Facilities
In terms of sport, the school is perhaps best known for:
- Basketball (since 1990: 3 Superleague titles (including 2005-06, runners-up in 2011-12), 3 Superleague Northern Conference titles (including 2011-12), 2 National Cup titles, 8 National Championship titles, and 2 National League Division 1 titles), sharing a history with, and feeding into, the DCU Saints men's professional team,
- Swimming (particularly life-saving and water-polo - the Water-Polo Club is one of the largest and most successful in Ireland).
It also has active athletics, rugby, soccer, hurling, gaelic football and boxing squads.
The facilities include sports fields of 10-15 acres, and a large sports hall/gymnasium (which contains a gaelic handball alley and a basketball court where large-scale competitions are held, in addition to other facilities such as specialist classrooms, a canteen and an oratory).
The school has a 25m swimming pool, but this is not currently in use after winter storm damage.
The school itself was recently refurbished including with new equipment for its chemistry, physics and computer laboratories.
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