TWO Donegal students proudly represented the county at the National Europe Direct Soapbox Final held at the Royal College of Physicians in Dublin on Monday. Cassie Lambe, from Loreto Secondary School, Letterkenny and Nicholas Govka, from Crana College, took part in this year’s competition, which challenged participants to argue for or against: ‘Likes, Lies and […]
EUROPE DIRECT: Ireland records third largest growth in population in 20 years
According to Eurostat’s just published ‘Demography of Europe 2024’, Ireland recorded a 33 per cent increase in population between 1 January, 2003 and 1 January, 2023, the 3rd highest rise in the EU after Luxembourg (47 per cent) and Malta (36 per cent). Over the same period, the population of the EU27 rose by 4 […]
EUROPE DIRECT Letterkenny to host event for Ukrainian families
EUROPE DIRECT Letterkenny, based in Central Library, will showcase their range of children’s books available in the Ukrainian language on Thursday, March 23 at 6.30pm. The event will be free and refreshments will be provided. These new books have been catalogued in the Cyrillic alphabet so it will make the books much easier to request […]