DONEGAL Education and Training Board (ETB) has announced the appointment of Ms Derval Newman as the new Principal of Gairmscoil Mhic Diarmada on Oileán Árainn Mhór from September 2024.
She will replace Ms Mary Doherty who retires at the end of this school year.
Established in 1990, Gairmscoil Mhic Diarmada has been a cornerstone of the local community, providing young people with the opportunity to complete their second-level education while remaining close to home.
It is one of two island post-primary schools in Co Donegal.
As a Gaeltacht school, Gairmscoil Mhic Diarmada is currently enabled to provide educational programmes through both the mediums of Irish and English.
Derval will lead a staff team of around twenty at the Árainn Mhór school which has a student population of over one hundred students.