Oaklands Community College

Welcomes Local Filmmaker

Oaklands Community College gave a warm welcome to

local filmmaker Paddy Slattery last Friday. Paddy, a
former student of the school, was delighted to be
invited back to his alma mater by third year CSPE
students, to give a motivational talk which ranged from
anecdotes about his life experiences, to issues such as
self-esteem, mindfulness and mental health. The date
of his visit to the school was a poignant one the 20year anniversary of the car accident, in which he
sustained a spinal cord injury at the age of seventeen.
Paddy has an incredibly upbeat attitude and an
infectious positivity which captivated students
throughout the talk. He has defied medical odds to
pursue an award-winning career in filmmaking, and is
embarking on his first feature film, The Broken Law of
Attraction. He was presented with a donation to his
funding campaign by the students after the talk. Paddy
was overwhelmed by the welcome, goodwill and
generosity of Oaklands students, and enjoyed a trip
down memory lane when pupils who took him on a tour

of the school. He described the visit as one of the most

memorable moments of his life, and promised students
invites to the premiere on the release of his film!