St. Joseph’s CBS most distinguished past pupil, the man credited with rescuing the Irish economy in the 1950s, TK Whitaker, returned to his former school on Jan 28th 2014 to officially turn the sod on a new extension. Now aged 97, Dr. Whitaker was once voted the greatest living Irish man and despite a stellar career as an illustrious economist…

Our photo shows : Professor Peter Gillen (left) and School Principal David Madden (right) with some of the Leaving Cert Students who achieved over 500 points in the Leaving Cert 2013. They include (back row) Emmet Murphy, Seán Mc Connell, James Carolan, Daniel Nelis (overall winner), and (front row) Ross Murphy , Mark Hoey, Sean Doherty and David Coffey. Students…