Schools

We are all deeply shocked and saddened by the tragic earthquake and loss of life in Syria and Turkey. We know that many refugees in Ireland are from those regions, and we all stand in solidarity and prayer with anyone whose family or friends have been affected. We will add our voice to the call […]

The excitement built all week, and finally on Friday, February 3rd, 13 Champion Schools arrived into TU Dublin for our special ceremony in Technological University Dublin, Grangegorman, to officially receive their “Champion School of Sanctuary” award. The schools were presented with certificates and award plaques by the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth,

On Tuesday, January 24th Mount Sion CBS Secondary School hosted teachers and students from North Monastery Primary School and Wexford Presentation Secondary School. Both of the aforementioned schools are on their journey to become a school of sanctuary and are fully engaging with all aspects of the process in a really enthusiastic way. The day

We are excited to introduce our Autumn Newsletter to you!  To view the full version, please,  click on the picture below. 

We are delighted to announce that our first ever National Award Ceremony for schools is happening in two weeks time! On February 3rd 2023, we will have the privilege of welcoming Minister Roderic O’Gorman, Minister for the Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to the incredible Concert Hall at TU Dublin Grangegorman, where 13 Champion

If you’re planning to continue your education and apply to go to University, and you have questions about the application process, Irish Refugee Council Education Team is here to help! Just join the webinar on Zoom on January 11th, and find answers to all your questions!

This event was the second part of SoSI’s “Sophia Project”, a project which sought to gain a better understanding of the challenges and problems Ukrainians are facing when dealing with the Irish system of education and to provide support and share information with them. The first part of which was an online survey that was

Schools of Sanctuary Ireland presented its first winter webinar on Friday December 9th.   “The Refugee Journey” was billed to mark Human Rights Day 2022. With 128 registrations from schools all around Ireland and a large majority of those registrations representing a classroom of children, it would have been quite a packed conference hall if all

Cork officially has its first two Champion Schools of Sanctuary- Blarney Street CBS the first primary school and North Presentation Secondary as the first secondary school  in Cork. On the 22nd of November 2022, Blarney Street CBS (primary) and North Presentation Secondary School in Farranree received their monitoring team visit by Schools of Sanctuary Ireland

St John the Baptist Boys National School in Limerick city and Desmond College in Newcastle West were granted their official status as Champion Schools of Sanctuary on November 30th.  Schools of Sanctuary Ireland’s monitoring team of Karen Dervan, Khatira Samim (Sanctuary Ambassador), Hassan Sharif (Doras) and Edel Foster (Mary Immaculate College) were delighted to visit