Martin Heydon TD recently visited CPC to meet some of our students. A past pupil of CPC, Martin completed his Leaving Certificate in our school in 1997. He spoke to the LC students about his work as a national politician. Martin is a member of the Fine Gael – the main government party – and he was [...]
Continue Reading →Martin Heydon TD recently visited CPC to meet some of the TY students. A past pupil of CPC, Martin completed his Leaving Certificate in our school in 1997. He spoke to the 4C students about his work as a national politician. Martin is a member of the Fine Gael - the main government party – and he [...]
Continue Reading →Martin Miley is a local County Councillor and he recently visited CPC to meet the TY class 4C. Martin has been a county councillor for the last eight years. He discussed the role of a local politician and gave the students a real insight into the work of a public representative. Martin is a member of the [...]
Continue Reading →The 5th Year LCVP students were recently the lucky winners of a wonderful prize. They got the opportunity to visit the RDS – the home of Leinster Rugby. The opportunity arose following a donation to assist the work of Barretstown. It was an exciting trip for the students of CPC who went along. Local fundraising [...]
Continue Reading →4A recently welcomed Michael O’Donoghue to CPC as part of their Equine Studies module. Michael works as a racing official and he spoke to the students about his work. Michael is an employee of the Irish Turf Club and the students got to learn about it’s functions. Michael described his role as “refereeing the [...]
Continue Reading →The Transition Year class 4C recently visited Gilltown Stud as part of their Equine Studies module. It was, as always, a pleasure to walk around the scenic grounds of this world-famous stud farm and learn about it. Gilltown is one of the Aga Khan’s studs and HRH The Queen paid a visit on her recent [...]
Continue Reading →A group of 5th Year LCVP students recently presented a cheque to the KWWSPCA (Kildare & West Wicklow Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals). The money was raised as part of Enterprise week when the students organised an enterprise activity. They chose this charity as one of the group had previously participated [...]
Continue Reading →A group of 5th Year LCVP students recently made a donation to the PKRF. James Nolan came to the school to receive the funds and was very grateful for the donation. After listening to James when he visited CPC a few weeks ago to speak about the PKRF, the students decided to support this local charity. The [...]
Continue Reading →A group of 5th Year LCVP students recently presented a cheque to The Irish Guide Dogs. They raised funds for this charity in their enterprise activity earlier in the year. The students selected the charity that they wished the donation to go towards. The people at The Irish Guide Dogs were delighted with the [...]
Continue Reading →The TY class 4D went on a trip to Dublin as part of their Economics module. It was a wonderful opportunity to get a guided tour of the Houses of the Oireachtas - to see Dail Eireann and Seanad Eireann. Indeed it was a privilege to be in our national parliament and sample the unique atmosphere of Leinster House. Our guide, Chris, was [...]
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