Student scribes to make headlines

The National Ploughing Championships, gangland killings, and the murder of Jill Meagher in Australia were the main news events catching the eyes of students in the past week.

While most of the transition- year students at St Coleman’s College in Midleton, East Cork, tell their English teacher Trish Carlos they read a newspaper, it is mainly from the television or radio that they get information on current affairs.

Most of those who do pick up a paper say they go to the sports pages first. David O’Reilly has been doing his work experience at a paper in the town and thinks he might have a go at a sports journalism career.