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Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School in Limerick city, a Member School of Sanctuary, had a very special visit from the RTÉ news2day team on World Refugee Day (June 20th). Miss Histon’s 4th class and some 5th class students spoke to the presenter Reem El-Hassany about why they want to be kind and helpful to […]

Bunscoil McAuley Rice, our Champion School of Sanctuary in Kilkenny, featured in The Irish Times on Tuesday June 20th, (World Refugee Day). The students were hugely impressive in their contributions and we thank teacher Mark Kelly, principal John Moloney and all the teachers for welcoming the journalists on the occasion of the school’s International Day.

Click below to read all about our most recently awarded Champion Schools of Sanctuary and also about our first ever Champion Award Ceremony. There are lots of links to schools’ sanctuary portfolios as well- great inspiration and learning for Member schools thinking of receiving their monitoring visits in winter 2023!

The practice of Sanctuary is as natural as breathing in St Nathy’s College, Ballaghadereen, Co. Roscommon. The SoSI monitoring team- Karen Dervan, Tikambechi Mwalughali (Sanctuary Scholar, TUS) Cathy Joyce (BRIDGE Project, Galway City Partnership) and Darren Casserley (CKI, University of Galway)- felt this as soon as they arrived on May 18th. The school (and town)

Even a burst water pipe and forced cancellation of classes on May 8th couldn’t stop Mercy Secondary School from receiving its Champion School of Sanctuary status! In a remarkable show of commitment, a large number of students and teachers remained in the school to welcome the monitoring team. That team included a number of esteemed

The excitement to become a Champion School of Sanctuary was palpable from the moment the Schools of Sanctuary Ireland monitoring team walked in the door on Wednesday May 10th, greeted by Principal Ben Travers and Sanctuary lead teachers Ms Ward and Ms Prendiville. Aoife Titley, co-chairperson of Maynooth University Sanctuary and two wonderful Sanctuary Ambassadors,

  Bunclody Vocational College swept into Champion School of Sanctuary status this week, the culmination of a year’s hard work and foundations of acceptance and respect sown over many years. The monitoring team led by Aileen Kennedy, principal of Bunscoil Loreto, was deeply impacted by many indications of the whole school engaging with the programme,

On May 18th, Loreto Secondary School in Wexford town became Wexford’s 5th Champion School of Sanctuary. The monitoring visit was the first visit by Ezana, a refugee from Ethiopia living in Rosslare direct provision centre, to a School of Sanctuary, joining five others in the team. Ezana was keen to give back to the community

Ardscoil na Mara Secondary School in Tramore, Waterford has been awarded the esteemed status of Champion School of Sanctuary, becoming the first school in Tramore and the 14th in the Republic of Ireland to achieve this recognition. Following a visit by a monitoring team from Schools of Sanctuary Ireland, the team commended the school’s commitment