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Volume Thirteen, Issue 8
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Contents
CIT Students’ Union, Student Centre,
Bishopstown, Cork.
Telephone: 021 433 5274
Email: supublications@cit.ie
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expliCIT Production
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CIT Students’ Union
President - Chris Scanlon
(supresident@cit.ie)
Vice President Education - Killian Hughes
(sueducation@cit.ie)
Vice President Welfare - Niamh Hayes
(suwelfare@cit.ie)
Projects Officer - David Humphreys
(suprojects@cit.ie)
Communications Officer - Sandra Hayes
(sucommunications@cit.ie)
Entertainments Officer - Cathal O’Mullane
(suentertainments@cit.ie)
Entertainments Manager Mick O’Mahony (event@cit.ie)
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5 Kick Stress Away!
6 Officers’ address
8 WTF! The Stability Treaty
explained
9 Rag Week Charities - final
figures are in
10 Look after yourself this
summer
12 SU Picture Gallery
14 CIT Societies Volunteers
Program recipients
announced
16 Problem page
17 CIT SU “Live at the Marquee”
Ticket Auction details
18 CIT Sports Awards Winners
19 M
unster Rugby
20 Sports end of term roundup
22 Games & competitions
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CIT SU & Chaplaincy
Tuesday 8th May:
De-Stress Week
8th-10th May
Wednesday 9th May:
Thursday 10th May:
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Kick that
Y
ou may find that your stress levels are beginning
to get higher and higher due to exams being
around the corner. Although a little bit of stress
can be good to keep you focused and motivated, too
much is simply a pain that no one should ignore.
Learn to deal with your stress in a positive way. Channelling
that stress into something productive is a fantastic way to deal
with it. If you do find that things are getting on top of you, there
are a lot of things you can do to keep calm and get perspective.
Keep a routine and take regular breaks:
Make out a study plan and stick to it but ensure you include plenty
of breaks. It is extremely important to make time for regular study
breaks and make time for relaxation and exercise. Going for a
walk, run or to the gym is a great way to clear your head and will
keep you focused in the long-term.
Limit your caffeine intake:
by Niamh Hayes
Stress
Away
Remember:
There is always light at the end of the tunnel. It may feel like
you are stuck at the moment but believe me they will be over
before you know it. Once you hand in that exam paper there
is nothing you can do about it, so don’t panic. Forget about it
for now and enjoy a well-deserved relaxation period.
Coffee, coke, caffeine tablets, etc. give you a short lift before making you crash and burn. You will then begin to feel sick and it will
interfere with your sleep, hence making it harder for you to concentrate. You will actually study better by drinking water, eating
healthy fresh food, taking regular breaks and getting lots of sleep.
Manage expectations:
Both external and internal pressures around exams can be huge.
It can be hard to deal with lecturers or parents expecting results
which you know yourself you cannot achieve. You need to tell
these people to back off (in a nice way of course!), and assure
them that you will do the best you can.
ALL ROOMS EN-SUITE
What can be worse, however, are your own internal expectations.
I know you all will want to do well in your exams but don’t put any
unnecessary pressures on yourself. Set realistic goals for yourself
and remember that if you don’t get exactly what you want, it is not
the end of the world. There are plenty of options out there.
Ask for and accept support:
If you do feel that it is all beginning to get on top of you, don’t be
ashamed to ask for help. There are plenty of people here in CIT
who are more than happy to help.
Call up to me in the Students’ Union Welfare Office where you can
talk to me about what you’re going through and I can give you tips
on dealing with that stress or email suwelfare@cit.ie
Make an appointment with the Careers and
Counselling Service in CIT by calling 4335772.
Speak with your classmates. You may be surprised to find out that
most of them are going through the same thing. Meet your lecturers, the majority are very approachable and will be happy to help.
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Officers’ Address
T
he final explicit of the year. . . and my final
expliCIT of all time and it is with a genuinely heavy heart that I write this one. I would
like to thank everybody who has helped in anyway shape or form both this year and last. It
has been a pleasure serving you guys. I would
like to take this chance to wish Danny, Niamh
and Killian all the best next year. I hope you will
deliver everything you promise and more.
Chris Scanlon
For everyone doing exams, please don’t
over burden yourselves with stress, worry
and anxiousness. The exams themselves,
although daunting and scary, aren’t that bad.
Others have gone through them before you
and have survived and gone on to lead happy, healthy lives. Exams are just that, exams.
Nothing more, nothing less. There is a small
problem with the processing of exam appeals this year, which you can read about in
this issue, so just familiarise yourself with the
situation and keep yourself covered.
We’d like to take this opportunity to say a
big thank you to all of you who supported
the Union during the year. Without your help
we wouldn’t have been able to
present such a comprehensive
programme of events including Freshers, Week Rag Week,
Class Rep Training, Union Council Awards, The Fees Campaign,
SU Elections, regular issues of
expliCIT and weekly night time
events, to name but a few. No
matter what you did, be it shaking a bucket for RAG week or
handing out flyers for Eclipse,
your help was invaluable and we here in the
SU cannot say thank you enough.
We would also particularly like to thank everyone for their support with all our Welfare
Projects throughout the year. We hope that
everyone enjoyed and benefited from the
Welfare Campaigns. Throughout S.H.A.G.
Week, Positive Mind & Body Week and Safety Week we gave out over 2500 condoms;
over 140 students and staff were given first
aid and defibrillator training; students and
staff received self-defence and safeTALK
suicide first aid training; we placed over
2000 students in the roll-over simulator so
that they could experience what it was like
to be in a car crash; and launched e-PUB
the online alcohol intervention programme
but to name a few things. We look forward
to organising even bigger and better welfare
campaigns next year. Our final Welfare Project is De-Stress Week which takes place this
week. Look out for us and the Chaplaincy
in the main corridor where we will be giving away treats and massages to all of you,
among other things.
Good luck with your exams, have a great
summer and remember to enjoy yourselves!
Chris, Niamh and Killian
Schedule of Deadlines (June 2012 – June 2013)
The Academic Administration and Student Affairs Office have released the following dates for your information.
You are asked to retain these important dates for future reference. Please pay particular attention to deadlines.
Wednesday 20th June
Monday 2nd July 2012 @ 5.00pm
Release of Examination Results for Semester 2
Closing date for Autumn 2012 Examination entry and online payment
(Flat fee of €50). Late payment after this deadline, for Autumn 2012 examination entry is
€150.
Friday 27th July 2012 @ 5.00pm
Closing date for late Autumn 2012 examination entry and online payment
(Late fee €150). Note that after this date, examination entries will not be accepted, online
or otherwise, and the online registration system will be disabled]. Students who have not
registered by this date will not be eligible to sit the Autumn Repeat Examinations.
Friday 5th October 2012 @ 5.00pm
Cut-off date for conferring numbers (Note that potential graduands with outstanding
summer or autumn exam appeals, outstanding module grade amendment forms/broadsheet amendment issues, or outstanding fees issues will be excluded at this point). These
students may be facilitated during the Institute’s Spring Conferring.
