There are over 450 Scholars and Alumni who have received Naughton Scholarships since the Naughton Foundation Scholarship Programme began. A total of 36 scholarships are awarded on an annual basis, with at least one student selected from every county in the Republic of Ireland.  

Each Naughton Scholarship is valued at €25,000 i.e. €6,000 for each year of the student’s third-level course as well as a €1,000 award for each successful school to purchase STEM equipment. A list of the 2024 and 2023 winners published in the Irish Times is attached below for your information.

We are interested in students applying to study STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) related subjects rather than future practitioners (Medicine, Nursing, Veterinary, Physiotherapy etc) who will be unlikely to receive a scholarship. All applications are reviewed once CAO offers are released and the winners of scholarships are notified by mid-October. 

Full details on who is eligible to apply for a scholarship, the terms and conditions applicable to the scholarships and answers to frequent questions are available at https://www.thenaughtonfoundation.com/  

We would be very grateful if you can please encourage students to apply to join a very prestigious group of young people. Please do not hesitate to contact me

on scholars@thenaughtonfoundation.ie if you have any questions.

If anyone needs assistance applying for this scholarship please do not hesitate to contact myself or Ms Phelan

Please see attached.

Kind Regards

Paul Cahillane

Programme Co-Ordinator 

St. Mary’s CBS Portlaoise

Dear Parent/Guardian,

The Leaving Certificate Orals will be taking place over the first week of the Easter break from Saturday 12 th April right through to Wednesday 16 th of April. 

Your son has been given his respective oral exam times in today’s assembly, it is on the board in the GPA and it will be up on Teams after school for him to check. 

Please make sure that he is aware of his time and that he is in attendance at least 15 minutes before the start of each oral exam.

He must wear full uniform and all electronic devices, including mobile phones must be left outside of the room.

In order to cater for the wide range of exams,  across a wide range of examiners and rooms, it is not possible to change your son’s allocated time slot. We thank you for your cooperation in this matter.

I would like to take this opportunity to wish your son the very best in his upcoming oral exam(s).  

Mr. Thompson