On the 28th of January, our Senior Boys' soccer team travelled to Arklow football club to play Wexford CBS in the Wicklow / Wexford division one final, our first time to make this stage of the competition in the school's history. The team was coached by the astonishing leadership of Mr. Doyle and Mr. Brady. The nerves were high as the team travelled down to the final, but after a quick warmup they were ready. Over 50 of our students came out to support, with Nikki and Aoife b

On the 28th of January, our Junior debating team took on Loreto Bray in close competition, with David’s acting as the opposition and Loreto as proposition to the declaration that ‘restorative justice is superior to retributive justice’. Loreto opened the debate, arguing that addressing the cause of a crime is more effective than simply punishing it. That restorative justice is more cost effective and leads to fewer crimes in the long run. David’s quickly combated this argumen

On the 26th of January 2026, St. David’s celebrated their Junior Cycle Class of 2025.  Each student's grades were congratulated and every student who received a distinction was additionally presented with an award.  Our students outdid themselves this year and made the school proud as our total student cohort achieved an outstanding 201 distinctions! This is 17.63%, which is double the national average of 8.65%. We also saw an amazing number of higher merits awarded to our st