Over 1,300 Ukrainian students at Donegal schools


THE Department of Education has confirmed that, as of the end of the school year 2022 / 2023, 1,335 Ukrainian pupils had been enrolled in schools across Donegal.  In Donegal, 868 Ukrainian pupils are enrolled in primary schools, while 467 pupils are attending secondary school here. The figure has increased from June when 1,326 Ukrainian […]


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    


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 […]


Buncrana school launches free book scheme


Coláiste Chineál Eoghain has announced that all incoming first-year students will receive their subject textbooks free of charge. Parents and guardians of children starting second-level education can expect to pay around €300, therefore this news will be a welcome relief to many families worried about back-to-school costs. Most subject textbooks now cover the entire Junior […]