A major new €2.5million building extension to Mercy Secondary School in Ballymahon has been approved today. As part of this construction project, 16 new cl.
Ballymahon students win big at Young Economist of Year competition
Central Bank boss praises south Longford students in securing silver gong at prestigious awards
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Budding young economists Michelle Laffan and Katie Brogan with economics teacher Leeanne Walsh, from Mercy Secondary School in Ballymahon, Longford. Missing from the picture is student Aoife Duffy. );
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Budding economists from Longford, Michelle Laffan, Aoife Duffy and Katie Brogan, have won the Central Bank of Ireland Silver Award at the Young Economist of the Year competition.
The students from Mercy Secondary School in Ballymahon, Longford, were honoured for their project which explored regressive taxation and carbon tax.
Longford girls hit No 1 for Cian’s Kennels
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The Neary family in Killashee received a Christmas gift they will never forget as two students of Mercy Secondary School in Ballymahon shot to number one in the iTunes charts for their outstanding performance of ‘Sanctuary’.
Aishling Farrell and Leia Victory performed the song at the Funeral Mass of the late Cian Neary in September 2019. A pre-Christmas campaign was launched in aid of Cian’s Kennels, which saw the download and purchase of the song on iTunes subsequently helping it to reach number one on iTunes Ireland.
“This song means so much to us as does Cian’s Kennels. It is a huge tribute to Cian as we face our second Christmas day without him,” said Cian’s mother, Evelyn in a Facebook post.