Gairmscoil Mhic Diarmada win ETB Enterprise Day


Gairmscoil Mhic Diarmada, Arranmore Island, has won Donegal Education and Training Board’s 2025 Enterprise Day for post-primary students. Second place went to Finn Valley College in Stranorlar, while Crana College in Buncrana came third. The event, which made a welcome return after a five-year break, took place on Wednesday, October 22 in the Atlantic Technological […]


Letterkenny teacher to be laid to rest today


THE funeral of beloved Letterkenny teacher Seamus Quinn will take place this morning in Derry. Mr Quinn, pictured below, was well-known throughout Donegal for his years spent teaching Spanish in Loreto Secondary School. Requiem Mass will take place at 10am this morning in St Patrick’s Church, Pennyburn followed by private cremation. Advertisement Following the news of his passing, Loreto […]


Letterkenny student awarded €25,000 scholarship


Letterkenny student, Philip McGee was awarded a Naughton Foundation Scholarship worth €25,000 at a ceremony in Trinity Business School on Saturday. The award was presented by founding patrons of the Naughton Foundation, Dr. Martin Naughton, and his wife Carmel, who were joined by Minister Jack Chambers, TD to present winning students with their awards and […]


SSE opens £200,000 Scholarship Fund for third-level STEM students


APPLICATIONS are now open for the 2025 SSE Renewables Scholarship Fund, offering £200,000 in financial support to first-year students pursuing third-level education in STEM subjects in Northern Ireland.   Now in its eleventh year, the SSE Renewables Scholarship Fund – which is backed by funds from SSE’s major wind farms in Northern Ireland – has supported […]


Clothes recycling workshop in Killygordon next week


AN event to encourage people to recycle their old clothes will be held in Killygordon next week. The Finn Valley Guild of the Irish Countrywomen’s Association will be hosting a workshop on zero waste by reusing older clothing into new items. e.g. old jeans into gardening aprons or reusing old knitting items into new chemo […]


Bat walk and talk event being held in Fanad next week


A ‘bat safari’ will be held around the Fanad Peninsula next week. The event is being organised by Bat Conservation Ireland to break some of the myths around bats and their way of life. The bat walk and talk will set off from Fanavolty Community Hall at 6.30pm on Friday, October 17. Advertisement Booking is […]


ATU to host annual Careers Fair in Letterkenny


ATLANTIC Technological University (ATU) will host its annual Careers Fair on Monday, October 20 from 12 noon to 3pm in An Dánlann Hall on the Letterkenny campus.  The event will bring together more than 60 employers from a wide range of sectors, with additional organisations continuing to register in the lead-up to the fair.  Participating […]


ATU to create two more free courses


Atlantic Technological University is creating two more free online courses in forensic toxicology and social robotics. This is part of ATU’s Higher Education 4.0 Project and in addition to the 50 free short courses already available online. Higher Education 4.0, which is funded by the Human Capital Initiative (HCI) Pillar 3, has supported over 20 […]