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Buzz of excitement at Creative Limerick school
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STUDENTS of a city centre school are showing their creativity as part of a special week.
St Michael’s National School at Barrington Street was granted funding from the Arts Council as part of the Creative Schools Initiative in 2020.
To mark Creative Schools Week 2021, which concluded on Friday, there were various activities for pupils to enjoy.
On the agenda was a dance class held via internet meetings tool Zoom led by Anglie Smalis, a contemporary dance artist and parent of children in the school.
As the week went on, the children engaged with the Music Generation programme in Limerick which is also being facilitated online this year. Among other things, children learned how to hand jive!
Tributes paid to ‘beautiful, kind and unassuming’ Emma McManus
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There is sadness in Limerick at the passing of Emma McManus, nee Ledbetter | PICTURE: STEPHEN MCCARTHY/SPORTSFILE );
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LOVING tributes have been paid to Emma McManus (nee Ledbetter), the daughter-in-law of JP McManus, after she died suddenly in Barbados.
Mum-of-three Emma, who was just 40, passed away on Thursday after taking ill. It is understood she was brought to a local medical centre where she sadly passed away. A post-mortem is to be carried out to establish the cause of death, but foul play has been ruled out.