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Irish Times
14-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Times
The Magic Mats
Blue the talking mat was having a great day, until he saw his best friend Pink the talking mat. He had a surprise for Pink, but didn't want her to see it. He was nervous. They played hide and seek together, and she hid in the garden so he couldn't find her. He thought Pink the talking mat got lost. Blue bought Pink infrared goggles for her birthday that can see through walls. He decided to use them to find her. He looked everywhere in the house, but he still couldn't find her. He went into the garden, found her and brought her to the kitchen to show her the surprise. It was a huge party with all of her friends. READ MORE While the party was going on, a giant came to the house. He was not invited. Pink and Blue did not know him at all; he just showed up. Blue was very worried when he saw him. He was terrified of being stepped on. So, he grabbed on to to Pink's hand and ran away. When they held hands they mixed colours and turned purple. Blue knew he felt safe. He changed his name to Purple. The giant was actually nice. Illustration supplied by first class, Scoil Chríost Rí 'Wait!' He shouted. 'I don't want to step on you!' They believed him, so they all sat in the garden and had a picnic with some cake. Pink loved her surprise party, so she wanted to do something nice for Purple. She knew he wanted to be a millionaire, so she entered him into the lottery. Pink wrapped the lottery box and waited for Purple to open it ...
Irish Times
28-04-2025
- Business
- Irish Times
Portlaoise team wins Irish final of European money quiz
Jodie Komolafe and Richelle Alexander beat competition from more than 2,000 students across the State to win the Irish finals of the European Money Quiz. Now the third year students at Scoil Chríost Rí, Portlaoise are heading to Brussels to represent Ireland in the European Championships next month. Patrick Guilbaud on bringing fine dining to Ireland, retirement plans, and not getting that third Michelin star Listen | 47:51 The European Money Quiz is Europe's largest financial education competition which aims to promote financial literacy among 13- to 15-year-old students. The European finals, hosted by the European Banking Federation in Brussels, will have teams of two from 30 countries play against each other in an attempt to become European champions and share in a prize fund of €5,000 for their school. READ MORE The Irish competition was organised by Banking & Payments Federation Ireland with the support of the Business Studies Teachers' Association of Ireland.
