Two students from North-West win Rotary Youth Leadership Competition


Two secondary school student from the North-West, Aoife McColgan from Buncrana and Naomh Curran from Stranorlar were among just 20 teenagers from all over the island of Ireland to be presented with a Rotary Youth Leadership Development certificate at Europe House in Dublin recently. The competition, which Rotary Ireland has been running for over 30 […]

Educate Together welcomes Donegal school patronage survey results 
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EDUCATE TOGETHER has welcomed the announcement of the results of the recent national survey on school type preference, as announced by the Minister for Education and Youth. According to the results, 40 per cent of parents in religious-run schools nationally would prefer a multi-denominational primary school and 29 per cent of families in Donegal would prefer a multi-denominational education. These numbers contrast starkly with current school provision, whereby […]

Majority of Donegal parents want to retain school’s ethos


OVER 70 per cent of parents wish to retain their children’s school’s ethos, according to a survey carried out by the Department of Education and Youth. The national Primary School Survey shows that at a county level, Donegal had the lowest appetite for change. Nationally, approximately 60 per cent of parents in denominational schools wish […]

Consultations on childcare services to take place across Donegal


MINISTER for Children, Disability and Equality, Norma Foley has announced a series of local consultations on early learning and care and school-age childcare in Donegal. The Department of Children, Disability and Equality (DCDE), in partnership with Donegal County Childcare Committee, will host events at the Abbey Hotel in Donegal Town on Wednesday, April 22 from 6pm […]

A celebration of inclusion and identity at Finn Valley College
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FINN Valley College in Stranorlar celebrated ‘Multicultural Day’ last Friday to celebrate the 21 nationalities represented among the student body in the school. It was a colourful and vibrant event wholly enjoyed by the students, their parents and the staff in the school, embodying the core values that underpin the ethos of Donegal ETB schools: […]

Plans for new school building in doubt


PLANS for the development of a brand new €15m school campus for Errigal College in Letterkenny have been thrown into doubt with news that the Department of Education is considering a new proposal which would involve extending the current school building. It had been hoped that the new school building would address a growing demand […]

Donegal coders to travel to Canada to represent Ireland


THE Cully Coders, an all-girl robotics team from Cully, just outside Donegal Town, have achieved outstanding success at the FIRST LEGO League 2026 Unearthed All-Ireland Final in Dublin. They will now travel to Canada in June to represent Ireland. The five girls, aged between 11 to 14 years old, earned the Champions Award, the top […]

Féile Scoildrámaiochta Uladh in Amharclann an Ghrianáin
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Cuireadh 26 dráma ó achan chearn de Chúige Uladh i láthair ag Féile Scoildrámaiochta Uladh in Amharclann an Ghrianáin aréir. Bhronn an moltóir Mícheál Ó Meallaigh ainmniuchán ar 12 acu chuig an Fhéile Náisiúnta ar an Mhuileann gCearr i mi Aibreáin. Ba Scoil Adhamhnáin, An Luinnigh leis an dráma le Manus Ó Duibhir ‘Tír na nÓg […]

Fundraiser launched for Ghaoth Dobhair robotics team set for Missouri


By Ava Maguire Pobalscoil Ghaoth Dobhair has launched a fundraiser to send their VEX robotics team to the world championships in St Louis, Missouri, next month. Vex robotics is a competition based off of the building, programming and driving of robots at a Primary, Secondary and university levels. Advertisement Students must design and build robots […]