More than 80 St Michael’s College students are beginning to make their way home from the Greek island of Ios after the tragic deaths of two of their schoolmates.
this morning, St Michael’s Principal Tim Kelleher said the entire school community is “absolutely heartbroken” for the boys and their families. “They were full of optimism, great fun, great sportsmen, academically very bright – the world was their oyster,” he said. “This is something that Leaving Cert students, at the end of six hard years, look forward to and plan with great intensity and it is such a tragedy that this has occurred so soon,” he said.The school principal said most of the students are cutting their holiday short and are now making their way home.
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