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Feargal Quinn Our Dear Friend
It is with great sadness that we learned today of the passing of our dear friend, Senator Feargal Quinn. He was a huge supporter of the work of the Leaving Certificate Applied National Association for many years. Each year he financially supported our national ‘Feargal Quinn Awards’, presented to the students who achieved the highest number of credits. He was appointed Chairperson of the Steering Committee for the Leaving Certificate Applied,in 1993, He described this appointment ‘as one of the more interesting and rewarding challenges that I have undertaken’. He believed ‘that the introduction of the Leaving Certificate Applied was the most important development in the educational system in recent years’. He valued the fact that the Leaving Certificate Applied offered students a choice, that takes into account the generally accepted fact that different people have different kinds of strengths, and that we should build for their future on those intelligences, rather than on exposing and punishing weaknesses. He remained a keen ambassador of the programme, attending our awards ceremony and annual conference. We will miss his friendship, encouragement and positive support.assistance.
Delighted to have you with us today! https://t.co/8gOBwA5RYN
Best of luck to our Teachers who are attending the @lcanaupdates annual conference today, where @kevinboxermoran, John Cronin of @CastleknockCC and @drharrybarry are speaking. #lca https://t.co/viPLFToujx
Dr Harry Barry speaking at our conference today! Wonderful speaker. What an eye opening talk! https://t.co/HKofAZ8Yfx
Fabulous conference here in the Shamrock Lodge Hotel! Thanks to former pupil Luigi for his wonderful talk and to John Cronin for an inspirational talk. Lots of ideas to take into school on Monday! https://t.co/xobRTJJULc
Absolutely thrilled to have @kevinboxermoran open our conference today! An inspirational man! Looking forward to having him present our Fergal Quinn Awards later! https://t.co/mgP9lsz8oC
