Seven Offaly schools are set to benefit under the Department of Education s Summer Works Scheme. Over €2.3 million in funding has been allocated to the Off.
A number of students from St Brendan s Community School in Birr are involved in this year s Junk Kouture and have been very busy preparing for the competition i.
HUNDREDS of people gathered at John s Hall in Birr on Sunday night for a vigil in memory of Aisling Murphy, who was so cruelly murdered along the Grand Canal ba.
Three young men, described by a Garda spokesperson as being "highly intoxicated", were arrested in the Birr area recently. The first public order inci.
A large number of students and teachers missed first day back at an Offaly school last week. About 35% of students and 10% of teachers were absent on the first .