Friday 5th October 2012 @ 5.00pm
tudents to have enrolled for all modules taken. This can be done Online for (FullS
Time) and Forms (for Part-Time, Repeats, Examination Only, ACCS). Penalty for late
enrolment is €30.
Friday 19th October 2012 @5.00pm Increase in Late enrolment Fee for students who have failed to enrol for all modules
taken. The penalty for students who enrol, after this date, for all modules taken is €80
Friday 2nd November 2012 @5.00pm
No further enrolment for modules will be permitted. If students are not enrolled they
will have to wait until the Autumn Repeat Examination in August 2013. This will also apply
to modules not assessed by examination.
Week of January 28th 2013
Release of Examination Results for Semester 1.
Friday 8th February 2013 @ 5.00pm
Students to have enrolled for all modules taken. This can be done Online for (FullTime) and Forms (for Part-Time, Repeats, Examination Only, ACCS). Penalty for late
enrolment is €30.
Friday 22nd February 2013 @ 5.00pm
Increase in Late enrolment Fee for students who have failed to enrol for all modules
taken. The penalty for students who enrol, after this date, for all modules taken is €80
Friday 8th March 2013 @5.00pmNo further enrolment for modules will be permitted. If students are not enrolled they
will have to wait until the Autumn Repeat Examination in August 2013. This will also apply
to modules not assessed by examination.
Week of June 17th 2013
Release of Examination Results for Semester 2.
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Summer Programme 2012 at
The Learning Support Centre
A highly successful Summer Programme is delivered
every summer for the benefit of students taking autumn repeat examinations. Subject sessions are held
daily throughout July and August over four consecutive weeks in the run up to the autumn examinations.
Students will be notified about the Summer Programme
sessions by email, following the students’ summer exam
results. This year’s summer programme is expected to
run in the weeks leading up to the Autumn repeat examinations, from 16th July to 10th August. Autumn exams
begin on 13th August 2012.
ON / OFF
NO PHONES ▲ IPODS ▲ IPHONES
▲ COMMUNICATION DEVICES ▲ NOTES
IN THE EXAM HALL
IF YOU’RE CAUGHT,
IT’S CURTAINS!
Course Transfer Process
Thinking of
transferring back
to first year of a
new course? Contact the Careers & Counselling
Service for further information. The
Course Transfer form will be available from Tuesday, 8th May 2012. (Please do not contact the Careers &
Counselling Service before this date!) The deadline for applications is
Friday, 29th June 2012. Important Note: Early application
deadlines apply to specific courses. This process is not available to all
courses in CIT. Phone the Careers & Counselling
Service on 021 4335772 or call up to
the office (2nd Floor, Student Centre). Please see the expected Summer Programme Timetable
below, which will run for four consecutive weeks. Students who wish to register for the Summer Programme
2012 may do so at the Learning Support Centre office.
Keep in touch with the Learning Support Centre for further information.
If you do not get the time to call to the office prior to the commencement of the Summer
Programme 2012, just turn up for the subject sessions that suit you. Subject sessions
are free of charge.
Note: Please be aware of the change in timetable for week 4 due to the Bank Holiday Monday 6th August. There will be no sessions running on Monday 6th August.
Monday morning sessions will run on Friday morning and Monday evening Maths will run on
Tuesday evening.
Week 1
Day & time
Mon 16th July Tues 17th July Weds 18th July
10am-11am Programming Maths Programming 11am-12noon Programming Maths Programming 12noon-1pm Electronics Physics Electronics Electronics Physics Electronics 1pm-2pm 6pm-7pm Maths
Maths
7pm-8pm Week 2
Day & time
Mon 23rd July
10am-11am Programming 11am-12noon Programming 12noon-1pm Electronics 1pm-2pm Electronics 6pm-7pm Maths
7pm-8pm Maths
Week 3
Mon 30th July
Day & time
10am-11am Programming 11am-12noon Programming 12noon-1pm Electronics 1pm-2pm Electronics 6pm-7pm Maths
7pm-8pm Maths
Week 4
Tues 7th Aug
Day & time
10am-11am Maths 11am-12noon Maths 12noon-1pm Physics 1pm-2pm Physics 6pm-7pm Maths
7pm-8pm Maths
Thurs 19th July
Maths
Maths
Physics
Physics
Tues 24th July
Maths Maths Physics Physics Weds 25th July
Programming Programming Electronics Electronics Thurs 26th July
Maths
Maths
Physics
Physics
Tues 31st July
Maths Maths Physics Physics Weds 1st Aug
Programming Programming Electronics Electronics Thurs 2nd Aug
Maths
Maths
Physics
Physics
Weds 8th Aug
Programming Programming Electronics Electronics Thurs 9th Aug
Maths Maths Physics
Physics
Fri 10th Aug
Programming
Programming
Electronics Electronics
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I
WTF?
The
Stability
Treaty
f like most of us you are confused as to what the Fiscal Treaty actually means, June O’Reilly, a CIT lecturer, has succinctly
produced an unbiased summary of the main points of the treaty in a fashion that is meant to be eliminate ambiguity. Over
the next while we will all be assailed with information, most likely presented in a rather ominous manner i.e., it will be detrimental if we vote in the affirmative or detrimental if vote against the treaty, depending on what the politicians’ agendas are.
There appears to be some evidence that the politicians who are campaigning on the Treaty should read June’s summary and
perhaps they could put forward an erudite argument as to why we should are should not accept the treaty. Read on below if
you as a citizen, who is educated to a third level standard, want to be in a position to make a more informed decision or simply
debate the issues in a knowledgeable manner.
Summary of the Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and
Monetary Union (June O’Reilly, Professional
Studies, February 2012)
The treaty is structured as follows: there is a
4-page preamble which sets the scene for this
treaty by recalling previously made agreements
that support this treaty, referring to other agreements that will be made, and outlining its main
provisions.
This is followed by the Treaty itself, which
amounts to 7 A4 pages in length. There are
6 Titles and 16 Articles spread across those 6
titles. The Fiscal Compact is Title Three.
The treaty begins with a reminder that the individual economic policies of contracting parties
(members of the euro area whose currency is
the euro, as well as other parties specified in
Article 14) impact on the euro area overall. As
they do not stand alone, each country’s policies are thus ‘a matter of common concern’.
As can be seen from the title, the overall aim
of the treaty is to develop ever-closer linking
of economic policies and to safeguard the stability of euro area. In order to achieve this, the
treaty proposes that (1) a balanced budget rule
be introduced and (2) an automatic mechanism
for corrective action be put in place. What this
means is that the contracting parties sign up to
a new set of rules relating to government budgets and debts as well as a specific procedure
for penalising those contracting parties who
do not keep their side of the agreement, year
on year. The general gist of these new rules is
outlined in the Preamble (Paragraph 4) and the
detail spelt out in Article 3(1) b.
