Fairtrade Towns in Ireland
The following Irish Towns had Fairtrade status at the end of 2009:
Athlone, Ballymun, Baltinglass, Bandon, Bantry, Belfast, Bray, Carlow, Cashel, Castlebar, Clonakilty, Cork, Dublin, Ennis, Galway, Greystones, Kilkenny, Kinsale, Leighlin, Limerick, Longford, Maynooth, Midleton, Mullingar, Newbridge, Newry, Portlaoise, Roscommon, Roscrea, Skibbereen, Sligo, Thurles, Tralee, Tubbercurry, Waterford, Westport, Wexford
These towns in Ireland are working towards Fairtrade town status.
Antrim, Athy, Buncrana, Cahir, Carrick On Suir, Clones, Clonmel, Dun Laoghaire, Glanmire, Gort, Leixlip, Mallow, Naas, Nenagh, Schull, Temple Bar, Templemore, Tipperary, Trim, Tuam, Tullamore, Warrenpoint, and Newcastle West
Categories: Athlone, Baltinglass, Bandon, Bantry, Bray, Carlow, Cashel, Clonakilty, Cork City, Dublin, Ennis, Galway City, Greystones, Kinsale, Limerick City, Longford, Maynooth, Midleton, Mullingar, Newbridge, Portlaoise, Roscommon, Roscrea, Skibbereen, Sligo, Thurles, Tralee, Waterford City, Westport, Wexford Tags:
Cleanest and Dirtiest Towns Ireland
Yet another litter survey by IBAL . The 2009 results were released today (Jan 4th 2010) The litter survey covers 60 towns with over 6,000 population . Sites are graded by An Taisce according to international standards.
The cleanest town was Bray – whilst the two dirtiest were Limerick and Wicklow.
IBAL Anti Litter League Final Results 2009
1 Bray
2 Cavan
3 Drogheda
4 Clonmel
5 Longford
6 Wexford
7 Carlow
8 Sligo
9 Celbridge
10 Blanchardstown
11 Ballincollig
12 Dundalk
13 Mullingar
14 Trim
15 Portlaoise
16 Navan
17 Roscommon
18 Dún Laoghaire
19 Tramore
20 Shannon
21 Killarney
22 Leixlip
23 Dungarvan
24 Ballina
25 Castlebar
26 Kilkenny
27 Fermoy
28 Swords
29 Balbriggan
30 Newbridge
31 Newcastlewest
32 Midleton
33 Ashbourne
34 Thurles
35 Enniscorthy
36 Youghal
37 Monaghan
38 Lucan
39 Cobh
Moderately Littered
40 Waterford City
41 Buncrana
42 Tullamore
43 Arklow
44 Gorey
45 Galway
46 Ennis
47 Tuam
48 Tralee
49 New Ross
Littered
50 Cork City
51 Dublin City
52 Naas
53 Nenagh
Seriously Littered
54 Ballinasloe
55 Tallaght
56 Letterkenny
57 Athlone
58 Mallow
Litter Blackspots
59 Wicklow
60 Limerick City
Categories: Ashbourne, Athlone, Balbriggan, Ballina, Ballinasloe, Bantry, Best Places in Ireland, Bray, Carlow, Castlebar, Cavan, Clonmel, Cobh, Cork City, Dublin, Dundalk, Ennis, Enniscorthy, Galway City, Ireland, Killarney, Letterkenny, Limerick City, Living in Ireland, Longford, Monaghan, Mullingar, Naas, Navan, New Ross, Newbridge, Newcastle West, Portlaoise, Roscommon, Sligo, Swords, Tipperary, Tralee, Trim, Waterford City, Wexford, Wicklow, Worst Places, Youghal, litter Tags:
Best Secondary Schools in Ireland.
Each year the Irish Times puts together some figures of each secondary school’s Leaving Cert students and combines them with figures from Third Level institutions in Ireland . . The Universities and Colleges record which school the first year students were enrolled at in the previous year. The two sets of figures combined give us some idea of the percentages of Leaving Cert students from each school that are entering Third Level education in Ireland. A league table is produced of all the secondary schools in Ireland . Of course – these figures are not a full indication of a schools’ performance – but it is all we have. The figures don’t include students who go on to Universities outside the Republic of Ireland. But in the absence of any Irish Government school performance figures – it is all we have to help pick out schools that might be better or worse than others at preparing students for qualifying for entry to University or other 3rd level education.
See here for the Best Schools Ireland 2011 according to the Sunday Times
The 2007 figures showed a few schools with 100% of Leaving Cert pupils going on to third level in Ireland.
