Press release

Davitt College: the first of many!

26 Jan 2009

On the 29th January 2009, The Life Channel will be launching its groundbreaking school television network at Davitt College in Castlebar, the first Irish school to implement the satellite TV channel.

The VEC Committee broadly welcomes the bespoke network, to which over 1000 schools have signed up with since its launch by ex-Prime Minister Tony Blair in February 2007.

Underpinned in the UK by the DoH, DCSF, and with programmes designed to follow The Children's Plan and ECM, The Life Channel's innovative network gives schools and colleges the unique opportunity to communicate key messages of health and well-being directly to students, teachers and parents. Content shown in the Republic of Ireland will follow the appropriate, local equivalent of these organisations and departments.

"I am very happy with [The Life Channel's] content," said Ioseph McGowan, Principal at Davitt College. "[The Life Channel] has fantastic programmes on issues like healthy eating, sex education and fitness. It is all very well-produced and informative."

The full press release is available for download below.