CTY Ireland is mentioned regularly in local and national media outlets. The Centre's Director, Colm O'Reilly, frequently contributes to radio and television items on giftedness and talent. Listed below are links to some of the most recent press coverage.

Newspaper, Television and Radio articles featuring CTY Ireland

Intelligent Design (Sunday Business Post)

Article by Catherine O'Mahony on July 24th, 2011. See Intelligent Design

Bright Young Things

On Tuesday, November 9th at 10.15pm, RTE One broadcast the documentary Bright Young Things, following the lives of gifted children in Ireland. For more, see Bright Young Things

Young, gifted and studying forensic science and law at the age of eight (The Sunday Tribune) - 09 November 2010)

http://www.tribune.ie/news/home-news/article/2010/nov/07/young-gifted-and-studying-forensic-science-and-law/

Interview with CTYI Student, Gavin Tucker (Tubirdy (RTE 2Fm) - 16 September 2010)

http://2fm.rte.ie/blogs/tubridy/2010/09/tubridy-thursday-3.html

Punching Above Their Weight (The Irish Times - 11 March 2009)

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/features/2009/0311/1224242651684.html.

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'Summer Hothousing' (The Tubirdy Show (RTE Radio 1) - 11 June 2009)

Includes interview with CTYI Director, Colm O’Reilly (interview starts 8.30mins into the show)
http://www.rte.ie/radio1/thetubridyshow/1279716.html

The Cuts that Target the Talented (The Irish Times - 11 November 2008)

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/education/2008/1111/1225925640957.html

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Gifted (Irish Independent - 28 May 2008)

http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/parenting/gifted-1390372.html

Young student wins bursary to attend CTYI (Wexford People - 14 May 2008)

http://www.wexfordpeople.ie/news/gifted-orla-13-wins-bursary-for-course-1377573.html

Meet the Youngest College Kids (Irish Independent - 24 March 2008)

http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/parenting/meet-the-youngest-college-kids-1325907.html

Awards

CTYI projects have also won various awards. Below are links to articles on two recent award success:

CAAB award

DCU Team win ‘Living Dublin Awards 2007’:

http://www.irishtimes.com/awards/livingdublin/article.html

Famous visitors to CTYI

Roddy Doyle, Paul Howard and more famous authors talk to students at CTYI:

http://www.dcu.ie/news/2008/jul/s0708k.shtml

Harry Potter star studies at CTYI:

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/luna-lovegoods-a-wizard-with-words-1043541.html

CTYI Paper

CTYI journalism students also produce their own newspaper each summer.

‘CTYIzens Review’ (word doc)