(1) The Balanced Budget Rule specifies that
(a) Government deficit must not exceed 3% of
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) (Preamble)
(b) Government debt must not exceed 60%
(or else be on the way down, heading towards being no more than 60% of GDP) This
must be declining at an average rate of one
twentieth per year. (Preamble)
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(c) The nitty-gritty of the rule clarifies that
budgets will be seen as balanced (and the rule
thus respected) if the Annual Structural Balance of the government is keeping to its country-specific medium term objectives as laid out
in the revised Stability and Growth Pact (earlier
agreement made) with a ‘lower limit of a structural deficit of 0.5% of GDP at market prices’.
(Article 3 (1) b)
(2)The Automatic Corrective Mechanism (Preamble, Paragraph 4; Article 7 and 8) spells
out the way that contracting partners who
stray from the rule will be brought into line:
(a)Surveillance: the implementation of the programme (and the yearly government budgetary plans that go with it) will be monitored.
The contracting parties will agree to whatever recommendations are made by the European Commission on countries who are in
breach of the agreement.
(b) If a contracting party does not act on these
recommendations, the issue will be brought
to the European Court of Justice who will
make a judgement as to what should happen next.
(c) If any of the contracting parties feels that the
errant country is not acting on the Court of
Justice’s judgement, the matter will go back
to the Court of Justice who then will impose
penalty payments or a lump-sum payment.
Fines will go into the coffers of the ESM (European Stability Mechanism) or the general
budget of the EU.
Permanent Nature of Treaty
The treaty commits contracting parties to this
agreement which is a permanent and binding
one. {Title 3, Fiscal Compact, Article 3 (2)} As
such, the treaty states that each country/contracting party should ideally, but not necessarily, test it against their constitution. In any
event, if a state signs this treaty, it will have to
guarantee that it will be ‘fully respected and
adhered to throughout the national budgetary
processes’ in future.
Impact of Treaty on Already Existing Financial
Assistance
If any state (Ireland, for example) does not sign
this treaty, there will be no change for the worse
to existing financial assistance already given
by EU/IMF. If the treaty is signed up to, there
will equally be no change for the better in the
terms of what we already agreed to under the
bailout we have already received. (Preamble,
Paragraph 20)
Impact of Treaty on Future Financial Assistance
from ESM
Any future financial assistance (funding/drawdown of funds from the ESM) will be conditional
on states signing up to this treaty. If the treaty is
not signed, it will mean that there will be no access to future funding, if we need it. (Preamble,
Paragraph 25)
Deadline
Only 12 States have to sign in order that the
treaty can come into force on 1st January 2013.
Other states can follow later, if they wish. (Article 14)
Openness (glasnost)
The treaty emphasises that there will be openness and transparency in the implementation
of the rules; that it will be an inclusive process
respecting the views of the social partners, and
that its purpose is to benefit all countries in the
Euro area. The treaty will be reviewed after five
years with the view to making it a permanent
feature of the European Union. (Article 16)
Exceptions
No deviation from what was agreed by the
treaty will be allowed, unless it is defined as an
exceptional circumstance. These are defined
in Title 3, Fiscal Compact, Article 3(3) where it
states that a situation can only be regarded as
exceptional if it does not endanger fiscal stability in the medium term.
RAG WEEK
CIT
13-16 Feb, 2012
This year fifteen worthy causes benefitted from your efforts to raise funds during
Rag Week. The Cork Life Centre was designated the main beneficiary and €4,000
was donated to the Centre at the Union Council Awards. The other beneficiaries
and what they do are outlined below:
Donated €250 to Cork Simon Community
Cork Simon Community has been working with people
who find themselves homeless in Cork since 1971. They
provide accommodation for 118 people every night and
other supports for many more. Their services include: a Youth
Homeless Drugs Prevention Programme, a 24 hour Emergency
Shelter, a nightly Soup Run and a Rough Sleeper Service.
Donated €250 to Threshold
Threshold is the National Housing Charity whose aim is to
secure a right to housing, particularly for households experiencing the problems of poverty and exclusion. Threshold
has a long history of providing support to students who experience housing problems such as illegal evictions, deposit retention, standards and maintenance issues and rent arrears.
Donated €250 to Cork Spina Bifida &
Hydroceptalus
Cork Spina Bifida & Hydroceptalus is a support group for
people with spina bifida and hydrocephalous and for their
families in Cork. They provide advice, support and financial aid
to their members. They receive no financial assistance from the
State and all of their funds are gathered through charitable donations. Donations are used to provide secure mobile aids, educational aids and reduce the cost of making a home accessible to a
person with a disability.
Donated €250 to Aislinn
Aislinn Centre offers skilled and extensive drug counselling
and treatments to young people (15-21), whose lives have
been affected by alcohol, drugs and gambling.
Donated €250 to Barretstown
Barretstown is a Kildare based charity that offers a residential programme of therapeutic recreation to children
and families who have been affected by cancer and other serious
illness. They aim to restore the confidence and self-esteem of
children who have been through the trauma of serious illness at
a young age.
Donated €250 to ALONE
ALONE works with vulnerable older people, providing long
term housing, a befriending service and supports in the
community. Many of those who have used ALONE accommodation have been homeless or at risk of being homeless.
Donated €250 to The Cork City Hospitals
Children Club
The Cork City Hospitals Children’s Club volunteers fundraise all year round to bring 40 sick children on a trip of a lifetime
to Euro Disney.
Donated €250 to Haiti Orphanage Project
Espwa
The Haiti Orphanage Project Espwa (HOPE) is a registered Irish charity run on a voluntary basis (no salaries/no
expense accounts) to support orphanages across Haiti including construction/facility work; administration; Codes of Practice;
training; and education.
Donated €250 to Irish Children’s College Haiti
The aim of this charity is to build a school campus in Haiti. The
school will be a monument to the generosity of Irish students and
will give life-chances to hundreds of Haitian children.
Donated €250 to Goal
GOAL is an international humanitarian agency dedicated
to alleviating the suffering of the poorest of the poor. They
are a non-denominational, non-governmental and nonpolitical organisation who deliver on a range of humanitarian programmes across the globe.
Donated €352.72 to Irish Cancer Society
The Irish Cancer Society is Ireland’s national cancer charity.
They listen, they support, they provide care, they create
awareness, they provide information, they fund research
and they influence decisions about cancer.
Donated €190.98 to Avon Breast Cancer
Crusade – Arc House
The Avon Breast Cancer Crusade was launched in Ireland
in association with ARC Cancer Support. Money raised
goes primarily to support two specialist Avon breast cancer nurse
counsellors. The nurses provide practical advice and emotional
support to women from diagnosis through treatment, recovery
and aftercare.
Donated €250 to School of the Divine Child
The School of the Divine Child supports students with physical
and multiple disabilities. The aim of the school is to enable individuals to achieve their potential in order that they can participate
as fully as possible within their local communities and society in
general. The Rag Week funding donated will go towards the purchase of swimming togs and hats for their students who benefit
from hydrotherapy and swimming on a weekly basis.
Donated €250 to Sergio O’Connor
Sergio O’Connor was born with an incomplete oesophagus which
prevents him from eating, drinking and swallowing which means
he is constantly wired up to tubes and life saving apparatus. His
family are hoping that a ground breaking procedure abroad at the
Oesophageal Advanced Centre in Boston will allow Sergio’s oesophagus to be repaired rather than replaced. Sergio is scheduled to undergo surgery at time of going to print.
