Sinead Moriarty announced as Take the First Step Ammbassador

Sinead Moriarty, class of 1988, Author

Past pupil and author Sinead Moriarty is a Take the First Step Ambassador for 2020, an organisation which encourage those who have difficulties with literacy and numeracy to reach out and seek support. She speaks about the opportunities her education provided her in her interview in the Irish Examiner.

‘I went to an all-girls Catholic convent in Dublin for my secondary school. It was very strict, and at times stifling, but I made incredible friends and had great fun. The great thing about the school was that it taught you to believe you could be anything. It was, looking back, a feminist school. You were always told that you could achieve anything if you worked hard enough. It’s a valuable life lesson.’

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