SIX talented students have been named as prize winners in the 2013 Schools Poetry Competiton run by North West Words. At a special prize giving ceremony at Cafe Blend in Letterkenny, the recipients were presented with their awards by Eamonn Bonner from North West Words. The Secondary School’s Senior Cycle First Prize went to Rachel […]
Staff of nationalised banks should sign Civil Service Code – McHugh
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