Coláiste Iosagain, Stillorgan, Co Dublin
Yeats College, Galway
Jesus & Mary Secondary School, Salthill, Galway
St Joseph’s, Nun’s Island, Galway
Tralee Community College, Co Kerry
St Francis Capuchin College, Rochestown, Cork
Scoil Na Mbraithre, Charleville, Co Cork
Coláiste Eoin, Stillorgan, Co Dublin
Colaiste Na Coiribe, Tuam Rd, Galway
Institute of Education, Dublin 2
CBS, Mitchelstown, Co Cork
Holy Rosary College, Mountbellew, Co Galway
Scoil Mhuire, Sydney Place, Cork
Colaiste Mhuire, Ballygar, Co Galway
St Ita’s, Abbeyfeale, Co Limerick
Coláiste Iascaigh, Easkey, Co Sligo
Galway and Cork schools seemed to do well in this schools league table .
Other top schools with over 90% entry to Irish 3rd level institutions
Blackrock College, Co Dublin
Scoil Mhuire, Carrick On Suir, Co Tipperary
Mount Mercy College, Cork
Loreto High School, Beaufort, Dublin 14
St Joseph of Cluny, Killiney, Co Dublin
Loreto, Foxrock, Dublin 18
Gaelcholaiste Cheatharlach, Easca, Carlow
Hamilton High School, Bandon, Co Cork
Gonzaga College, Dublin 6
CBC, Monkstown, Co Dublin
Scoil Damhnait, Achill, Co Mayo
Laurel Hill Coláiste FCJ, Limerick
Mount Anville School, Dublin 14
Colaiste An Phiarsaigh, Glanmire, Cork
St Vincent’s, Dundalk, Co Louth
Loreto College, St. Stephens Green, Dublin 2
Tarbert Comprehensive, Co Kerry
Presentation College, Mardyke, Cork
Terenure College, Dublin 6w
Glenstal Abbey, Co Limerick
The Teresian School, Dublin 4
Summerhill College, Sligo
L. S. U., Our Lady’s Bower, Athlone, Co Westmeath
Mean Scoil Na Toirbhirte, An Daingean, Co Kerry
St Mary’s College, Rathmines, Dublin 6
Mount St Michael, Claremorris, Co Mayo
Clochar Loreto, Letterkeny, Co Donegal
CBS, Roscommon
Muckross Park College, Dublin 4
Community School, Dunmore, Tuam, Co Galway
Coláiste Choilm, Ballincollig, Co Cork
St Andrew’s College, Blackrock, Co Dublin
Colaiste Iognaid, Galway
Presentation Secondary, Listowel, Co Kerry
St Gerard’s, Bray, Co Wicklow
Ursuline College, Finisklin, Sligo
Colaiste Choilm, Tullamore, Co Offaly
Gaelcholaiste Chiarrai, Tralee, Co Kerry
Ardscoil Mhuire, Ballinasloe, Co. Galway
Cistercian College, Roscrea, Co. Tipperary
Sandford Park School, Dublin 6
St. Louis Community School, Kiltimagh, Co. Mayo
Ard Scoil Phobal Bheanntrai, Bantry, Co Cork
Coláiste Daibhéid, An T-Ardán Theas, Corcaigh
Categories: Abbeyfeale, Ballinasloe, Bandon, Bantry, Best Places in Ireland, Carlow, Carrick-on-Suir, Charleville, Claremorris, Cork City, Education, Galway City, Letterkenny, Limerick City, Listowel, Living in Ireland, Roscommon, Schools, Sligo, Tralee, Tuam, Tullamore Tags:
Central Heating Figures
Some of the housing in Irish towns is fairly old and basic. The census in 2006 asked people to indicate if their home had central heating – the results show that the town with the largest percentage of houses without central heating is Bantry in County Cork .
In Bantry 27.7% of homes do not have central heating installed – almost 3 times the average for Ireland.
Maybe the warmer weather in the South West means that people don’t need it. Skibereen has 26.7% of houses without central heating followed by Kilrush in Clare on 25.2%. Next is Clonakilty – also in Cork then Dingle and Dunmanway with 21.7%
The average for the whole of Ireland is just 9.31% of homes having no central heating.
The town with the largest proportion of it’s housing with central heating is Stamullen – where only 0.69% are lacking it.
The Top ten towns for having central heating are
1. Stamullen
2 Portmarnock
3 Annacotty
4 Ratoath
5 Newcastle
6 Malahide
7 Rathcoole
8 Leixlip
9 Kill
10 Lusk