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STAFF and students at St. Clare’s schools Ennis can _ congratulate themselves on a job well done after the school was named among the winners in the AIB Better Ireland Programme.
St Clare’s will receive a funding boost of €10,000 after winning huge Support in a public text vote that de- cided the winners.
St Clare’s caters for children with all disabilities, physical, sensory and intellectual.
There are currently 57 children en-
rolled in the school supported by a highly dedicated staff.
Last year was one of the most sig- nificant in the history of St Clare’s with the opening, by Dr Willie Walsh, of a sensory garden.
The garden is specially designed to give children uninhibited access around the garden and allow them to discover something new at every nebaee
School principal Anne Rice said winning the award represented a tre- mendous achievement for the school.
She explained the money would be used to improve existing facilities,
including the sensory garden at the school.
St Clare’s is one of five award win- ners in Clare. Clare Haven house and Ennis CBS were the other nominees for the prize in Ennis.
Both the winning and runner-up groups will receive the proceeds from the text votes registered for their groups. Runner up projects will also receive an additional top-up do- nation from AIB, in recognition of the huge efforts they put in to their local campaigns.
The project with the second highest number of votes will receive a top-up
of €300, while the project with the third highest votes will receive a top- up of €200.
Michael Carr, AIB Regional Direc- tor, Clare and Limerick said:
“We would like to congratulate all the winning groups on their success in the public text vote and extend our thanks to all those who voted and helped out during this stage of the AIB Better Ireland Programme. We had a fantastic response to our call for votes, and this was due in no small way to the enthusiasm and en- ergy that all the groups put into cam- paigning at a local level.”