Painting by local girl features in major Tokyo exhibition


WORK by a talented art student at Loreto Letterkenny was one of four Irish paintings exhibited at the recent International High School Arts Festival in Tokyo. ‘Man to Machine’, by Weronika Jarosinska (16), scooped a second place prize of €1,000 in the prestigious Texaco Art Competition earlier this year. Sponsored by the International Foundation for […]

Painting by Letterkenny schoolgirl features in major Tokyo exhibition


WORK by a talented art student at Loreto Letterkenny was one of four Irish paintings exhibited at the recent International High School Arts Festival in Tokyo. ‘Man to Machine’, by Weronika Jarosinska (16), scooped a second place prize of €1,000 in the prestigious Texaco Art Competition earlier this year. Sponsored by the International Foundation for […]

Letterkenny born economist takes up specialist post


By Kate Heaney LETTERKENNY-BORN specialist economist Catherine Murray has joined one of the country’s top property advisor practices, Turley Property. The former Loreto Letterkenny student was previously Chief Economist with AECOM Ireland where she headed up their economics team since 2018. Advertisement The local woman specialises in the economics of place and has over 20 […]

A day of emotion as three teachers retire from Loreto


THREE Letterkenny secondary school teachers were this week honoured with special presentations from their students and staff colleagues to mark their retirement from teaching. Loreto Letterkenny teachers Imelda Rodgers, Siobhan Gill and Brid Mulhern will retire at the end of this school year. Their contribution to school life over their careers was celebrated on Tuesday […]

Busy weekend for the Tidy Towns volunteers


LETTERKENNY Tidy Towns volunteers were busy on Sunday when they collected 18 bags of litter from around the town. The cosmopolitan group of volunteers were missing their Ukrainian members on Sunday as they were celebrating their traditional Easter festival. Organiser Neil Brockley thanked all of the volunteers for their great work and encouraged anyone who […]

Extension plans for Loreto Letterkenny


LORETO secondary school in Letterkenny is to be expanded to include a new special educational needs unit. A science laboratory and a sensory garden are also to be developed on the grounds of the 19th century school under proposals which have just been published by the Department of Education. Details of the extension plans are contained in four tender documents […]

Gallery – The Week in Pictures


See some images from around the County this week, events including the Musical Footloose, Milford v Glenea Donegal league, Speech and drama fees, Pioneer presentations and more.