David McWilliams gets down to business at Creagh College
There was great excitement on Wednesday in Creagh College when Irish Times Economist David McWilliams from Dublin paid a visit to officially launch the introduction of Leaving Certificate Economics.
Before his visit to Creagh College and his tour of Gorey town by teacher Aoife Devereux, Mr McWilliams called into the M11 Business Campus.
President of Gorey Chamber of Commerce and CEO of Innovate Jim Hughes welcomed Mr McWilliams and shared with him the story of how his business Innovate at the Business Campus grew from scratch. Mr Hughes briefed the well-known economist on the tangible benefits of the North Wexford area.
Afterwards, Peter Cooney from Bank of Ireland gave Mr McWilliams a guided tour of The Hatch Lab, another company at the Business Campus.
‘David was well impressed by the building and how much our beautiful town has come on since his last visit some years ago,’ said Ms Devereux.
Mr McWilliams is known for his weekly columns in the Irish Times and his famous books entitled ‘The Popes Children, for whom I’m One’ and more recently ‘The Good Room’.
Ms Devereux said they proceeded to Creagh College after the M11 Business Campus and had a very informative chat with the business and economic students.
‘Teachers and students were fully engaged in everything he said,’ said Ms Devereux. ‘He was very impressed with our calibre of students and there interest in some topical issues in the economy.’
Creagh’s state of the art building and incorporation of ICT in the school blew him away. He signed some copies of his books for students and chatted away to them.
Ms Devereux said she brought Mr McWilliams to the Book Café for lunch, followed by a walk around the town to show him some of the businesses Gorey has to offer.
‘To finish the day off, we dropped into Frenchs to show him how the locals like to relax,’ added Ms Devereux. ‘He said he would like to come back and spend more time in this hidden gem.’