Fibrepulse - Press Room

Fibrepulse supports local school project - April 2000

Pictured above is Adrian Keena (ICT Co-ordinator, St. Patrick’s National School) accepting the sponsorship from Rory Casey, Fibrepulse.

St. Patrick’s N.S. are currently completing another ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) project. This involves the provision of networking facilities to all classrooms on the ground floor. Classrooms on the first floor were networked previously, affording Internet and email facilities to the senior classes. This was so successful; currently three classes are involved in email projects, that less than six months later the rest of the school has been added to the network. The school has also has a very successful webpage as part of the castlebar.ie website. The web address is www.castlebar.ie/education/stpats

Adrian Keena, ICT co-ordinator at St. Patrick’s, expressed his delight with the great local support for the work underway. He said “We have worked consistently over the past number of years to maintain our position as a leading school in integrating technology into the curriculum and it’s very heartening to have such great local support when we need it. This is an expensive undertaking. We are delighted with the sponsorship and technical support from Fibrepulse and Rory in particular. We are aware of the success that Fibrepulse has achieved worldwide and the high standards that they have set in the production of fibre-optic cable will now benefit the boys at our school. Long may they keep the Castlebar flag flying”

Managing Director of Fibrepulse, Rory Casey said “Fibrepulse is very proud to be associated with this superb project. St. Patrick’s National School is very progressive in the IT area, and the fibre optic network allows them to communicate internally at very high speeds. The school is using the technology in the best possible way, and we are thrilled to offer our support.

Our production team were delighted that the cables which they built will be used by the young boys of Castlebar, as they use the new high-speed network to further their education.”

Fibrepulse is involved in the design and manufacture of high-performance fibre optic interconnect devices, including cable assemblies. It has recently changed it’s name from Fibrewave.
The company was selected “Company of the Year” by the Mayo County Enterprise Board in 1999, and currently has a workforce of 30 employees. All indications are that it will continue it’s rapid growth.