Five Leitrim schools take part in university study on alcohol education and behaviours
Leitrim teenagers more likely to delay age of first drink with in-school alcohol education - study reveals tipping point for underage drinking happens between 2nd and 3rd year
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Five Leitrim schools in university study on alcohol education & behaviours
Leitrim teenagers more likely to delay age of first drink with in-school alcohol education - study reveals tipping point for underage drinking happens between 2nd and 3rd year
Role of parents mixed – some enable underage drinking at home, others act as deterrent
Over 13,000 students, including pupils from five secondary schools across Co Leitrim have to date participated in Drinkaware’s Junior Cycle Alcohol Education Programme (JC AEP).
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Jane Carty from Boyle, Co Roscommon, and Grace McKeon from Drumshanbo, Co Leitrim, are students in Carrick-on-Shannon Community School.
Two school students from Carrick-on-Shannon Community School in Co Leitrim have been taking proactive steps to promote farm safety in their local farming community.
Jane Carty from Boyle, Co Roscommon, and Grace McKeon from Drumshanbo, Co Leitrim, are 5th year students who have been selected as finalists in the Certified Irish Angus Schools Competition.
Alongside rearing five Angus calves, they are aiming to raise awareness around farm safety.
“We both come from farming backgrounds and we decided to choose farm health and safety as our theme because in recent years the number of farming accidents has been unacceptably high,” the girls told the
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100% of students from Ballinamore and Carrick-on-Shannon went to third level education
Check out the stats for Ballinamore, Carrigallen, Carrick-on-Shannon, Drumshanbo, Drumkeerin, Mohill and Manorhamilton
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Two of Leitrim s seven secondary schools saw 100% of students who received calculated grades in 2020 take a place at an Irish third level institute.
Ballinamore and Carrick-on-Shannon secondary schools borth saw all of their Leaving Cert students move onto third level institutes this year.
The table published by the Irish Indepdenent today provides a breakdown of where pupils from the Leaving Certificate class of 2020 started in a higher education college in Ireland last autumn.
The figures do not include the many school-leavers who went into further education, such as post-Leaving Cert (PLC) courses. Nor does it cover those who pursued an apprenticeship, an “earn-and-learn” approach that leads to a qualification at either further education or higher-edu