On Sunday, May 14, 2023, in Cahir Park in Tipperary, three first-year students—Ciarán Kelly, Eoin McCarthy, and Jack Mills—of the Midleton Soccer Club won the National Cup for under-14s. Against Belvedere, Dublin, they triumphed 5-1.

Congratulations to Seán Ahern and Charlie Crosbie on winning Best Team and Charlie Coakley on runner-up Individual Speaker at the final of last week's Cork City Schools' Debating Competition.

Well done to our 3rd Year Teams which were placed 2nd and 3rd at the Cork Geography Teachers’ Association Annual Quiz.

2nd Place - Hugh McGrath, Peter Creagh, Daniel Fitzsimons and Guan Lin.

3rd Place - Jack Trench, Aaron Sidhu, Luke MacMullan and Ethan Wyse.

Congratulations to the Learning and Teaching Committee on being awarded Léargas Erasmus+ funding for a third consecutive year.  This funding was awarded for our project entitled: Exploring the Impact of Teacher Peer Observation in the Netherlands: A Study of Strategies for Engaging Teaching Staff, Nurturing a Culture of Innovation, and Promoting Reflective Practice. LAOS (Domain 4). This allows us to observe best practice in teaching and learning in the other EU high performing jurisdictions and continue our improvement orientation in the College.

Congratulations to Jerome McCarthy and Henry O’Riordan, 6th Year, who were named ‘Best Team’ in the Final of the UCC Philosoph Munster Schools Debating Competition.

We were delighted to welcome Minister for Finance Mr Michael McGrath TD. to CBC this morning. Minister McGrath met with student leaders to discuss a range of issues of importance to young people and addressed a whole school assembly. 

Congratulations to James Young, Fifth Year, who took Silver medal in the Australian National Championship in Perth over Easter. James competed in five different events, culminating in success in U19 Coxed 8. 

Congratulations to Michael Foy on being named on Ireland U18 Squad for the upcoming Internationals.

Presenation by Jacob O'Keeffe on behalf of the CBC Charitable Activities Committee to William Jones who will travel to Tanzania in May with The Surgeon Noonan Project 

Congratulations to five students from the Leaving Cert Class of 2022 who have been awarded entrance scholarships to University College, Dublin. Zareef Hossain, Eoin Kennelly, Oliver Leahy, Daniel Lucey and Finn Whooley will receive their awards at a special ceremony next week.  15 University Scholarshps have now been awarded to students from last year's Leaving Certificate class.