Lorraine Higgins

Prison education teacher @CorkETB / PhD student @maynoothuniversity - all tweets are my own

[CorkETB🇮🇪🇪🇺 @CorkETB]

We were honoured to welcome @lawlessj to celebrate the 30 Year Anniversary of the Dillon's Cross project. The project has provided vital educational and social support to the partners and families of prisoners, addressing the often-overlooked challenges they face.
@DenisLeamy

[Tubber Tidy Village @TubberTidyVill]

⏳One day to go!🎅

📍The Tubber Tidy Village Christmas Raffle takes place tomorrow night in the Cat & Bagpipes.

🎫There is still time to enter! Revolut entry closing date is tomorrow morning at 10am. See the post for more details!

Thank you to everyone for their support!🎄

[Tubber Tidy Village @TubberTidyVill]

🌟TOMORROW NIGHT 🌟
Table quiz in aid of Tubber Tidy Village
🕘 9pm
📍The Cat & Bagpipes

All support appreciated!
Spread the word!📢📢📢

[Edel Cunningham @EdelCunningham4]

Honoured to present at a UNESCO international conference. Delighted to showcase successes of our students in prison as well as the Dillon's Cross Project through education. Grateful for the incredible support of all our partner organisations in Cork! #corkloveslearning @corketb

[Edel Cunningham @EdelCunningham4]

Thrilled to receive the UCC Exceptional Citizen Award! Grateful for the amazing team @CorkETB Education Unit Cork Prison and our partnership with @ACEUCC @cldatf. Wonderful collaborations for the benefit of learners! @IrishPrisons

[Lorraine Higgins @LM_Higgins]

Huge congrats to our @CorkETB teachers from the Education Unit - Billy, Danny and Laura, who were a huge part of this successful collaboration with UCC and of course to our students who completed the programme! A fantastic achievement for all involved!

[ACE UCC @ACEUCC]

We are delighted to share that the ACE @UCC Cork Prison Addiction Studies Team were last night awarded the Exceptional Citizen Award under the University Staff Recognition Awards Programme 2024
Well done team!

[Irish Penal Reform Trust @IPRT]

This reflective piece by @EdelCunningham4, Head Teacher at Cork ETB Education Unit in Cork Prison, gives an insight into education in prison, the importance of having a home on release and working with children and families of people in prison. https://t.co/XJvshtQGfC

[Lorraine Higgins @LM_Higgins]

Amazing to see the Dillon’s Cross Project being represented at the UNESCO Lifelong Learning conference. A fantastic opportunity to showcase the project’s great work on an international stage. Huge well done @EdelCunningham4 , Jo and Sharon! @CorkETB

[Lorraine Higgins @LM_Higgins]

@kswirak @CorkETB @EdelCunningham4 @maggieoneill9 Fantastic stuff!

[Lorraine Higgins @LM_Higgins]

Well done @dee_higgins 🥳

[National Concert Hall @NCH_Music]

The National Concert Hall is delighted to announce Soprano Deirdre Higgins and composer Harry O’Connor as winners of its Bernadette Greevy Bursary & Jerome Hynes Young Composers Award for 2024.
For more information see: https://t.co/MM2UU6fAsB

[ACE UCC @ACEUCC]

Thank you @echolivecork for including this piece on our annual Bertram Windle Award winner Edel Cunningham and Alfred O'Rahilly Lecture in the paper.

@CorkETB @UCC @tvgcorkclg

Read 👇
https://t.co/1gsFyYKMRk

[Lorraine Higgins @LM_Higgins]

Huge congratulations @EdelCunningham4 on your well deserved award! A fantastic night!

[ACE UCC @ACEUCC]

A brilliant evening at @UCC for the Bertram Windle Award & Alfred O'Rahilly Lecture! Anne Burke (Southern Traveller Health Network @tvgcorkclg) & @edelcunningham4 (@corketb) shared incredible insights. #CorkLearningCity #ACEatUCC #BertramWindleAward #UCC

[Tubber Tidy Village @TubberTidyVill]

☀️ All welcome to our next Tidy Village Clean-Up next Wednesday, 14th August from 7pm to 9pm! ☀️

🦺Please bring along a hi-vis vest if you have one and any equipment you have available.

🌼 Looking forward to seeing you all there! 🌼

[Lorraine Higgins @LM_Higgins]

A wonderful day celebrating a very successful Summer in the Dillon’s Cross Project

[CorkETB🇮🇪🇪🇺 @CorkETB]

We were delighted to welcome Minister @podonovan
today to meet with students and staff at the Summer Camp in The Dillons Cross Project, based at The Glen Resource & Sport Centre, Cork. @DeptofFHed @DenisLeamy @EdelCunningham4

[RTÉ lyric fm @RTElyricfm]

Join @lizlyricfm live from the @NCH_Music for a lunchtime at the opera with the exciting young talent of soprano Deirdre Higgins & rising star conductor @krsallinen @NSOrchestraIRL
Music of Verdi, Mozart, Gounod, Puccini & Wagner🎶

Live on #TheFullScore at 1pm 📻
📷@AndresPoveda

[National Symphony Orchestra Ireland @NSOrchestraIRL]

Today's lunchtime concert at the NCH was certainly a trip to the opera, as soprano Deirdre Higgin's voice boomed across the stage and conductor Kristian Sallinen lead our NSO through each spectacular piece. What a powerful afternoon show! 💥

[Cork Alliance Centre @Cork_Alliance]

I'm delighted attend graduation at @MTU_ie thanks to @MTUCork_Access and their #BuildingSocialConnectionsCoursel. I'm so very proud of our men who are using this as their first step into education. It will lead to bigger and better for all @corklearning @AccessCork @IrishPrisons

[Lorraine Higgins @LM_Higgins]

Delighted to present to the Prison Education Taskforce today on behalf of the Dillon’s Cross Project

[CorkETB🇮🇪🇪🇺 @CorkETB]

The Dillon’s Cross Project were delighted to present to Minister @podonovan and the Prison Education Taskforce in Leinster House today on the importance of educational supports for families affected by the imprisonment of a loved one. @DenisLeamy @IrishPrisons @DeptofFHed

[Lorraine Higgins @LM_Higgins]

Excited for this @dee_higgins 👏

[Irish National Opera @IrishNatOpera]

Are you ready to meet the rising stars of Irish opera? 🎻🎶 Enjoy a taster of what's in store with this stunning performance of "Träume" from Wagner's Wesendonk Lieder, sung by soprano Deirdre Higgins. ❤ Join us on Sun 30th June at @PavilionTheatre.

🎟️ https://t.co/0ze1afSQ5Y

[Lorraine Higgins @LM_Higgins]

@kswirak Will keep you posted! Fingers crossed for another showing!

[Lorraine Higgins @LM_Higgins]

An amazing performance of a wonderful script. Huge well done to all involved.

[CorkETB🇮🇪🇪🇺 @CorkETB]

Fantastic to see the collaborative script of Voices from the Inside performed in Cork ETB's Education Unit,Cork Prison,last week.Well done to the students & their teachers Shirley,Ciarán & Hannah.We look forward to seeing this wonderful collaboration continue to grow and flourish