Our Senior Football team made it two from two in the league with victory over Scoil Dara Kilcock  at home yesterday. Kilcock made the early running with two unanswered points in the first two minutes, however Darren Brennan steadied the ship and opened the CBS account with a point from play. David Harrington and Jake Darcy added two more and along with a goal from Josh Finn, the home team finished the first half trailing by just one point. Half time score 1:3 to 0:7.

Portlaoise really capitalised on having the wind advantage in the second half. Jake Darcy got the scoring underway with a point shortly after throw in to level the score. From this point on Portlaoise dominated and looked to be in control with a point from Conor Ging, two points from Darren Brennan and a goal and a point from David Harrington. However, a late flurry from Kilcock threatened the lead but a point from Josh Finn and 2 from Darren Brennan put daylight between the teams once again.  Portlaoise lead by two on the final whistle to chalk up another win.

Final score : Portlaoise CBS 2:11
                     Scoil Dara Kilcock 2:9

Well done to players and coaches!

Good Morning from Portlaoise Library,

Portlaoise Library are thrilled to be welcoming Karl Hegarty, Career & Guidance Counsellor and former Principal, for a FREE CAO Talk on Thursday, November 23rd at 6:30pm.

This talk is for students and their parents and will be focused on how to apply for college courses and helping students choose wisely.

Booking is essential, simply emailportlaoiselibrary@laoiscoco.ie to register.

We would appreciate if this information was brought tto the attention of your senior cycle students.

Kind Regards

Rachel Hoban

Librarian – Portlaoise Library

23 Lower Main Street, Portlaoise , Co. Laois R32 N7EP

Contact: 057 8664090

Email: <50>rhoban@laoiscoco.ie

We will host our next Parents Matter event on the 23rd of November. This event is in partnership with HSE Addiction Services in the South East to target parents in this region but will be accessible to anyone who wants to join, I have included the details below. We will host the third ‘Parents Matter’ Online event on the 23rd of November 2023 at 7:00pm. 

The aim of the series is to hold a number of events to help empower parents on delivering drug education and prevention within the home. The November webinar will focus on supporting parents in the South East Region.

A series of topics will be covered relating to adolescence and development, substance use among teens and drug prevention and education.

This online event will support parents to understand:

• The current drug and  alcohol landscape, including the latest drug trends such as cannabis edibles and other substances of concern
• Their role in supporting healthy decision making by their children.
• The reasons why we seek to delay or avoid young people’s entry into the world of alcohol and drug use.
• The steps which parents can take to reduce the likelihood that their son or daughter develops a substance use problem
• The HSE Adolescent Addiction Service’s experiences in working with young people.
• The information and support options for concerned parents in their local are

More information and registration can be found at [drugs.ie/parents]drugs.ie/parents 

We are currently promoting this event online and though local services. 

Please feel free to circulate this information among suitable professional and personal networks as well as through your online channels.

Many thanks,

Nicki