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Local students recognised for their business acumen

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Students from Killarney and Rathmore have been awarded for obtaining a Distinction (90-100%) in Junior Cycle Business Studies.

Students from St Brendan’s College Killarney were presented with Certificates of Achievement from the Kemmy Business School University of Limerick for their high Junior Cert results last year. Front row l-r were: Shayan Javaid Shafin Alam Harry Bolger and Callum McCarthy. Back row l-r were: Dr Fergal O’Brien (Assistant Dean Postgraduate Studies Kemmy Business School University of Limerick) Ian Coffey Neil O’Carroll Rory Clancy and Cian Fleming. Absent from photo: Noel Casey and Kieran Leacy.

St Brigid’s Presentation Secondary School students Muireann O’Brien Ciara O’Sullivan and Gráinne Byrne pictured with Prof. Philip O’Regan (Former Executive Dean Kemmy Business School University of Limerick) receiving Certificates of Achievement from the Kemmy Business School after obtaining a Distinction (90-100%) in Junior Cycle Business Studies 2022. Absent from photo: Li Chen.

Students from St Brendan's College, St Brigid's Secondary and Scoil Phobail Sliabh Luachra Rathmore, were presented with Certificates of Achievement from the Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick at an awards ceremony held in the University Concert Hall.

The event, held in association with the Business Studies Teachers’ Association of Ireland (BSTAI), celebrates and recognises excellence in Junior Cycle Business Studies.

It was the first in-person awards ceremony since 2019, with students representing 64 secondary schools from Kerry, Clare, Limerick and Tipperary. They were joined by parents, families, guardians, business studies teachers and school principals.

In welcoming the students to the ceremony, Prof. Philip O’Regan, former Dean, Kemmy Business School said they were delighted to recognise this fantastic achievement of the young awardees – "the region’s top Business Studies students in Junior Cycle 2022".

"I congratulate all on their wonderful achievement and would also like to pay tribute to the commitment and dedication of their teachers in helping the students achieve such excellence," he said.

This year’s guest speaker was Ms. Catriona O’Halloran, graduate of the BA International Studies who began by congratulating each award recipient and noted that the last few years with the pandemic have not been easy.

The triple accredited Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick, is one of Ireland’s leading business schools and in the top 1% of Business Schools globally, with a reputation for quality and employability of graduates.

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Fassbender ready for second Le Mans appearance

Local Hollywood A-lister Michael Fassbender is in the final preparation stages for his second appearance at the legendary 24 Hours of Le Mans. The iconic endurance race is celebrating its […]

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Local Hollywood A-lister Michael Fassbender is in the final preparation stages for his second appearance at the legendary 24 Hours of Le Mans.

The iconic endurance race is celebrating its 100th edition next weekend.

The Fossa star has already arrived in the famous French twon where he is involved in a week-long series of engagements including drivers’ parades, autograph sessions and more serious appointments like car safety checks, practice and qualifying.

Like last year, when he finished 16th in the LMGTE Am class, Fassbender has been entered in to the event by the German Proton Competition team with Estonian Martin Rump and the Austrian Richard Lietz.

Fassbender dreams of following the trajectory of fellow Hollywood actors Patrick Dempsey who was second in LMGTE Am class in 2016 and Paul Newman who finished second overall in 1979.

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Ireland’s oldest citizen has Killarney connections

Ireland’s oldest woman met with President Michael D. Higgins at Áras an Uachtaráin this week. Máirín Hughes, who turned 109 on May 22 has strong Killarney connections. The previous record […]

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Ireland’s oldest woman met with President Michael D. Higgins at Áras an Uachtaráin this week.

Máirín Hughes, who turned 109 on May 22 has strong Killarney connections.

The previous record was held by 107-year-old Nancy Stewart who died on September 10 2021.

Although born in Belfast, Máirín went to school in the Mercy Convent. Her father was a customs and excise officer and the family moved around a lot eventually coming to Killarney after spells in County Down and Dublin.

Her mother came from the Rathmore area and her father was from Newmarket in County Cork.

She attended the Mercy Convent and has, in previous interviews, recalled growing up on the shores of Lough Lein.

“Neighbours who had three children were given the job of taking me to school,” she said. “They were annoyed because the children were going to school for two or three years but I was put in to the same class as them – my mother had taught me.”

In 2021 she featured in the book ‘Independence Memories: A People’s Portrait of the Early Days of the Irish Nation’, sharing stories of being kept in school in Killarney during an attack on the RIC barracks down the road.

In 1924 she started a degree in science and a diploma in education at University College Cork, before working in the pathology lab in University College Cork’s Department of Medicine for 16 years.

last year she recalled her story on the podcast: ‘Living History – Irish Life and Lore’.

During the broadcast she talked about her parents’ membership of the Gaelic League in 1910; the Spanish Flu in Ireland in 1918; The Black and Tans in Killarney in 1921; the early days of the new Free State; Eucharistic Congress in Dublin in 1932, visiting the Basket Islands in 1929; and working in the UCC medical laboratory from 1932 until 1948.

This week President Michael D. Higgins hosted an afternoon tea event to celebrate the important role that a variety of people have and can play in different communities and Máirín was among the guests of honour.

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