Laois and Offaly ETB chief executive attends national principals conference

The Chief Executive of Laois and Offaly Education and Training Board, Joe Cunningham, attended a recent conference for Principals of Community National Schools (CNSs).

The conference, organised last month from May 23 to May 24 by Education and Training Boards Ireland, heard how three primary schools that were formerly under the patronage of the Catholic Church will reopen this September as multi-denominational CNSs.

The three schools, in Cork, Kerry and Limerick, will all now fall under the patronage of their local Education and Training Board (ETB).

Community National Schools are the primary school model offered by ETBs. They are State-run, co-educational and multi-denominational. Further information is available at www.cns.ie.