The next TY activities take place as follows:

December

Monday 9th   School of Life Workshop

Students to go to RF36 for these workshops. Thank you.

TYA 11.15-1.15

TYB 2.00-4.00

Tuesday 10th   School of Life Workshop

Students to go to RF36 for these workshops. Thank you.

TYC 11.15-1.15

TYD 2.00-4.00

Wednesday 11th     Work Experience

All TYs will be gone all day. Please avoid booking extra-curricular activities for TYs on Wednesdays where possible. Thanks!

Thursday 12th        TY Musical Rehearsals

There may be some disruption to classes at the following times.

9-11am Choreographer

Friday 11th - TY Alone Digital Workshops

Ms Ryans Room – Could teachers of TYD please supervise the lads as normal. Thank you.

St. Mary’s CBS 10-11  FCJ Bunclody 6-5

Having had a very comprehensive victory over Coláiste Iosagáin Portarlington, in their opening group game, our 1st year footballers had a hard-fought win today away to FCJ Bunclody.

In wet and windy conditions, CBS captain Fionn Delaney won the toss and opted to play with the wind. Portlaoise opened the scoring with points from the outstanding Darragh O’Riordan and Jack Moore. O’Riordan added a further point after Fionn Delaney’s goal effort came off the post.

CBS won the resulting kick out and Vinny Byrne fed the ball to Luke Devaney, who stepped inside his man and kicked a lovely point off his left boot.  Portlaoise were beginning to dominate all the play with the wind at their back, and Fionn Delaney scored three superb goals to leave the score 3-5 to 0-2 after 20 minutes. Rian Daly and O’Riordan added two points before Noah Finn and Delaney scored two more goals for CBS.  Bunclody’s heads never dropped and they finished the half strongly, scoring 3 goals in the final 6 minutes. It would have been four, but for a heroic point-blank save from Dylan Fitzpatrick in the CBS goals. The first half finished 5-7 to 4-3.

Now playing with the strong wind, Bunclody opened the second half brightly, scoring 1-2 and leaving only two points between the sides. It was anyone’s game now, with fierce tackles and relentless pressure put on by both teams.  During this period, the half back line of Devaney, Brooklyn McCarthy and James Lynch were imperious, while midfielder Tadas Sirvaitis covered every blade of grass to quell the Bunclody comeback. Time after time, our full back line was tested but Finn Moore , Eoghan Dunne and Zac Scully held their own under immense pressure.

Fortunately for CBS, Darragh O’Riordan, Fionn Delaney and Ryan Fennell scored three goals, to put more daylight between the teams. Noah Finn then added two more points.

Bunclody got a goal back but CBS finished the stronger with a lovely taken goal from substitute Conall Lalor.  Wing forward Jack Moore put in a man-of-the-match performance for winning so many kick-outs that were the launch pad for many CBS attacks.

Overall it was a great day for CBS as our second team defeated Bunclody's second team 8-9 to 5-1.  Well done all. 

The next TY activities take place as follows:

December

Monday 2nd  OFF

Tuesday 3rd  TY Wellbeing Fitness & Nutrition Workshops

Demo room is booked for the day. 

TY A & B 9.00-11.15.

TY C 11.15-1.15 (Take lunch 1.15 and back to class  at 2pm)

TYD 2.00-4.00 (Including Cross Country helpers)

Wednesday 4th    Work Experience

All TYs will be gone all day.

Thursday 5th       TY Musical Rehearsals

There may be some disruption to classes at the following times.

9-11am Choreographer

2-4pm Director

The exact schedule will be posted on the TY Teachers page prior to Thursday.

TY Alone Digital Workshops

Please see attached the breakdown of the 3 sessions. Linda can use my room for each session and I have split TY A across the 3 groups:

Friday 6th -

Back to back wins tonight in the first round of the Laois Debate Cup. A huge congratulations to all involved.

Up first were our 5th Year Debating team; Captain Andrew Coyne, Jack Heffernan, Joshua Corbett and Tom Delaney. The boys faced a strong Coláiste Íosagáin side but the judges unanimously decided that victory belonged to the CBS, as we opposed the motion That this house believes that it is users, rather than platforms, that must take responsibility for the harmful effects of social media’’. 

Next were our seasoned 6th Year Debaters; Captain Adam Raji, Kyle John, David Finnegan and Jack Murrell who were up against an experienced Portlaoise College side. The boys presented compelling arguments as they vehemently opposed the motion That this house believes that AI will replace teachers. St. Mary’s CBS were unanimous victors once more.

Both teams were complimented on their poise, humour, intellect and convincing arguments. They now progress to the next round in January. Well done all, you represented our school fantastically in what was a very enjoyable evening.