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Students and staff are very welcome to join us in the Chapel from 8:00 to 8:20 on Mondays for a prayer service, Tuesdays for meditation with Myles O'Reilly SJ Thursdays for Mass with Myles O'Reilly SJ Fridays for a reflective prayer service. For the time being morning worship is not open to the wider community, only students and staff.

We would like to welcome you to the Past Pupils Union and congratulate you on your Leaving Certificate results. On behalf of the Union, we would like to wish you ever success with your chosen college course or career path. This was a different year for you all and indeed, a difficult one with an anxious wait for your Leaving Cert results. We are sure you missed so much about your final year, end of school celebrations, Leaving Cert night and of course your formal graduation

Night Study will be recommencing on Monday, September 21st, and is available for 5th and 6th year every Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. Due to COVID-19, we have had to restructure Night Study. Full details here. We will be reviewing Night Study on an ongoing basis, so please do keep in mind that the information outlined in the document is subject to change.

The Linguistics Olympiad allows you test your mind on puzzles in logic, language and linguistics. It’s a problem solving challenge. You will be afforded the opportunity of developing strategies to solve complex problems in unfamiliar languages from around the world. No prior knowledge of either linguistics or foreign languages is required. See full brochure here. If you are interested in taking part in AILO, talk to Ms Nevin. A brief meeting for interested students will be

See here for the current sports timetable. In the College, we are endeavouring to offer as full a co-curricular experience to our students despite the current Covid-19 situation. Sport is even more important to school life and personal wellbeing than ever, and we hope to see as many students participating in any sport, at any level over the school year. All teachers and coaching staff are aware and actively implementing the appropriate safety measures to ensure the boys have

Thank you, everyone, for your cooperation and patience during our first week back. We are delighted to have you all back in school. Photo by Mr Earley

There have been a number of changes to the TY programme as a result of COVID 19. They are as follows: The first Social Outreach placement (Oct 19 - 23) is cancelled and all TYs will be in school for regular classes that week. The first Work Experience placement (Nov 23 - 27) is cancelled and all TYs will be in school for regular classes that week. The Surf Project Retreat (Sept 7 - 11) has been postponed. We hope to do it in March. Further details about all of the above can b