A bright and bubbly young woman, Karen Buckley grew up on her parents’ farm at Glynn, Mourneabbey about 12km outside Mallow in north Cork. As the youngest in her family, the 24-year-old has three older brothers: Brendan, 32; Kieran 28, and Damian 27.

While the sun shone brightly on a rural community in Co Cork, there was a cloud of anxiety hanging over locals yesterday as they tuned into news bulletins in the hope missing Karen Buckley would be found safe and well many miles away in Glasgow.

Aspiring journalist Ciara McArdle showed the power of the written word yesterday when she won a national competition that encourages students to read newspapers.

Research on a silent killer in their home town has earned two second-year students a trip to the United States to showcase their work alongside other young scientists from around the world.

As it opens to the public today and now entering its 51st year, Evelyn Ring goes behind the scenes at the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition to find out what ideas and innovations some of Ireland’s most industrious and talented young students have come up with

The use of social media site, Tinder, in exposing sex-trafficking is to be applauded (Irish Examiner, November 11) as it increases awareness of this crime.

A priest called to the scene of a single vehicle crash in which a teenager died yesterday appealed to drivers to take care on the roads.

Budding journalists of the future were honoured yesterday at the inaugural awards ceremony for an educational project devised by the National Newspapers of Ireland.

A Glee-style California-based music troupe has left some good vibrations buzzing in the heart of West Cork.

Consumers will get to taste the produce of some of West Cork’s leading food producers at the Macroom Food Festival, which kicks off today and continues until Monday.

Teams of teenagers are set to battle it out in a live cook-off as part of a Cork market town’s first food festival this weekend.

A family of eight were yesterday trying to come to terms with the tragic death of a student who was in the middle of his Leaving Certificate exams.

Two Co Limerick schoolgirls have found a widely-used cream for soothing babies’ bottoms is a great remedy for dairy cows with sore udders caused by mastitis.

Students from across the country are to converge on mid-Cork to demonstrate their acting skills in the All-Ireland Transition Year Drama Festival.

THE first that Mairead O’Connor heard that she had won a nationwide writing competition was when her mother arrived in her school as she was doing Christmas tests.

MORE than 600 pupils got an unexpected day off due to a burst pipe which caused tens of thousands of euro worth of damage to a secondary school in north Cork.

IRELAND’S young dragons were breathing fire in Dublin yesterday.

THERE are 850 million people in the world who speak Mandarin, and that number is to be swelled by 63 in a Co Cork town, thanks to an innovative outreach project by UCC.

SINCE her early 20s, Maureen O’Sullivan worked behind the scenes for one of the best known faces in the Dáil. But she remained as low key in her victory over Dublin Central as she did during her month long election campaign.

MORE than 80 students celebrated top marks with at least 11 As in their Junior Certificate results.

THE importance of physical activity and sport as part of education was highlighted yesterday when 13 schools from around the country were presented with awards.

FOOD sourced locally proved a successful recipe for a trio of Macroom students in a national healthy eating competition.

AT St Declan’s Community College, Kilmacthomas, Co Waterford, last evening the host team put in a sterling performance in scoring 104 points to defeat Waterpark College and CBS Tramore.

PRINCIPALS have called for a huge overhaul of how schools are selected in relation to the provision of support for students from disadvantaged backgrounds.

AS part of our transition year course at St Mary’s, Charleville, Co Cork, our class is campaigning to raise awareness of gender inequality in Malawi.

THE school where Education Minister Mary Hanafin worked as a teacher is one of more than 50 which have been added to her department’s building programme.

AT a time when we’re bombarded with statistics about over-weight and unhealthy teenagers, one group of school-goers are educating their peers about the importance of healthy eating, food miles and organic produce.

STUDENTS launching an anti-drink driving campaign today are looking for a sponsor to take their initiative nationwide.

A PARTNERSHIP between secondary school children and gardaí has the aim of cutting down on the number of young drivers killed on the roads of Cork, Kerry and Limerick.

THE provincial capital of Westmeath was the focal point last night for a another nail-biting episode in the on-going national TCH schools’ quiz.

FOURTH round sessions of the TCH All-Ireland School Quiz at CBS, Roscommon resulted in wins for the host school and St Joseph’s College, Galway.

RESTAURANTS this summer should be on the look-out for Orlaith McCann, who won the Uncle Ben’s Schools Cookery competition yesterday.

SCHOOL dress codes that only allow girls wear skirts but not trousers as part of their uniform could be discriminatory, the Equality Authority said yesterday.

PAST pupils of St Mary’s Secondary School in Nenagh, Co. Tipperary, are invited to the launch of ‘The Story of St Mary’s’ in the school hall on Thursday, December 5, at 8pm.