GLENSWILLY National School will celebrate 50 years of providing education on Saturday with an invitation to pupils old and new to come along and catch up with old friends and see the changes which have happened over the past five decades. Principal Joe Gallinagh issued the call for former class mates to come along and […]
Leaving and Junior Cert exams start today
ALMOST 5,000 students in Donegal will start their exams this morning at 9.30am. Both Junior and Leaving Cert students will sit English paper One this morning. Nationally, a record 135,000 pupils have registered to sit the exams. Advertisement
Scoil Cholmcille officially open new primary school campus
HUNDREDS gathered at Letterkenny’s Scoil Cholmcille on Wednesday for the official opening of its new multi-million euro campus. In attendance was School Principal Padraig Cannon, Bishop Alan McGuckian, Former Minister for Education Deputy Joe McHugh, Chairman of the Board of Management Pascal Blake, Letterkenny Mayor Donal ‘Mandy’ Kelly, Municipal County Councillors, board members, staff members […]
Further calls for safety measures at Letterkenny school
PARENTS have spoken of how they have to drive a 300-yard distance from their home to drop their children off at a Letterkenny school because it is not safe to walk the short stretch. Fresh calls were made this week by parents, grandparents and the principal of Lurgybrack National School for greater safety measures to be rolled […]
More than €1.8m for school books
MORE than €1.8m in payments is being made to Donegal primary and special schools this week to provide free books. Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine and Donegal TD, Charlie McConalogue confirmed the landmark funding package yesterday. The package, secured in Budget 2023, will see free schoolbooks provided in all primary schools and special schools, in […]
Drop in children accessing school dental programme
LESS than half of the Donegal children who were to be seen by a dentist under the school screening programme have been seen, the Irish Dental Association (IDA) has revealed. The IDA warned that the lack of a proper public dental service model could lead to the most vulnerable children in the country missing out […]
Illistrin school gets go ahead for major two-storey extension
A LETTERKENNY national school has been given the green light for a major extension. The Board of Management of Scoil Naomh Fiachra lodged plans with Donegal County Council in October of last year, seeking the demolition/removal of the existing school temporary mobile classrooms for the construction of a two-storey extension at Illistrin National School. According to plans lodged, the two-storey […]
Pringle asks why Government sits on ‘rainy-day fund’ when school construction is put on hold
Independent TD for Donegal, Thomas Pringle, has slammed Government for putting on hold long-awaited school construction projects, particularly in light of billions of euros in its “rainy day fund”. Gaelscoil na gCeithre Máistrí in Donegal town, a project that was shovel-ready, is one of 58 school building projects across the country – including more than […]
Progress on extension plans at Termon school
THE extension project for Scoil Cholmcille in Termon has received initial project approval from the Minister of Education. The school has received approval for an extension for a two class Special Education Needs (SEN) base under the Additional School Accommodation Scheme. Welcoming the progress Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine and Donegal T.D., Charlie […]
Appeal for more supports for Ukrainian students
A LETTERKENNY principal whose school has welcomed 19 Ukrainian students has appealed to the Education Department to provide urgent extra resources. Nineteen Ukrainian students started at Errigal College, Letterkenny on Monday last and have been settling into school-life here. The school has been providing extra English classes and pastoral support for the students but unfortunately, additional […]