Wonderful news for the health and safety of all on the campus at St. Joseph’s Primary, Tipperary Town, that they have now got a new Defibrillator on site.

Last Summer Principal Ms. Louise Tobin started planning as to how the school would fund this life saving piece of equipment. On chatting to Parent’s Association treasurer, Andrea O’ Dwyer, they agreed to ask the local Tipperary Town Credit Union to sponsor this project. The local Community Committee at the Credit Union and IT and Marketing Manager Brendan Ryan agreed to this proposal, factoring in the large number of people who are on site at St. Joseph’s on any given day- pupils, staff, bus drivers, pre-schoolers in Joseph Beag and Totally Kids preschool, in fact well over 200 people.

Board of Management member Pat O’Grady at the school, was involved in helping the school to find and purchase a defibrillator that would meet the school’s needs.

Pictured at the presentation of the cheque to fund the new defibrillator at St. Joseph’s Primary, Tipperary Town are Louise Tobin, Principal, receiving the cheque from Brendan Ryan, Tipperary Credit Union. Also included are Anna Tuohy Halligan, Director, Tipperary Credit Union; Pat O’Grady, St. Joseph’s Board of Management; Andrea O’ Dwyer, St. Joseph’s Parents Association and pupils from Junior Infants and 6^th class.