with goal-blitz to seal first title

IN a thrilling finale St Leo’s of Carlow took the Pat the Baker All-Ireland Post Primary Schools Girls A SFC title for the first time at Cashel yesterday.

Thu, 19 Apr, 2007

‘Long and frustrating wait’ for Youghal’s €9m pool nearing an end

DESCRIBED as the catalyst for the rebirth of the town and the realisation of a long-held dream, Youghal’s €9 million indoor swimming pool and leisure complex will open before the end of August.

Wed, 26 Apr, 2006

Fifth victim of school bus tragedy laid to rest in Meath

The fifth victim of Monday's school bus tragedy in Co Meath has been laid to rest in her home town of Navan.

Fri, 27 May, 2005

Fifth victim of school bus tragedy to be laid to rest today

The fifth victim of Monday's school bus tragedy in Co Meath is due to be buried in her home town of Navan this morning.

Fri, 27 May, 2005

Four victims of school bus tragedy to be buried today

Four of the five teenage schoolgirls killed in Monday's school bus tragedy in Co Meath are due to be laid to rest later today.

Thu, 26 May, 2005

‘You think of parents who have seen their children for the last time’

THE houses of the families struck by Monday’s tragedy were easily recognisable in the small community around Navan.

Wed, 25 May, 2005

Distraught pupils come to terms with crash deaths

Flags at Loreto Convent flew at halfmast today as teachers attempted to console devastated pupils streaming into the school.

Tue, 24 May, 2005

Three inquiries launched after Co Meath school bus tragedy

Three separate inquiries have been launched into the tragic road accident that caused the deaths of five teenage schoolgirls in Co Meath yesterday afternoon.

Tue, 24 May, 2005

Pandemonium, shock and sorrow as five school girls die in horror crash

FOUR of the five teenage girls who were killed in yesterday’s horror bus crash were pupils at the Loreto Convent in Navan.

Tue, 24 May, 2005

Schoolgirl and surfer progress in supermodel hunt

A schoolgirl and a surfer were tonight chosen to represent Ireland in a worldwide competition to find the next supermodel.

Tue, 23 Nov, 2004

Stand-off between bishop and priest ends

A BITTER stand-off between a local bishop and a priest who has locked himself in his parish home for the past 18 months has ended.

Thu, 26 Sep, 2002