The Minister for Education Norma Foley TD has approved a proposal for a new satellite model of Irish-medium post-primary provision to be piloted in Dundalk. The model involves a satellite /Dundalk-based campus of An Foras Pátrúnachta’s Balbriggan Gaelcholáiste – Coláiste (more…)
Coláiste Ghlór na Mara will compete in two Dublin Basketball Finals in the coming week. Coláiste Ghlór na Mara were eager to put in place a strong basketball programme in the school, and with an eye on the future, the school set to work hard with all interested students. The aim was to instil (more…)
Coláiste Ghlór na Mara are the Kings of Leinster after an exhilarating afternoon which saw the Balbriggan school secure a 3-0 victory over Killinarden in this year’s U15s Leinster Final. On a windswept Thursday afternoon the stage was set for this season’s Leinster final. Glór na Mara in their (more…)
Gaelscoil Coláiste Ghlór na Mara are standing on the threshold of greatness as they bid to win their first ever Leinster soccer title this coming Thursday the 14th of March. The school still in its infancy was founded in 2013 which makes their attempts to be crowned Leinster Champions (more…)
Coláiste Ghlór na Mara in Balbriggan are starting an exchange programme with Leargás and they are engaging in a twinning project with a school in Ribadavia in the North of Spain. The Mayor of Ribadavia has presented Coláiste Ghlór na Mara with a medal and today students from Balbriggan (more…)
The Taoiseach Leo Varadkar T.D., the Minister for Education and Skills Richard Bruton T.D., the Minister of State for Higher Education Mary Mitchell O’Connor T.D. and the Minister of State for Training, Skills, Innovation, Research and Development John Halligan T.D announced (more…)
Aoife Ní Chuanaigh, a 14 year old student of the new Gaelcholáiste, Coláiste Ghlór na Mara is heading to the National Student Enterprise Finals next Wednesday in Croke Park. Aoife wrote a book called ‘Make Every Step Count’. This book is something she has thought about for a long (more…)
In our seventh and final update on the building progress in Balbriggan for 2016 we continue to bring updates on two of the remaining projects and one new project which we will follow. Bremore ETSS & Scoil Chormaic Community National School on the site off the Naul road, the Primary Care centre (more…)
Since January 2016 we have been following the progress of six large projects in Balbriggan and today we are happy to bring a further update. Three of the six projects are now complete and the remaining ones are firing ahead. Underneath each of the photos are links to the previous (more…)
Over the last number of months we have been following the progress of some of the large projects which are currently underway in Balbriggan. Today we are happy to bring a further update. Colaiste Ghlor na Mara is speeding ahead and the new school due to open in September. (more…)
Back in January and following up in April we brought you the story of a number of projects under construction in Balbriggan that were due for completion in 2016/2017. Today, we are happy to bring you an update on the projects and to show you how work is progressing. In just a few (more…)
Back in January we brought you the story of a number of projects under construction in Balbriggan that were due for completion in 2016. Today we are happy to bring you an update on the projects and to show you how work is progressing. In just a few short months the building works (more…)
