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Gala Healthcare Awards Ceremony
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he National College of Health Care Education (NCHE) held it’s first awards ceremony at the Clarion Hotel, Dublin Airport last week. The ceremony saw trainees from the local area, being presented with certificates of achievement. Nursing home students from Tara Winthrop Private Clinic, FIngal House and Kilbrew Recuperation and Nursing Care Ltd. were amongst the recipients of 54 awards.
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Sky Is The Limit For Swords Boy!
Pictured is award winner, Adam Vaughan, aged 10 from St Cronan's Senior National School in Brackenstown, with his teacher, Ms Somers.
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Swords schoolboy is set to have his names literally in lights, when he won a European competition to have a satellite named after him. Adam Vaughan, a 10 year student at St Cronan’s Senior National School in Brackenstown, has just won the Irish leg of the European Galileo drawing contest, defeating 176 other entries from across the country. His satellite, named By Patrick Finnegan Commission to coinAdam Ireland, is due to be launched into 2019. The competis p a c e s o m e t i m e tion was organised between now and by the European
cide with the creation of the EU’s ‘Galileo’ satellite navigation system.
Adam’s satellite is one of the 30 being put into orbit, as part of the Galileo Satellite Programme. Galileo is a European replacement for the existing GPS satellite positioning system and will see a network of
satellites put into orbit for an expected 30 years. Children in all of the 27 EU countries were invited to enter the competition based on the theme, “Space and Aeronautics”. Adam’s entry, The Solar System , captured the Irish prize and he will now have a very personal interest in at least one of the satellites. Adam was absolutely thrilled with his achievement when he told the County Leader: “I’m really excited with all the attention. Hopefully when I’m old, I’ll look at the sky and be able to see my satellite. My friends are all delighted for me and my mam and dad are “over the moon” about it,” he said. School principal, Loreto Desmond was thrilled with Adam’s achievement, when she spoke to the County Leader: “The 4th class students were studying planets as part of their geography class. Teacher, Ms Somers was very impressed with the
Pictured at the NCHE Awards ceremony at the Clarion Hotel, Dublin Airport last week are, Ambassador Paramente from Lesotho, Helena Moore (Director of Nursing, Kilbrew Nursing Home), Fran Whelan (Managing Director, Kilbrew Nursing Home), Siobhan Moore (President Fingal Dublin Chamber) and Tony Lambert (CEO Fingal Dublin Chamber).
NCHE is based at Broadmeadow Hall, Applewood in Swords. Established in 2009 and led by Helena Moore, it is a Fetac accredited facility providing a wide range of Health Care Education Programmes. NCHE chose Swords and the North County initially because of the young and highly educated population. On the other hand, the demands for elderly nursing care are going to increase dramatically over the coming years as a result of our ageing population, thereby giving great career opportunities in the fields of Nursing Home and private care. NCHE were delighted that Ambassador Paramente, the Lesotho Ambassador to Ireland attended the awards ceremony. The Lesotho Government, through Ambassador Paramente has been in discussions with NCHE to provide ‘Train the Trainer’ programmes in Leostho and to develop quality of the work produced that she decided to enter the class for the Astronomy Ireland Art competition. The winning child would have a satellite called after them and Ms Somers thought that this would tie in very well with what they were studying and there was jubilation when Adam won,” she said. “This is a great achievement for the school to win such a prestigious prize and special thanks is due to Ms Somers for her interest, dedication and foresight. It’s a great example of bringing interest and excitement to classroom learning,” she concluded.
courses to up skill and develop competency based training modules for the nursing profession in Leostho. Ambassador Paramente was head of the Lesotho Teacher Training College and is very aware of the great advantages and the importance of training in providing an escape from extreme poverty in Africa and to offer career pathways, social achievements and life style change. Fran Whelan, Director of NCHE is also a Director of Action Ireland Trust, who are also working closely with Ambassador Paramente and Portmarnock Community School who, together with 30 transition year students and 30 adult volunteers travel on the February 10th to Lesotho to work on projects in education, health and training programmes and the renovation of a nurse training college and Roma hospital.
Barretstown Is DAA Charity Of The Year Barretstown has been chosen as the Dublin Airport Authority’s Charity of the Year for 2012. Staff from Dublin, Cork and Shannon airports all cast a vote to choose a charity to fundraise for each year. Last year the 3T’s - Turning the tide of Suicide was the chosen charity and a cheque for the grand total raised will be presented in February. Barretstown is a charity dedicated to rebuilding the lives of those affected by childhood cancer, through a specially-designed camp that provides therapeutic recreation programmes for the children and their families. All of the children and families who visit Barretstown do so free of charge, with accommodation, food, medical assistance and airfares provided at no cost. Barretstown depends on the donations and fundraising efforts of individuals, groups and corporate supporters such as the DAA. The DAA Charity Committee and Staff are now hard at work planning many fundraising events for the coming year including a Sky Dive and White Collar Boxing Night.
24th January 2012 • Volume 19, Issue 02 • Leader House, North Street, Swords, Co. Dublin. • Tel: 8•400•200 • email: info@northcountyleader.ie •