Congratulations to both of our Senior Debating Teams who have charged their way to the Laois Senior Debating Cup final. Both teams encountered very strong Coláiste Iosagáin teams 1 & 2, SCR and Heywood in the preliminary rounds, but remained undefeated. This leads to the excitement of an all CBS final. 

CBS 1 consists of our very eloquent fifth years; Jack Murrell, Adam Raji, Cathal Ging, Kyle Jimmy John and Evan Holden. Kyle and Adam also were nominated Best Individual Speaker in rounds one and two respectively. 

CBS 2 is a combination of our experienced sixth years William Barrett and Nathan Duffy, and our enthusiastic TYs; Andrew Coyne, Jack Fennell and Best Individual Speaker in both rounds Harry McGree. 

The teams have been working hard along with their very proud mentors Ms. Hyland and Ms. D. Carroll. 

On January 22nd, both teams will go head to head in a public venue. One thing is assured, St. Mary’s CBS will be bringing home the LSD Cup! 

All of our 3rd Year students travelled to Dublin recently to visit some of the historically significant sights. The first port of call was the GPO where boys received a guided tour of their excellent Witness History museum. After some much needed nourishment, we tracked along the quays taking in the Woodquay site, the Four Courts and the 1798 memorial garden. There was just enough time to take in the Asgard before ending our walking tour at Arbout Hill, the burial site of 14 of the 1916 martyrs. We hope you enjoyed boys!

The DARE HEAR Application Information Sessions will takeplace on Saturday 13 January 2024. Each session includes a general presentationon DARE or HEAR and how to apply to it, as well as a Questions and Answerssession on how to make a successful application. It will also provide anopportunity for applicants and/or parent(s)/ guardian(s) to meet members of theDARE and HEAR team online and find out how the scheme works. They will be ableto ask questions about the application process through the Q&A function andcan submit questions in advance to be answered by a panel of DARE HEAR Advisors.