Sports Scholarship

On an individual basis some students in full time studies received sports scholarships from the institute.  The most recent presentations was made in April 2009.  The scholarships, which are awarded to individuals deemed to have achieved or have the potential to achieve sporting recognition, are considered by a group within the institute.  The selection panel take into account each applicant’s sporting participation, the applicant’s loyalty to the institute team which they are associated and finally seek an acceptable academic record of achievement in their study programme.  The Institute hope to develop the range of sports scholarships in the coming years.  As part of the marketing of the Scholarships programme in sport this year, the Student Services Department in the institute issued a press release and information packs to the second level schools from which all 11 of the successful sports scholarships recipients had studied, prior to registering in the institute.  In each case, both the School Principal and the Guidance Counsellor in the second level school were circulated with the information on the success of their past student.  The initiative was seen as a positive drive towards other students still undecided in their future academic path, in the hope that the possibility of additional funding from the Sports Scholarship programme at this institute might prove to be a defining point in selection of a third level college option.

List of activities at college:

• Athletics
• Basketball
• Football
• Hill walking
• Gaelic Football
• Tennis
• Cycling
• Mountain Biking
• Volleyball
• Soccer
• Hurling

CHRISTIAN UNION

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RAG WEEK

Silent Disco tonight in The Pulse with FREE ADMISSION Doors 11pm.

Also tonight hypnotist Barry Sinclair will be appearing in Arena 7 (10pm) with all the usual Groovy Tuesday promos!

There is a sex quiz in Mc Ginleys bar with all proceeds in aid of the Haiti earthquake victims.

Bus tour tickets for Kellys tomorrow night go on sale at 10am tomorrow from SU shop on a first come first serve basis. Tickets are only €20 and include return fare, nightclub entry and a free drink coupon! There will be a strict no alcohol policy on the buses which depart from LYIT car park at 7.30pm.

WORLD NEWS

The 2010 Chile earthquake occurred off the coast of the Maule Region of Chile on February 27, 2010, at 03:34 local time (06:34 UTC), rating a magnitude of 8.8 on the moment magnitude scale and lasting for about three minutes. The cities experiencing the strongest shaking—VIII (Destructive) on the Mercalli intensity scale—were Talcahuano, Arauco, Lota, Chiguayante, Cañete, and San Antonio.The earthquake was felt in the capital Santiago at Mercalli intensity scale VII (Very Strong). Tremors were felt in many Argentine cities, including Buenos Aires,Córdoba, Mendoza and La Rioja. Tremors were felt as far north as the city of Ica in southern Peru. Tsunami warnings were issued in 53 countries, and a tsunami was recorded, with amplitude of up to 2.6 m (8 ft 6 in) high, in the sea at Valparaíso, Chile. President Michelle Bachelet declared a “state of catastrophe”. She also confirmed the deaths of at least 723 people. Many more have been reported missing.

Two Royal Air Force (RAF) Typhoon jets were scrambled to assist an American Airlines passenger plane shortly before it landed at London’s Heathrow airport on Tuesday after a woman attempted to gain access to the flight deck.