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                                              Christy Cares!   By Kate Cooney McHale
              What do you miss
                                               It's no doubt that we have a big
              most about the old               school that needs a lot of work to

                     school?                   maintain  –  between  the  school
                                             and  its  vast  grounds.    With

                                 VOX POP     caretakers  Martin  Browne  and
                                             Christy  Donnelly,  literally  taking
                                             care  of  everything,  a  typical    and  leaves  at  5pm.  "  When  I
              Georgia Bourke, LC             workday  for  these  two  men  can   normally  come  in,  I  have  a

              “The classrooms for            be extremely busy.                   general  walk  around".  We
                                             Despite  this,  Christy  agreed  to   asked        him         what
              lunch”
                                             give a few minutes of his time for   his favourite part  of  day  was,
                                             a  chat  with  Daily  Mary’s.  A  rare   his  response  was  "When  I
                                             opportunity  to  see  him  take  a   come  in-in  the  morning  and
                                             seat, he joined me in the canteen.    see  all  of  ye!"  Christy  and
                                             When  I  pitched  the  idea  of  this   Martin tend to a lot of jobs at
                                             interview, all my classmates were    school, Christy said "In summer
                                             curious  to  find  out  more  about
                                                                                  time  it  would  be  most  hectic
                                             what the general day to day work
                                             of a caretaker is really like.       because we have to do loads of
                                                                                  outdoor  jobs  like  mowing  the
                                             Christy revealed that he arrives at
                                             school "around 8:30 am"              grass."
              Angelina Harley, LC
              “The toilets…”                 Keeping St. Mary’s campus clean


                                             By Kathleen Geraghty & Emma Holmes
              Louise Kenny, LC
              “The base rooms.”              A NEW school brings new faces – especially at the start of each term.
                                             This year, as September dawned and our new First Year students arrived
                                             at the brand-new campus, they weren't the only ones facing a whole

                                             new beginning. In essence, everyone who walked through our brand-
                                             new shiny doors was a 'newbie' but for one person life was changed
                                             dramatically.
                                             Meet Tara – our new full-time cleaner – who has the unenviable task of
                                             trying to keep our school, which measures.... over two floors...clean,

                                             hygienic and presentable.

                                              We stole five minutes of Tara's precious time and caught up with her to
                                             chat to her about her job.  Tara revealed that she worked in St. Mary’s
                                             last year also, however, her role started in the evenings after the
                                             students had left the buildings.  “Now I work from 10am until 3pm when
                                             everyone is here and I cover about 15,000 steps in that time.”
               Lisa Munnelly, LC
               “Being in the                 Unsurprisingly, when asked her least favourite job she volunteered:
                                             “Cleaning the toilets, as there is a lot of toilet paper around the place.”
               classrooms for                What can students do to help Tara? Her answer was clear and concise:
               lunch”                        “Be aware of crumbs and make sure to pick any toilet paper you drop.”
                                             One thing’s for sure, St. Mary’s is sparkling but we can all do our bit to
                                             keep it that way!
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