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by Niamh Hayes
Look after yourself
during the summer
expense of your trip and can cause you
significant delay.
I
n a few weeks’ time, many of you will
jet off to greener pastures on your J1s
to experience foreign shores. I have put
together a list of points which you should
find helpful. I encourage you to please
keep in mind your safety when embarking
on this exciting summer adventure.
While I’m sure most of you will have most
of the big planning completed, it is essential that if you are planning to work and
live in another country, that everything is
planned to a tee before you go. This will
help ensure that you have a rewarding
and successful trip.
Keep your passport secure:
Lost or stolen passports are a regular
problem for people going travelling every
year. If you do find yourself without your
passport, go to the nearest Irish Embassy
as soon as you as you can. Re-placement
travel documentation can be obtained at
the Embassy but it does add to the
Take enough money:
Make sure you have enough money to get
yourself set up. It may take several weeks
before you’ll find a job or obtain your
Social Security Number and because
of these delays it is important to bring
enough money to cover all eventualities.
Take a mixture of cash, credit cards and
traveller’s cheques, and don’t keep all
your money in one place. It is more likely
to get lost or stolen if you keep it all together. If you are renting accommodation,
you will more than likely be required to
pay a deposit and some rent in advance
so ensure you have enough money to tie
you over.
Get to know the local laws:
In many countries, public disorder offences, such as public drunkenness, are treated more severely than in Ireland. If you
are arrested and subsequently convicted,
this may affect your ability to re-enter that
country again and if you do have a conviction it will affect your entry into some
countries in the future.
Be alert:
Take the same precautions as you would
at home. Be aware of what is going on
around you and keep away from situations that make you feel uncomfortable.
Do not accept lifts from strangers; do not
walk alone after dark; try and travel in
groups if possible; and be aware of drugs.
Be careful with alcohol:
When consuming alcohol know your limit.
You are more likely to have an accident
if you are drunk and probably won’t be
covered by insurance. This also applies
to drug abuse.
Keep in touch:
Keep your family and friends informed
as to your whereabouts and your travel
plans. Bring a mobile phone that works in
the country so that you can be reached
in case of emergency. Use your email account as a means of staying in touch with
those at home by not keeping in touch
will cause your loved ones un-necessary
worry and anxiety.
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Thanks to everyone who supported the Health
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donations and a raffle during this lunchtime
prizes:
sincere thanks to the following for donating raffle
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Gala, McCarthys, Students
of Ireland
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who volunteered
A special thank you to our two qualified instructors
r Cycling Instructor
their free time to this event:– Deirdre Cronin, Indoo
Instructor.
(Recreation & Leisure) and Linda Champ, Yoga
School Of Graduate Studies
Winner of the 2012 CIT APP-rentice competition Katie O’Sullivan from Killarney
who won the 1st prize in the competition for her APP i spoted. Also pictured are
Colm Barry-Murphy, Senior Lecturer in CIT, Colette Murphy, Lecturer, CIT, Gerard
O’Donovan Head of Scholl of Business CIT and Catherine Murphy, Lecturer, CIT.
Picture: Pascal Ungerer
APPlause for CIT student APP
As part of Innovation week which recently took place CIT, students took
part in the inaugural APPrentice competition. The aim of the competition
was to get the creative juices flowing and to encourage the design of
app ideas from students across all college faculties. Over 140 competition entries came from disciplines as diverse as mechanical engineering,
horticulture, music and multi-media. Posters for top twenty APPs were
created by business administration students and displayed in the college,
drawing a large audience from among the student population.
Judges from industry included Ken Corcoran, CFO of Product World, Russell Quigley CEO of Nixatel and designer of the recently launched Irish Fiddler app, Marion Roche. Gerard O’Donovan, Head of School of Business
in CIT, presented the overall prize in the APPrentice competition to Katie
O’Sullivan from Killarney, who is currently in her final year of a visual communications degree. Her app design, iSpoted, is a location based app
targeted at creatives that will enable them to capture and share an image
they like, be it a logo, piece of typography, mural or billboard.
The APPrentice competition was organised by Catherine Murphy, Colm
Barry-Murphy and Colette Murphy from the School of Business.
Launches Annual
Cit Postgraduate Fair
T
he growing significance of postgraduate activity for CIT was evidenced in the successful CIT
Postgraduate Fair 2012 organised by the CIT
School of Graduate Studies on Tuesday February 7th,
2012 in the Institute’s Student Centre. The Fair provided an excellent opportunity to further develop links
between CIT students and staff and other institutes
and universities within Ireland at postgraduate level.
This year’s Fair was officially opened by Dr Barry
O’Connor, Registrar and Vice President for Academic
Affairs and Dr Eamonn Cashell, Dean of Graduate
Studies.
The Fair was host to over thirty stands, including many
Institutes of Technology and the majority of Ireland’s
Universities. In addition to this, a number of CIT
Academic Departments and Research Centres of Excellence participated, offering them the opportunity to
showcase postgraduate course options and thus encourage postgraduate student recruitment. Students
had the opportunity to speak directly to representatives of the various institutions and departments and
thus find out more about employment opportunities
after completing a Postgraduate Programme, application procedures and closing dates.
The School of Graduate Studies offers continued support to anyone choosing to move towards 4th level education in CIT.
See: www.cit.ie/prospectivestudents.postgraduates
for postgraduate course information.
Grand Prize Winner at NCBI!
CIT’s Kieran O’Callaghan has been presented with the NCBI Grand
Prize and a cash award of €3,000 for his Enablement Products,
AquaEye and VisionRE, by Minister Pat Rabbitte TD, Minister for
Communications, Energy and Natural Resources at the NCBI Inclusive Technology Showcase - Wood Quay, Dublin.
Nine designers of inclusive technologies battled against each other in an exhibition-style showcase. The Mission is to promote digital inclusion in Ireland, with a specific focus on vision and vision
loss. Design entries comprised technologies which were designed
in an inclusive way and those which specifically address the needs
of users who are blind or have a vision impairment.
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By: Aoife Kelliher,
Societies Office
CIT
Societies
Volunteer
Abroad
program
A
n experience of a lifetime awaits nine
CIT students this summer as they are
on the countdown to participating in
volunteer projects abroad.
Through the CIT Volunteer Abroad Programme, these students will receive a scholarship to cover the cost of their volunteer program and flights allowing them to participate
in a volunteer program that they may not have
been in a position to fundraise for.
