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Kildare’s Second Champion School of Sanctuary

Coláiste Chiaráin, a KWETB school in Leixlip, became County Kildare’s second Champion School of Sanctuary on Thursday Nov 23rd, following the visit of a SoSI monitoring team.   The Sanctuary lead in the school, Ms. Mairéad McDonnell had, with the support of colleagues, arranged for us to meet principal Mark Neville, DP Louise Doran and […]

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Wexford Presentation Secondary School- a new Champion of Sanctuary

Presentation Secondary School, Wexford became the newest Champion of School of Sanctuary and the sixth in Co. Wexford on Monday 13th November, following a monitoring day which made a deep impact on the team and visitors. The monitoring day coincided with an intercultural celebration, graced by parents, students and teachers from neighbouring schools and the

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Kilkenny City Vocational School- a new Champion School of Sanctuary!

A School of Sanctuary Monitoring visit was conducted at Kilkenny City Vocational School (KCVS) on Thursday, 5th October 2023, and the members of the team unanimously recommended the school to be awarded the Champion School of Sanctuary status. The team was led by Homayoon Shirzad, and included Ashlee Hally, Mark Kelly & Liz Murphy (Champion

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Celebrating World Teacher’s Day October 5th 2023

To mark World Teacher’s Day 2023, we asked some of our wonderful Sanctuary Ambassadors to share their gratitude for teachers in Ireland. Enjoy the video below! Thank you to Homayoon, Fahmeda, Tika, Khatira, Kinda, Manizha and Hashem for sharing these beautiful personal sentiments and touching words. 🥰❤️🫶🤝😊 The team of Schools of Sanctuary Ireland echoes

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Kickstarting our new school year with a Champion School Award Ceremony in Athlone

Schools of Sanctuary Ireland was thrilled to start the new school year with an award ceremony for two new Champion Schools. Large groups of wonderful students from Mercy Secondary School (Kilbeggan, Co. Westmeath) and St Nathy’s College (Ballaghadereen, Co. Roscommon) enjoyed a visit to Technological University of the Shannon (TUS), Athlone Campus on Friday September

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Wexford Rose speaks to the world about Schools of Sanctuary!

On August 21st 2023, Brónagh Hogan featured on RTÉ 1’s coverage of The International Rose of Tralee 2023, representing Wexford as the Wexford Rose. Brónagh is a teacher in Kilrane National School, Rosslare, Co. Wexford, a Champion School of Sanctuary. We were blown away when Brónagh took the opportunity on this huge international platform to

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Schools of Sanctuary and friends offer sympathy and prayers to Sanctuary Ambassadors.

Schools of Sanctuary and friends offer sympathy and prayers to Sanctuary Ambassadors Mariam and Lizi at a time of deep sadness and loss. Three children and their mother, cousins of the family, along with other family members have been tragically killed in a landslide in Georgia. May the family find comfort and strength.  

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