Photographed at the Shannon Foynes Port Company inaugural Transition Year Schools Competition, titled ‘The Importance of Ports in the Mid-West’, were St Patricks Comprehensive, Shannon. The final was held today in front of 300 students, teachers and stakeholders at the Foynes Flying Boat Museum in Foynes. . Pic Sean Curtin Photo.

9/2/15 The Shannon Foynes Port Company inaugural Transition Year Schools Competition, titled, The Importance of Ports in the Mid-West. The final was held today in front of 300 students, teachers and stakeholders at the Foynes Flying Boat Museum in Foynes. Pic Sean Curtin Photo.

9/2/15 The Shannon Foynes Port Company inaugural Transition Year Schools Competition, titled, The Importance of Ports in the Mid-West was won by St Patricks Comprehensive, Shannon. Pictured from left: Shannon Foynes Port Company chairman Michael Collins, Roisin Fitzgerald, Stuart McLaughlin, Liam O'Mahony, Amy McNamara, Saoirse O'Shea, Sinead Quinn, Aisling Flaherty, Jan O'Sullivan TD Minister for Education and Skills and Pat Keating, CEO. SFPC. The final was held today in front of 300 students, teachers and stakeholders at the Foynes Flying Boat Museum in Foynes. Pic Sean Curtin Photo.

REPRO FREE 08/02/19 John Kiely, Manger of the 2018 All Ireland Winning Limerick Hurling Team speaking at the Shannon Foynes Port Company Compass Transition Year Competition ÔTransforming the Waves of the Shannon Estuary - Developing Alternative Energy OpportunitiesÕ held at Foynes Flying Boat & Maritime Museum. Photo: Oisin McHugh True Media

REPRO FREE 08/02/19 Patrick O Donovan, Minister of State at the Department of Finance and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform with special responsibility for Public Procurement, Open Government and eGovernment with Issie Murphy, Lauren Walsh, Aoife-Marie Costello, Kate Storan, Alison Roche, Caoimhe Cahill and Nadine McMahon of Laurel Hill Secondary School were announced as winners of the Shannon Foynes Port Company Compass Transition Year Competition ÔTransforming the Waves of the Shannon Estuary - Developing Alternative Energy OpportunitiesÕ held at Foynes Flying Boat & Maritime Museum. Photo: Oisin McHugh True Media

REPRO FREE 08/02/19 Hugh Conlon, Asst Harbour Master, Shannon Foynes Port Company with Issie Murphy, Lauren Walsh, Aoife-Marie Costello, Kate Storan, Alison Roche, Caoimhe Cahill and Nadine McMahon of Laurel Hill Secondary School were announced as winners of the Shannon Foynes Port Company Compass Transition Year Competition ÔTransforming the Waves of the Shannon Estuary - Developing Alternative Energy OpportunitiesÕ held at Foynes Flying Boat & Maritime Museum. Photo: Oisin McHugh True Media

REPRO FREE 08/02/19 Hugh Conlon, Asst Harbour Master, Shannon Foynes Port Company with Issie Murphy, Lauren Walsh, Aoife-Marie Costello, Kate Storan, Alison Roche, Caoimhe Cahill and Nadine McMahon of Laurel Hill Secondary School were announced as winners of the Shannon Foynes Port Company Compass Transition Year Competition ÔTransforming the Waves of the Shannon Estuary - Developing Alternative Energy OpportunitiesÕ held at Foynes Flying Boat & Maritime Museum. Photo: Oisin McHugh True Media

The Shannon Estuary’s existing significance and future potential as shipping corridor of European scale was unfurled by students across the counties of Clare, Kerry and Limerick as Salesians College Pallaskenry claimed the second, biennial Compass Transition Year Schools Competition. The final of the Shannon Foynes Port Company competition, devised to give students a deeper understanding of its and the estuary’s potential, was attended by over 300 people as All-Ireland winging player and manager Davy Fitzgerald presented the winners with the top prize of a €2,000 cheque for their school and ipads for each of the team members. Held at the Foynes Aviation & Maritime Museum, the Compass (Creating Our Marine, Ports and Schools Synergy) Transition Year Schools Competition drew entries from across the estuary counties, which were whittled down to just six schools - St. Patrick’ Comprehensive, Shannon, Co. Clare; Causeway Comprehensive, Co. Kerry; Salesian College, Pallaskenry; Colaiste Mhuire Askeaton; Castletroy College and Laurel Hill Secondary School from Limerick. Photo: Sean Curtin True Media.

The Shannon Estuary’s existing significance and future potential as shipping corridor of European scale was unfurled by students across the counties of Clare, Kerry and Limerick as Salesians College Pallaskenry claimed the second, biennial Compass Transition Year Schools Competition. Salesians College Pallaskenry, team captain Nathan Goldberg his presented with the award by Sean Kelly MEP. The final of the Shannon Foynes Port Company competition, devised to give students a deeper understanding of its and the estuary’s potential, was attended by over 300 people as All-Ireland winging player and manager Davy Fitzgerald presented the winners with the top prize of a €2,000 cheque for their school and ipads for each of the team members. Held at the Foynes Aviation & Maritime Museum, the Compass (Creating Our Marine, Ports and Schools Synergy) Transition Year Schools Competition drew entries from across the estuary counties, which were whittled down to just six schools - St. Patrick’ Comprehensive, Shannon, Co. Clare; Causeway Comprehensive, Co. Kerry; Salesian College, Pallaskenry; Colaiste Mhuire Askeaton; Castletroy College and Laurel Hill Secondary School from Limerick. Photo: Sean Curtin True Media.

The Shannon Estuary’s existing significance and future potential as shipping corridor of European scale was unfurled by students across the counties of Clare, Kerry and Limerick as Salesians College Pallaskenry claimed the second, biennial Compass Transition Year Schools Competition. Salesians College Pallaskenry, team captain Nathan Goldberg his presented with the award by Sean Kelly MEP. The final of the Shannon Foynes Port Company competition, devised to give students a deeper understanding of its and the estuary’s potential, was attended by over 300 people as All-Ireland winging player and manager Davy Fitzgerald presented the winners with the top prize of a €2,000 cheque for their school and ipads for each of the team members. Held at the Foynes Aviation & Maritime Museum, the Compass (Creating Our Marine, Ports and Schools Synergy) Transition Year Schools Competition drew entries from across the estuary counties, which were whittled down to just six schools - St. Patrick’ Comprehensive, Shannon, Co. Clare; Causeway Comprehensive, Co. Kerry; Salesian College, Pallaskenry; Colaiste Mhuire Askeaton; Castletroy College and Laurel Hill Secondary School from Limerick. Photo: Sean Curtin True Media.