Scholarship Recipients:
(left to right) Linda Hodgkinson,
Ruth Hogger, Jorge Ruiz,
Theresia Gevers and
Eoin Keane
Neasa Peters Social Care 1st Year
Youth Volunteer Camp, Himachal India
June, 4 weeks
Jorge Ruiz Community Development
2nd Year Teaching, Mumbai India
May & June, 9 weeks
Elaine O Connor Social Care 2nd
Maria Carey Social Care 2nd Year
year. Youth Volunteer Camp, Himachal India
June, 4 weeks
Linda Hodgkinson Early Years
Education 2nd Year, Youth Education, Ghana
June, 4 weeks
Ruth Hogger Fine Art 3rd Year
Youth Volunteer Camp, Himachal India &
Orphanage work and childcare, Kathmandu
Nepal June & July, 8 weeks
Welfare programme, Ho Chi Minh Vietnam
June & July, 6 weeks
Theresia Gevers Fine Art 3rd Year
Conservation, Guatemala
August, 3 weeks
Eoin Keane Horticulture 3rd Year
Construction & Community, Chennai India
June, 3 weeks
Mairead Allen Social Care 4th Year
Arts Programme, Chang Mai Thailand
June, 4 weeks
The Volunteer Abroad Program was open for
application from any full time CIT student.
Applications were shortlisted for interview
based on their local volunteering experience
with societies, clubs, students union and other voluntary organisations and groups.
A further six students were awarded Volunteer Abroad Bursaries to the value of €500
each. These bursaries provide financial assistance for students who are fundraising
to participate in a volunteer program and in
many cases are the difference between them
achieving their target amount.
The program is funded through the profits
from the Societies Ball events at which over
3,000 students attended during the year and
also from the CIT student finance committee.
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Bursory Recipients: (left to right) Dominic Spillane, Elsa Weissbrich,
Roy Evans, Derek Hilliard and Róisín Bohan
CIT Success
CIT student is Graduate
Employee of the Year 2012
Congratulations to Connor Barry, winner of the
Graduate
Gradireland
Employee of the Year
2012 who received his
award recently at a gala
dinner at the Mansion
House Dublin.
Connor graduated with
a First Class Honours
Bachelor of Engineering Degree in Mechanical Engineering at Cork
Institute of Technology in
2010, thereafter securing a place on the highly
selective Abbott Ireland
DevelopProfessional
ment Programme.
Connor has completed
three of his four rotations on this programme and is currently
working on assignment as a global buyer in the Abbott Nutrition Supply Chain in Columbus, Ohio, the first Irish Professional
Development Programme recruit to be offered such a global assignment. Connor’s previous rotations were as a process development engineer and a quality engineer in Abbott Vascular’s Irish
operations. Conor conducted his 2010 final year project at Cork
Institute of Technology on Contact Lens Detection in conjunction
with Bausch and Lomb under the supervision of Dr. Michael J.
O’Mahony.
Sweet Success for CIT Marketing Students
On Tuesday 24th April, chocolate took centre stage in CIT, with third year marketing
students
competing for the prestigious Marketing Institute Student Award. Each group,
under the guidance of lecturer Colette Murphy, were challenged with designing a marketing
campaign for Katie’s
Real Chocolates, based in Bandon, with an emphasis on reinforcing the brand
values of fun and
creativity, while staying within a fictional budget of €1,000.
The competition was kicked off in style by a team comprising of Alan McGee,
Dima Keane, Colum
Dinneen and Max Buckley putting on an impressive cocktail making display,
unveiling a branded
cocktail using melted chocolate to the strains of Wham’s ‘Careless Whisper’.
An all-girl line up of Emilia Mantilla, Alison Lynch, Keira O’Brien, Susan Donovan,
Jane Kelleher
and Katazyna Gortat displayed their creativity by designing a guerrilla marketing
campaign which
included the design of innovative promotional material.
The close-run competition was won by a team comprising of Brian O’Connor
, Ciara Lee, Gaelle
Quemener, Shauna Devlin, Lauren Arthurs and Ian Dennehy. Their new
product suggestion of
chocolate Oscars or ‘Choscars’ stole the show, when the team distributed
a prototype of the
product which they had made earlier.
Local entrepreneur Katie Buckley from Katie’s Real Chocolates in Bandon
was very impressed
with the standard of presentation and was at pains to point out that picking
a winner was a very
difficult task. Katie was joined on the judging panel by Vincent Scanlon and
Jenny O’Flynn from
the Marketing Institute Southern branch and recently retired marketing lecturer,
Michael Walsh.
Head of the Department of Management and Marketing, Brian McGrath, was
on hand to award
the prizes, which included the Marketing Institute Cup.
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Q
So You think you have Problems...
I am currently in my first serious relationship and I have had to admit that I am completely addicted to it. Time spent away due
to holidays etc., is complete torture. I find
myself sobbing at the thought of my boyfriend and I being parted for the summer,
especially with him going on a two week
holiday. I want to spend as much time
with him as possible but then I have had
my heart broken before and always look
at guys with a pessimistic approach. I am
constantly thinking that he doesn’t love me
as much as I love him. I want to stop and
get a grip of myself but I can’t. I have a
constant lump in my throat and I am constantly breaking out in cold-sores because
of how stressed I am getting. I really feel
I need help as I am crying myself to sleep
too often. Please will you give me advice?
You may not like what I am about to say but
I think that you need some time to yourself.
You need to figure out your own life. This
entails deep reflexion. Who you are? Where
are you going? You will also need to learn to
love yourself a little bit more. Once you begin to feel self-love, you will then be able to
let someone in fully and if they truly love you,
you will know. Remember this is only your
first serious relationship. You are in college,
you should be having fun. You do not need
the stress of all this, especially as it’s coming up to exams. If you do choose to be in a
relationship, it should be fun and stress-free.
Relationships are about been with someone
you like, and you probably like them because
you get on and have a good time together.
Anything that causes you stress should be
avoided at all costs for the sake of your men-
tal health. Therefore, I think you really need to
take some time to figure your mind out. Are
you addicted to your boyfriend or are you addicted to the thought and need of having one?
This is a question only you can answer.
Right you need to calm yourself and take
a deep breath! First of all you need to stop
worrying about him not loving you as much
you love him. Has he ever given you any reason to think he doesn’t love you? If not, then
calm down. If he didn’t love you he wouldn’t
see you as much and he would be off form
or always doing other things. The holidays
are coming up. Yes he is going away for two
weeks of it but absence makes the heart grow
fonder and think of the sex when you see him
next! It will be even better that you have been
apart for two weeks. If you obsess too much
you might scare him off and you don’t want
that. You can text him when is on his holidays,
not all the time but once or twice a day just to
make sure he is okay or if you are that stuck
download skype on both your phones and
skype each other. Just calm down and stop
worrying. Your past relations are in the past
for a reason. Learn from them but do not live
in the past! Good luck.
Q
The end of the year is coming and so are
end of semester exams. I have been seeing
my boyfriend for nearly five months, and
it’s going great. The problem is my study
is very important to me and his course is
all practical based along with his exams,
so he doesn’t have to do that much study.
He is always on to me to hang out or go
clubbing or go to the cinema but I can’t. It
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Left to right: Eoin Devlin, Billy Cummings,
Alex Musgrave and Irial Kennedy
CIT Students launch
space mission!
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gets really annoying and I just give in and
I end up going out. I am now worried that
I am going to fail my exams! What can I do
to get my boyfriend to understand that I
need to study and to stop at me about going out?
Life is all about trying to find a balance. And
this situation is exactly the same. You need to
find a balance that is going to make both of
you happy. You need to chat with your boyfriend, tell him everything that is going on.
