hugh mulrooney

In 2008 I set up "Ireland Overseas Education Project" It. was registered as a charity. Since 2008 I have sent over $170,000 directly to Haiti. It is mainly directed to one school. Payment is in the form of guaranteed monthly sums. The sum averages at $600 per month and is sent by Bankers Order directly to Haiti. I have met all expenses from my own resources and over the period of 15 years not a single penny has been deducted for expenses or costs. Every penny subscribed has gone directly to Haiti. In addition to meeting school costs of administration and development, part of the money is used to provide a hot meal each day to the children and staff. At present there is complete chaos in Haiti and many schools are closed, as is the university.

I have published a book on "the life and work of Seamus Heaney." The title of the book is The night of Other Days.

I worked with Seamus in Carysfort College and we co-operated in areas of mutual professional interest. He joined with me in various tutorials especially in topics like "creativity".

When Seamus died I had two reasons for researching his life and work. One was as a tribute to a colleague who was loved and admired. The other reason was related to my work in support of education in Haiti. I have sent a copy of my work to every second-level school in Ireland...north and south.

I treated my work as an exercise for a PhD. Carefully researched and rigorously monitored it is meant to be read by the non-specialist. It is a tribute to a lost friend.

I had responsibility for upward of 100 students per year. A part-time position initially, it eventually became full-time and was managed in parallel with my Carysfort work. Most students were repeat or mature and the emphasis was on excellence of teaching.

I launched the new B.Ed programme in Philosophy of Education and became deputy director of Teaching Practice. I continued to monitor and develop the degree programme and was especially active in developing personalised programmes for students in difficulty.

This continued until the final closure of the College in 1991, at which stage I retired.

Took complete responsibility for school policy, administration and planning

• Enriched learning environments to stimulate student learning and achievement.