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The Leaving Certificate Applied National Awards (LCANA) “Feargal Quinn Awards” are presented each year to those students who obtain the top results in the Leaving Certificate Applied Examination of that year, as notified by the State Examinations Commission.

Nenagh College are very proud to have such a student in Emma Freeman, who was one of the students to obtain the best Leaving Certificate Applied results in Ireland in 2022.

Emma is pictured with Ms Catherine O Keeffe (LCA Co-ordinator) at the awards ceremony in The Shamrock Lodge Hotel, Athlone, on 21^st January 2023 with Eamonn Quinn.

Emma’s final credit total is based on her performance in the Leaving Certificate Applied (LCA) Examination over 5^th year and 6^th year, due to the continuous assessment mode of the Leaving Certificate Applied Programme. She is currently studying Applied Psychology and Social Studies in Templemore College of Further Education.

The awards are financed by sponsorship from Fergal Quinn, and the awards are named after Senator Fergal Quinn, who was the first Chairman of the steering committee for the then new Leaving Certificate Applied in 1995. It was he who oversaw the rolling out of the Leaving Certificate Applied Programme, the embedding of it in the Irish Education system, and he oversaw its continuing development in the following years.

On Thursday 26^th January, the VEX Robotics Mid-West Competition was held in Dell Technologies in Limerick. Ms O’Malley and a group of students from Nenagh College entered the competition. They have been working on building, programming and preparing the robot for the last couple of months. They created a fantastic robot that came 2^nd in the qualification rounds. Unfortunately, they were beaten in the semi-final of the competition. The group worked amazing well as a team; with problem solving and strategy planning to the fore on the day. Well done the Robotics Team in Nenagh College!

On Thursday 19^th of January, the Student Council of Nenagh College gathered together for a training session, to identify roles in the executive council and to make plans for upcoming events we will organise. Thanks to all students who volunteer their time and energy to this very active student council.

We are very proud of 5^th year students Cian Ryan and Jake Houlihan have been selected to train for the Tipperary Minor Hurling Panel.

The 6th year class of Nenagh College attended a careers information session on Post Leaving Certificate courses available in Nenagh College of Further Education. Thank you to Ms Lucinda Dillon PLC Coordinator for facilitating the session.