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Teenage maths genius offers to teach entire Leaving Cert course in one day
Date Published: 19-May-2011
BY ENDA CUNNINGHAM
A teenage academic genius who hit the headlines last year when he auctioned his school notes is now planning to teach the entire Leaving Cert Maths course to students … in just one day.
Cillian Fahy, a former student at Gort Community School, is planning a free one-day revision course for Higher Level Maths students at the end of this month.
“The course is designed to prepare students directly for the exam. Its aim is to allow students to take everything they have learnt in class and learn what that really means for their exam.
“The course will be run entirely by me. And I will offer a fresh outlook on the Maths exam which has been recently tested. It will run from 9am until 5.30pm and in that time we will try and cram in the entire Maths syllabus,” said Cillian, who scored seven As in his own Leaving Cert.
He has teamed up with Engineers Ireland in Dublin for the course (which is open to 130 students).
“Engineers Ireland offer free Maths classes on their website and that’s something I really support. So I was really happy to organise this free course with them to help students with higher level Maths, the most difficult Leaving Cert subject. You can find more information on steps.ie,” he said.
Meanwhile, Cillian is also planning summer courses in Galway and elsewhere around the country in August to prepare students for Leaving Cert 2013, although these will cost €100 per person.
“The free course is also connected to a similar summer course I will be running in August. That will take place in Galway on the 13th and 14th, and also in Cork and Dublin.
“That course aims to cover the entire new Maths syllabus and is aimed at students just going into their final Leaving Cert year. It will offer them the chance to see the new ‘Project Maths’ syllabus in its entirety and get a step ahead before the year starts,” he said.
At the end of last year, Cillian auctioned his Leaving Cert notes for almost €3,000, which he used to cover his registration fee for Trinity College.
For further information on the new Maths revision courses, visit cillianfahy.ie
Date Published: 07-May-2013
Tuam has secured it’s second import of hay from the UK this afternoon in a bid to address the ongoing fodder crisis in the west.
A load of between 40 and 50 bales arrived at the Connacht Gold store in Airglooney for distribution throughout the county.
It follows a similar load last Thursday to the Tuam outlet.
The co-op also took a load of imported hay to the mart in Maam Cross over the weekend, however most of the bales had already been pre-assigned to farmers.
Further loads of hay are expected to arrive across the west and north west tonight and tomorrow morning.
Date Published: 09-May-2013
281 offers of social housing were made by the city and county councils last year.
Figures provided by the local authorities show that 46 of these were refused.
Galway city council made 193 such offers in 2012 with 41 of these refused.
The majority didn’t like the area they were offered or disliked the property itself.
Galway county council made 88 offers of social housing last year with 83 of these accepted.
Reasons given for refusing five properties focused on the location or that the property itself did not meet their needs.
Date Published: 13-May-2013
Galway Senator Trevor O’ Clochartaigh has called on the government to provide more support for victims of domestic violence.
Figures provided to the Sinn Fein Senator show that domestic violence support group COPE accompanied over 80 women to court in Galway last year, but a further 214 women were unable to avail of such assistance.
Senator O Clochartaigh told Galway Bay fm news that more needs to be done to support victims of domestic violence.
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