Maybe it’s just a case of mis-communication.
Explain to him that your course is very theory
based and that these exams are extremely important. If he is any sort of good boyfriend, he
will understand this. However, you do need to
make time for him too. Set aside one or two
evenings during the week where you can hang
out. After all it is essential that you do take
breaks from your study, so spending time with
him might be just what you need. Do remember though, that boyfriends don’t always last
forever and I’m not saying it won’t last but it
is important to keep in mind that if he goes,
you will be left with your study/career which is
going to be based on your exams.
What you need to do is tell him NO! Tell him
that you need to study as your exams are important to you. If he goes on that studying isn’t
important just tell him that your course isn’t
practical based so you need to go over your
course work and study it. If he gets stroppy
about it, tell him that’s the way it is and if he
doesn’t accept it; then it’s time to show him
where the door is. If he doesn’t respect what
is important to you then he doesn’t really care
about you and is more interested in going out,
then let him off.
any weeks of careful planning came together and made the Ballymaloe
space project not only a reality but a great success. The launch of the space
rocket (a jar of Ballymaloe Relish) took place on Saturday the 24th of March
2012 just outside of Mallow. The team tracked its’ progress to an altitude of 5400
feet then lost contact. Two hours later, they received the first location two miles off
the coast of Youghal. This seemed to be the end of the project as a water landing
was the worst case scenario. Luck sided, however, and lower atmospheric winds
carried the unit inland where it touched down in a stubble field.
A maximum altitude of 96,500 feet was achieved at which point the jar and its contents were completely frozen as can be seen in the video. The low temperatures
caused the camera equipment to fail upon its decent but luckily the GPS unit kept
running and allowed continued tracking.
The team was made up of the following: Alex Musgrave - Producer and cinematographer, Billy Cummings - Editor and motion graphics, Eoin Devlin - Animator, Irial
Kennedy - Head of Design and Engineering, Aisling Ryan - Musician. This Project
was only made possible with the input of each of these individuals and their dedication. It truly was a great achievement for all involved.
See it now at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEyGEHETPog
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Sports
T
CIT Sport Awards Winners 2012
he Cork Institute of Technology Sports Awards presentation function in association with Bank of Ireland, took place on Wednesday 2nd of May at
the Tourism and Hospitality building in CIT. Popular Guest Speaker was
former Munster and Ireland Rugby player Alan Quinlan.
These CIT awards have been running since 1993 and it provides the ideal opportunity for the Institute to recognise students who have excelled in their chosen
sport throughout the past academic year. The awards are based on outstanding
achievements in their sport and/or the administration of clubs within the Institute.
As well as recognising current sporting heroes, the sports awards afford the opportunity to also recognise our graduates. This year the Institute chose to award
former Cork Senior and current Newtownshandrum hurler, Pat Mulcahy as
the “Graduate Achievement Award” recipient. Pat joins the prestigious list of
Graduate achievement award winners such as Graham Canty, Juliet Murphy,
Denis Walsh, David Wallace, Eoin Liston, Conor Counihan, Dave Barry, Paul
Wallace, Joe Kavanagh, Brian Carey, Brian Corcoran, Sarah Kelleher, Mags
Finn, Wesley Bateman, John Cleary and Philly Larkin.
Each award recipient is a shining example to their peers. On the day the following
awards were presented:
Eanna Farrell (Athletics) from: Kilmacthomas,
Co. WaterfordCourse: BEng in Sustainable Energy.
Home Club: West Waterford A.C.
- Chairman of the CIT Club and lead by example throughout
the year.
- Led CIT’s cross country team to retain their County U23
county title & came sixth in the Novice.
Eanna Farrell
Michael Flavin (Rugby) from: Youghal, Co Cork
Course: Bar Management 3 Home Club: Youghal
- Led CIT to win the All-Ireland Division 2 in 2010/’11
- mAll-Ireland Division 1 semi-finalists with CIT this season
Fresher of the Year
Michael Flavin
The 10 individual award winners ...
Gavin McCarthy (Soccer) from: Fairhill, Cork
Course: Recreation & Leisure 3. Home Club: CIT
- CIT’s top scorer so far this year & won the Umbro Plate
- 2011: won the Umbro (B) Cup and won “Junior Player of the Year”.
Gavin McCarthy
Amanda Boland (Ladies Rugby) from: Naas, Co Kildare
Course: Social Care 3. Home Club: CIT
- All-Ireland Divison 2 Champions 2011-12.
- Secretary of the CIT Ladies Rugby Club, organised the majority of
matches, training sessions and fundraising events.
Denis Good (Sailing) from: Carrigaline, Co Cork
land
Amanda Bo
Mary McDonnell
Course: Business Studies 3 Home Club: Royal Cork Yacht
- Chief organiser of all the CIT Sailing Club activities
- Vital member of the CIT World Cup team that came 3rd in France
Mary McDonnell (Ladies Soccer) from: Cobh, Co Cork.
Course: Business Studies 4 Home Club: Cobh Ramblers
- In each of her 5 years in CIT, she has been a member of the Ladies
Soccer committee every year.
- Only player on the squad to win promotion twice with CIT-this year
and 2009.
- Member of the Munster Colleges interprovincial squad 2008.
Stephen White (Hurling) from: Carrigaline, Co Cork
Course: Business Studies 4 Home Club: Ballygarvan
- With CIT-Fitzgibbon Cup Finalists 2012 & “Man of the Match”
award in the final. Freshers All-Ireland 2007.
- Cork Senior Hurling Panel 2012. Munster medals at Minor, U21 &
Intermediate levels.
Stephen White
Roseanne Phelan
John Hickey
Roseanne Phelan (Canoe) from: Ballingarry, Co Tipperary
Course: Applied Biosciences 2. Home Club: CIT
- Secretary & Equipment Officer of the CIT Canoe Club this year.
- Intervarsities: 2nd in the individual Long Distance, on the CIT team
that were 7th in the Whitewater & 8th in the Freestyle. Also a key
player in the Polo competition.
- At Gower 2012 in Limerick she won the Sports category for Freestyle (open to both men & women).
John Hickey (Golf) from: Glanmire, Co Cork Course: Business
Information Systems 1 Home Club: Cork Golf Club
- Won every match for CIT Premier League team and helped them
qualify for the League finals, finishing 3rd.
- Qualified for the final round in the Intervarsities and finished tied for
8th individual.
- Has been a member of Munster & Irish development panels
Sinead McMahon (Ladies Football) From: South Douglas
Road, Cork Course: Business Studies 4 Home Club: Nemo Rangers
- Has held the positions of Equipment Officer and Chairperson of the
CIT Ladies Football Club.
- In first year were Runners-up in the All-Ireland Freshers blitz and in
second year was a member of the All-Ireland winning Lynch team.
- 2 county medals with Nemo Rangers & 2 All-Ireland medals with
ahon
Sinead McM
Cork Senior B’s.
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Emma Farmer
Emma Farmer (Ladies Soccer) from: Midleton,
Co Cork Course: Recreation & Leisure 1
Home Club: Cork Womens FC
- Member of Irish U19 team 2010-2012 & Cork Senior womens
team (also Cork Senior B Gaelic Footballer)
- With CIT Ladies Soccer won promotion to the WSCAI premier
league & received a First Division All-Star.
