Student Press

Great Results From St. Mary’s Baldoyle

Editor — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 08:08:24 +0000

Jodie McDonagh, Clare Ferns, Leah O' Brien, Leanne Sherwin delighted with their leaving certificate results

Deputy Principal John Moore sends sincere congratulations to all the leaving cert. students from St. Mary’s Baldoyle on their excellent leaving certificate results.

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Editor — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:16:46 +0000

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Looking out for linguists

Editor — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 10:03:16 +0000

Don't neglect your second language!

The EU institutions have begun a major recruitment campaign for translators and interpreters into eight languages including English, in a bid to address serious shortages of language staff in Brussels.

From mid-July, posts are being advertised for translators into English, Danish, German, French and Slovenian. Interpreter jobs, which require a higher level of experience, are also being sought for English, Slovenian, Dutch, Bulgarian and Romanian.

Between 40 and 50 staff will be hired for each of the languages, in the first year of what will become a regular annual recruitment drive for linguists. The European Commission’s Interpretation Department says they will use Facebook and Twitter to communicate job opportunities and reach out to younger candidates.

“We’re facing a wave of retirements and need to replace an entire generation – we will lose up to half our staff in the next ten years,” said department head Marco Benedetti. He added that surprisingly, it was proving especially difficult to find English linguists.
“English is a particular problem. In all English-speaking countries, many people think that just speaking English is enough, but you can’t make translators or interpreters out of those people,” he said.
By Jessie Magee

New Pitch for Rathoath College

Editor — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 11:22:41 +0000

Gretta Judge, Mairead Ryan, Declan O'Toole (RC Caretaker), Paul Patterson(Patterson Sportsgrounds), Maire NiBhroithe (Principal), Oonagh Prendergast (Deputy Principal)

Rathoath College are delighted to announce the opening of an impressive new school pitch. Pattersons (Paul Patterson in photo) have been responsible for this pitch and have spent the past two years developing the new school grounds. The pitch has been paid for by a grant from the Department of Education and Skills and by fundraising by the Parent association and the students (Fairyhouse walk).

Thanks to John Hayes (Parent), Declan O’Toole (Caretaker) Frank Smith (Financial officer , Co. Meath VEC ) and Ciaran O’Hare (ex-teacher) for all their hard work and commitment to the project!

The pitch will be used by all sports….. In addition we have developed a lower pitch which will be suitable for training. We hope to have an official opening later in the year!

Declan O'Toole (RC Caretaker), Paul Patterson(Patterson Sportsgrounds), Maire NiBhroithe, Oonagh Prendergast (plus students from the Bill Nye Science and Maths Club at RC)

Party Leader Quiz

Editor — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 10:24:34 +0000

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Dublin slips down list of world’s expensive cities

Editor — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 08:17:25 +0000

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Dear old Dublin is not quite so dear anymore, according to a new survey analysing the cost of living in 214 cities worldwide. Ireland’s capital has been ranked the world’s 42nd most expensive city in the latest annual study by Mercer Consulting. It’s a long drop since 2008, when Dublin enjoyed the dubious honour of being among the top twenty of the globe’s most expensive urban centres.
The survey measures the cost of living across hundreds of categories including housing, food, transport, clothing, fuel and entertainment. The fall in rents and food prices, along with the drop in the value of the euro against the dollar, are among the main factors for the ongoing decline in Ireland’s cost of living.
London and Paris are ranked as the 17th most expensive place for foreigners to live, while unsurprisingly, New York is the dearest in the US at 27th.
If you’re looking for the best value for money, you could move to Tirana in Albania, which is hailed as the least pricey city in Europe, making 200th on the global list. Much closer to home however, Belfast is also among the stragglers, coming in at 182nd in the list, just ahead of Sarajevo in Bosnia Herzegovina and Minsk in Belarus.
by Jessie Magee