*St Caimin’s Community School, Shannon TWO schools in Clare have recently been granted permission to extend. Clarecastle National School and St Caimin’s Community School in Shannon have both been given the green light to proceed with their planned extensions. Welcoming the announcement, Deputy Cathal Crowe (FF) said, “Both schools have ambitious extension plans and I look forward to seeing these additional spaces …
*Cllr Antoinette Baker Bashua (FF). Photograph: Éamon Ward CLARE Council members are calling on the Department of Education to review and amend Special Needs Assistants’ (SNA) Health & Safety Leave entitlements. At the Clare County Council January meeting on Monday, Cllr Antoinette Baker Bashua (FF) called a motion ensuring SNAs’ full parity with teachers, asking for SNAs …
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*Staff and students of Furglan NS. Photograph: John Sheridan FURGLAN NS’ “tremendous effort” to enrol four extra pupils has fallen short but the North Clare school will be making an appeal to the Department of Education to keep its doors open.
*Five of the seven students enrolled in Furglan NS with SNA Karen Irwin, principal Patricia Vaughan and deputy principal Monica Dilleen. Photograph: John Sheridan. NORTH CLARE’s ability to rally around its people in time of need is expected to come to the fore once again as Furglan NS launches a last-ditch fight to keep its …
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*The matter was discussed at the September meeting of Clare County Council. SUMMER HOLIDAYS for schools need to be extended to aid the Clare economy, a West Clare councillor has argued.
*St Flannan’s College. MEMBERS of the Student Council at St Flannan’s College have lobbied councillors in the Ennis Municipal District to assist with the construction of a bus shelter at the secondary school.
*Aoife Keogh addressing parents in Sixmilebridge. Photograph: Joe Buckley. NO health and safety assessment was carried out prior to the introduction of a pilot school transport system in Sixmilebridge and Newmarket-on-Fergus for secondary school students in Shannon.
*Bus Éireann. BUS ÉIREANN have said the safety of children travelling to school on their services is of “paramount importance” while stressing that there will be “sufficient capacity” on the buses.
*Photograph: Joe Buckley OVER 200 people protested in Sixmilebridge on Thursday morning as pressure continues to mount on Bus Éireann and the Department of Education to scrap a pilot bus scheme and revert back to dedicated school bus transport.
*Photograph: Joe Buckley A PROTEST is to be held on Thursday morning in Sixmilebridge as parents, students and locals react to plans for the pilot school transport system for secondary school pupils heading to Shannon.