- Recently selected on the “league team of the season” following her performances with Cork.
“Graduate Achievement Award” Pat Mulcahy,
former Cork Senior hurler and Newtownshandrum hurler.
Pat has enjoyed huge success with the Newtownshandrum
Club, winning a county intermediate title, county senior medals,
Munster and All-Ireland Club medals. Pat first donned the Cork
jersey in 1995, lining out at full-back for the U21s. In 1997 he
won an All-Ireland medal with the Cork intermediate team and
Pat Mulcahy
made his senior debut in 2000. Pat won Munster medals and an
All-Ireland medal with Cork Seniors and was also the recipient
of an All Star award in 2005. Pat coached the CIT hurlers to the Fitzgibbon Final
this year.
“Team of the Year” Ladies Rugby
- Winners of the Division 2 All-Ireland final-beating DCU.
“Club of the Year” Mens Soccer - The CIT Munster Senior League team received the team of the month for February & are in a commanding position in the league & haven’t lost a league game
since the 2nd of December.
- The College B team triumphed in the CFAI B Cup with a wonderful 2-1 victory
over red hot favourites Colaiste Ide to retain the cup which they were also victorious in last year.
- The College A team won the CFAI Umbro Plate against a determined GMIT side.
- Member playing on the Irish Colleges team.
International Achievement Awards x 8
Awarded to the following members of the CIT Sailing World Cup Team
who finished in a remarkable third at the Student Yachting World Cup in France in
2011- Denis Good, George Kenefick, Aidan Mc Laverty, Joseph
Bruen, Maria Connolly, Kevin Goulding, Gemma
Twohig, Judy O’Brien
Achievement Awards x 3
Cliodhna Sargent (Hockey)
Cliodhna
Sargant
Colin
Fenelly
Awarded to Masters student Cliodhna Sargent in recognition of winning her 100th international cap this academic year. Cliodhna lined
out at centre-back for the Irish Senior team at the Irish Womens
Hockey Olympic qualifiers in Belgium in March. The Irish team did
extremely well, finishing in second place and were unlucky to lose out
in the final to Belgium. Cliodhna has remarkably amassed more than
110 caps for her country.
Colin Fennelly (Hurling)
Awarded to fourth year Construction Management student Colin Fennelly from the Ballyhale Shamrocks Club in recognition of winning an
All-Ireland Senior Hurling medal in 2011 with Kilkenny Seniors.
Jenny Luddy (Ladies Football)
Jenny
Luddy
Awarded to second year Recreation & Leisure student Jenny Luddy
from the Mallow Club in recognition of her winning an All-Ireland Senior Ladies Football medal with Cork Seniors in 2011.
Munster
Rugby
by Niamh Hayes
On Friday 20th April, 2012 Leinster did Munster a favour with their 16-8 win
over Ulster, leaving Ulster in 5th place in the RaboDirect PRO12 table. Munster
went on and booked their spot in the play offs of the RaboDirect PRO12 following a 20-20 away draw to the Llanelli Scarlets on Saturday 21st April, 2012.
Tries from Donnacha Ryan and Simon Zebo ensured Munster remained at third
position in the competition and led them to the final round of the competition
where they met Ulster this past weekend in Thomond Park.This article went to
print before this match and so we are unaware of the result, however the result
of this competition will determine whether Munster or Ulster will play Ospreys
in the semi-final.
There was more good news for the Munster side who won the British & Irish
Cup Final in a convincing feat on 27th April against Cross Keys. The strength
of our scrum pack and the team’s ability to withstand pressure were no match
for the Welch side, ending in a score of 31-12.Just last week, Munster players
Denis Leamy, Donnacha O’Callaghan, Christy Condon, Mick O’Driscoll and
James Coughlan paid a visit to the annual Mechanical, Manufacturing and Biomedical Engineering Exhibition here in CIT. They were particularly interested
in a number of projects which were carried out in collaboration with Munster
Rugby and CIT Mechanical Engineering students. The projects included the
development of an advanced scrum machine and scrum simulator, a scrum
shield and a lineout training aid.
As the end of the season approaches, Munster will see many changes to their
side in the near future. Rob Penney was, last week, confirmed as Munster’s
new Head Coach. He is expected to arrive here in July when he will take over
from Tony McGahan, who has been confirmed as the Qantas Wallabies Coaching Co-Ordinator. Penney has much experience under his belt, including being
the Head Coach of Canterbury since 2006. A big loss to the side will come at
the end of the season when Mick O’Driscoll calls it a day. O’Driscoll began
his career in August 1998, making his Heineken Cup debut against Neath in
September of that year. This season alone he has captained Munster in many
of their games. Another great loss will be the departure of Denis Fogarty who
is leaving the side after being offered a two year contract with the French Pro
Division 2 side Aurillac. Fogarty admitted that it was not an easy decision to
move to Aurillac, who are coached by former Ireland international Jeremy Davidson. He has gained much experience with the Munster side including winning two Heineken Cup medals and three Magners League titles, however he
is not looking for a new challenge and hopes that the French side will provide
this. The future, however, remains bright for the Munster Rugby team as they
continue to go from strength to strength. As the squad continues to train here,
there is no doubt that CIT has had some input into their success.
2011-2012 RaboDirect PRO12
to print)
Position Team
1
Leinster Rugby
2Ospreys
Munster Rugby
3
4
Glasgow Warriers
5
Scarlets
6
Ulster Rugby
7
Cardiff Blues
8
Connacht Rugby
9
Benetton Treviso
League Table (at the time of going
Played
21
21
21
21
21
21
21
21
21
Won Drew
17
1
151
13
1
12
4
112
12
0
10
0
7
1
7
0
Lost Points
3
77
5 67
7
62
5
61
8 57
9
56
11
50
13
37
14
36
21
5
15
10Newport Gw. Dragons 21
11Edinburgh Rugby 12Aironi Rugby
21
7
1
4
0
1
13
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Sport
CIT Student GAA Club – Yearly Round up
T
he Final Fixture of the 2011/12
Higher Education saw CIT
crowned All Ireland Intermediate Football Champions as a result
of their 1:14 to 1:09 over GMIT. It was
the end of a long and tough campaign
under the stewardship of team management Billy O Connor (CIT Graduate
2008), Vincent Manning (CIT Graduate 2002) and Liam Hodnett (Retired
Head of Faculty of Engineering). The
team was captained by Glenflesk man,
Damien Moynihan, who is currently
studying 3rd year Transport Management and Automobile Engineering. It
CIT Organising Committee
- Night at the Dogs
was the second National Success
for the CIT Student GAA Club when
the Camogie team recorded a comprehensive win over Athlone in the
final of the Purcell Shield. Played as
part of the Higher Education Camogie
Championship Weekend in Waterford IT, CIT
showed good maturity
by putting in a polished
performance to outclass
Athlone on a score line
of 4:11 to 0:2.
