Laois schools celebrated major wins at the first ever LOETB TY Digital Arts Programme Awards ceremony in Tullamore recently.  The event was designed to showcase the work of LOETB TY students and the work they produced as part of the new TY Digital Arts Programme in the areas of Filmmaking, Podcasting and Virtual Reality, with the best entries claiming awards and a chunk of the €5,000 prize fund.  There were lots of worthy winners from Laois at the awards ceremony. Portlaoise College’s Sophia Bebcak was awarded Best Podcast Performer. Dunamase College in Portlaoise claimed the top prize in the Virtual Reality section, with Clonaslee College awarded the runner-up. Portlaoise College also took home the runner-up award in the Best Short Film category for their short film ‘This is the Place.’ St. Fergal’s Rathdowney also took home a runner-up award for their entry ‘People.’ The last award of the night - Best Performance in a Short Film – went to Ashleen Gorman from Clonaslee College for her performance in the short film 'A Lesson Learned.' Take a look through some of the photos captured of the awards ceremony by photographer Alf Harvey. ASCN Clara are presented with their award for Podcasting runner up by Cllr Barry Walsh, Cathaoirleach of Laois County Council, and Angela McEvoy, Director of Services at Laois County Council, as well as MC Seanie Morris and STEM engagement officers, Siobhan Grealy from Longford and Kelley Keogh from Westmeath.placeholder image
Laois schools celebrated major wins at the first ever LOETB TY Digital Arts Programme Awards ceremony in Tullamore recently.  The event was designed to showcase the work of LOETB TY students and the work they produced as part of the new TY Digital Arts Programme in the areas of Filmmaking, Podcasting and Virtual Reality, with the best entries claiming awards and a chunk of the €5,000 prize fund.  There were lots of worthy winners from Laois at the awards ceremony. Portlaoise College’s Sophia Bebcak was awarded Best Podcast Performer. Dunamase College in Portlaoise claimed the top prize in the Virtual Reality section, with Clonaslee College awarded the runner-up. Portlaoise College also took home the runner-up award in the Best Short Film category for their short film ‘This is the Place.’ St. Fergal’s Rathdowney also took home a runner-up award for their entry ‘People.’ The last award of the night - Best Performance in a Short Film – went to Ashleen Gorman from Clonaslee College for her performance in the short film 'A Lesson Learned.' Take a look through some of the photos captured of the awards ceremony by photographer Alf Harvey. ASCN Clara are presented with their award for Podcasting runner up by Cllr Barry Walsh, Cathaoirleach of Laois County Council, and Angela McEvoy, Director of Services at Laois County Council, as well as MC Seanie Morris and STEM engagement officers, Siobhan Grealy from Longford and Kelley Keogh from Westmeath.

PICTURES: Big celebrations for Laois TY students awarded top prizes by LOETB

By Reporter
Published 8th May 2026, 22:33 GMT

The inaugural LOETB TY Digital Arts Programme Awards took place in Tullamore

Podcasting runner-up Banagher College with Cllr Barry Walsh, Angela McEvoy, Seanie Morris and STEM engagement officers, Siobhan Grealy and Kelley Keogh.

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Podcasting runner-up Banagher College with Cllr Barry Walsh, Angela McEvoy, Seanie Morris and STEM engagement officers, Siobhan Grealy and Kelley Keogh.

Podcasting winners Oaklands CC with their award which was presented by Cllr Barry Walsh, Angela McEvoy, Seanie Morris and STEM engagement officers, Siobhan Grealy and Kelley Keogh.

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Podcasting winners Oaklands CC with their award which was presented by Cllr Barry Walsh, Angela McEvoy, Seanie Morris and STEM engagement officers, Siobhan Grealy and Kelley Keogh.

CNC Kilcormac presented with their Virtual Reality award for runner up by Joe Cunningham, LOETB Chief Executive, and Linda Tynan, LOETB Director of Schools, along with MC Seanie Morris, Antoinette Brennan, Laois County Council Broadband Officer, and Terence O’Brien, LOETB. 

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CNC Kilcormac presented with their Virtual Reality award for runner up by Joe Cunningham, LOETB Chief Executive, and Linda Tynan, LOETB Director of Schools, along with MC Seanie Morris, Antoinette Brennan, Laois County Council Broadband Officer, and Terence O’Brien, LOETB. 

Clonaslee College presented with their Virtual Reality award for runner up by Joe Cunningham and Linda Tynan, as well as Seanie Morris, Antoinette Brennan, and Terence O’Brien.

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Clonaslee College presented with their Virtual Reality award for runner up by Joe Cunningham and Linda Tynan, as well as Seanie Morris, Antoinette Brennan, and Terence O’Brien.

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