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Interview with Joanne O’Riordan at #Feilte

Roisin and Cara interviewed Joanne O’Riordan today at #Feilte. Joanne was giving the capstone speech and also took part in a panel discussion during the day. Joanne spoke about the impact of technology in her life and her favourite piece of technology. She also shared her thoughts on what she thinks the Irish government can do to help support Irish people with disabilities. Joanne also spoke about inclusive education and the role her friends played in not making her feel any different. She gave her advice to young people on everybody having a voice.

Roisin and Cara

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Interview with Clive Byrne, NAPD at Féilte

Amy and Anna interviewed Clive Byrne at Féilte 2017. He talked about his involvement in NAPD. The National Association of Principals and Deputy Principals ( NAPD) is the professional association for second level school leaders in Ireland. He spoke about why inclusion is important in education and his initial inspiration to get involved in education. He talked about his hopes for education in the future.

Amy and Anna
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Interview with showcases at #Feilte

Members of the team spoke to some people on the showcase stands at Feilte.

Computing at Schools

The Power of Reading Aloud

SciFest

Roisin, Jack, Elena, Denis, Loracn and Cara
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Youth Media Team visit Claire Byrne Live.

Caitlin and Lorcan visited the Claire Byrne Show in RTÉ. Claire was speaking to guests about doping in sport, cystic fibrosis and most interesting to us, education. There were lots of students in the audience and they all had something interesting to say.

It was a great experience to visit the RTÉ studios and after the show we got to meet Claire herself. Claire said she was interested in the work we do and would be delighted to do an interview with us soon.

We are looking forward to maybe visiting the RTÉ studios again some time soon.

Caitlin and Lorcan
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Interview with Lorcan Tuohy & Laura Walsh, Joint Winners of TY Personified Award

In the excitement of the awards ceremony,Elena managed to grab a quick moment with the two delighted winners- Lorcan Tuohy from Borrisokane CC (also a member of YMT!) and Laura Walsh from Sacred Heart Clonakilty. In the final round of the Richard Burke Ty Personified Award, the judges failed to separate Lorcan and Laura and they were announced as joint winners. This is the inaugural year of the award which is named in memory of Richard Burke, former Minister for Education, who introduced the TY programme into schools in Ireland.

Elena
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Interview with Amanda and Edwin from TY Ireland at #TYExpo2017

We spoke with Amanda and Edwin who are the co-founders of TY Ireland. TY Ireland organise TY Expo annually to give schools an opportunity to see what is available for TY students. We asked them about the work of TY Ireland and what advice they would have for students in TY and also for the parents of TY students.

Lorcan and Elena
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Interview with Miss Scott from Synge Street School at #TYExpo 2017

Teachers play a very important role in the Ty programme in schools so we had an opportunity to chat with Ms. Scott who is involved in the TY Programme in Synge Street School in Dublin. She told us about why she came to TY Expo and what parents can do to support their son/ daughter during their TY year.

Lorcan and Elena
Youth Media Team