Overall it had been another busy season for
the CIT Student GAA
Club. Since last September the Institute’s
GAA Club has played
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91 Higher Education Championship
and League Games
between all its
various teams and
2012 Senior
over 160 games all
tolled when including tournaments and practice games.
This year we fielded 6 football teams
and 5 hurling teams. We also fielded a
Camogie senior and fresher team and
a senior Ladies Football team. This is
CIT’s Eirn Corkery in action
in the Purcel Shield Final
on par with colleges who have three or
four times our numbers of students and
we are the largest Institute of Technology club in the country.
Ladies football team
would like to thank them sincerely for
their continued generosity.
While we are naturally disappointed
not to have landed the Fitzgibbon or
Sigerson despite coming so close
again this year, we are immensely
proud of the efforts that all our teams
put in and the manner in which they fly
the flag of Cork Institute of Technology throughout the country. Their pride
in representing their college has to be
seen to be believed and for those of
us who experience this first hand on a
daily basis, it is indeed a privilege. We
are also privileged to have so many of
the Institute’s staff and students who
volunteer their time and help out with
the various activities of the club. The Institute’s Student GAA Club is
now busy preparing for their County
Championship Programme, having won
their first game in the senior football
This is a huge logistical achievement and we would like to
thank everybody involved for
their efforts and the academic and administrative staff
for all their support and assistance throughout the year.
We would also like to thank
all those who supported our
fundraising ventures, includDamien Moynihan
ing our charity drive this year for
Parkinson’s Ireland, your support receiving the All Ireland
is vital to maintain this tremen- Intermediate Cup
dous volume of sporting activity.
EMC Ireland have now been sponsorchampionships against Avondhu and
ing the GAA Club since 2000 and we
we also put Muskerry Hurlers to the
sword with a comprehensive win in
the 1st round of the
Hurling Championship.
Good luck to all with
the
examinations
and thanks again for
your support. CIT
Abú
2012 Purcell Shield Winners
Keith Ricken
GAA Officer, CIT
Sport
In the 2011/2012 academic year, the Institute had
a number of achievements including:
Athletics: Cross country team retained their County U23 county title, the
men’s team finished second & the women’s team were bronze medallists
in the Irish Universities Mountain Running Championships, came 3rd in the
Munster Road Relays & two silver medals from the IUAA indoors.
A big congratulations to the CIT Men’s basketball team who achieved a
double this year winning the Irish Colleges Basketball Intervarsity’s over
Easter weekend to add to their league title! The team faced Carlow
Institute of Technology in the finals on Easter Sunday who scored 7
three pointers in the first half! Despite Carlow efforts they were no
match for CIT inside and trailed from the 3rd quarter to the final whistle
with CIT claiming the cup on a score-line of 63-38! The ladies team lost
out in the semi-finals to a strong Trinity side.
Athletics
CIT student athletes were in action recently in Athlone at the
IUAA Track and Field Championships. The men’s team finished
in an excellent 6th position in the division 1 championship
keeping the might of TCD, UCC and QUB in their wake. The
women’s team triumphed in the division 2 championship.
Pride of place at the weekend went to our pentathlon athletes, David O’Brien, Martin O’Sullivan and Patricia Lange
who won the coveted Combined Events Trophy and Thomas Houlihan who cleared 4.40m to win the men’s pole vault.
Team photographer Jiri Thoma
The squad - the ladies team plus coaches
Roisin Mulcahy (DCE3), a picture of concentration at the beginning of the 4 by 400m relay final
Cathal Owens (Mets 3) powering away from the blocks at the
beginning of the men’s 4 by 400m relay final
William Hughes (Business 4) taking the baton from Robert
Bennett (ELX1) in the Men’s 4 by 400m final
David O’ Brien (39) and Martin O’ Sullivan (44) (both ELX1) in
action during the 1500m on their way to finishing 3rd and 4th
respectively in the men’s pentathlon
Martina Fialova (Erasmus) on her way to 5th spot in the women’s 3000m
Thomas Houlihan (CE2) risking life and limb to claim bronze
in the men’s 110mH
Noreen Mackey (Grad, Biomed Science), cooling off during
the women’s 3000mSC
Eoin Murphy (Business 4) taking a break from the throwing
events, anchors the men’s 4 by 100m relay team to 7th position
John Collins (Accounting 3) and Michael Pat O’ Regan (DSE5)
during the heats of the men’s 4 by 400m
Basketball: The Mens team won both the All-Ireland Division 2 league and
Intervarsities. The Ladies team won the All-Ireland Division 2 final also.
Boxing: Five finalists at the Intervarsities with three winners.
Camogie: Purcell Shield winners.
Canoe: The Canoe Intervarsities hosted by CIT and UCC Canoeing Clubs in
February 2011 has been awarded the title of CUSAI Intercollegiate Event of
Year for 2011 (to be presented in May 2012).
Football-Mens: Intermediate All-Ireland Champions.
Golf: Finished 3rd overall in the Irish Colleges Golf League.
Hockey: Men’s team won the Mauritius Plate at the Intervarsities & the mixed
team won the Mixed Intervarsities for the second consecutive year. CIT’s Cliodhna Sargent lined out at centre-back for the Irish Senior team at the Irish
Womens Hockey Olympic qualifiers in Belgium finishing in second place.
Hurling: Cork Senior Hurling Championship & Fitzgibbon Cup finalists
Karting: The “A” team finished 3rd in the CUSAI Intervarsity Championships.
Kickboxing: 2 silver medallists at the Intervarsities
Orienteering: individual 1st and 3rd at the Intervarsities.
Powerlifting: IDFPA single lift nationals-4 gold & 3 bronze, the National DeadLift championships - 3 silver, 2 bronze & the female best lifter award, the
IDFPA National Powerlifting Championships-5 gold & 2 silver medals.
Rowing: The Freshers mens team won the team event at the National Indoor
rowing champs & in the Intervarsities: 1st in the Mens Senior Double, 2nd in
the individual Mens Senior Scull & 3rd in Female Senior Single.
Ladies Rugby: Division 2 All-Ireland final winners.
Sailing: 3rd at the 2011 Student Yachting World Cup in France.
Soccer-Ladies: Won promotion to the Premier Division.
Soccer-Mens: The College A team won the CFAI Umbro Plate, the College
B team won the CFAI B Cup, the Munster Senior League team received the
team of the month for February.
Table Tennis: Silver medal in the team event and silver & bronze medals in the
singles at the Intervarsities.
Tae Kwon Do: Intervarsities- four Gold, two Silver & three Bronze.
Tennis: Won the Mens Bowl at the Intervarsities for the first time in the history of CIT.
Volleyball: The Ladies team had a fantastic Plate win at the Intervarsities in
NUIG for the first time in the history of CIT.
Weightlifting: Intervarsities-Individual 2nd in 85kg
Netball makes a
return to Cork
Training takes place on Thursday
nights at The Ursuline Secondary School in Blackrock between
7-8pm. So if you once played netball or would like to start playing
again or are interested in learning to
play to get fit and meet like-minded
people, please email Liz: netballireland@yahoo.com for more details
and training times.
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