Author Archives: Donegal ETB

Donegal ETB Hosts Sixth Annual Awards

Donegal ETB hosted its sixth annual awards ceremony in the Radisson Hotel, Letterkenny on Thursday 21 March. The thirty-four entries showcased the creativity and innovation taking place in ETB schools, centres and Further Education and Training (FET) Service programmes across the county. The judges had a tough job assessing the entries which were competing for […]

Donegal ETB Welcomes US Political Delegation

Donegal ETB welcomed a US political delegation to its Letterkenny Training Centre on 8 March. The delegation was led by Massachussetts State Senator Nick Collins and included Boston City Councillors Timothy McCarthy and Frank Baker who arrived in Donegal on Thursday and visited a number of tourism related businesses in South Donegal including Hanna Hats […]

Deele College Student Achieves First in National Exams

Donegal ETB would like to congratulate its former Deele College (Raphoe) student Luke Sharkey who achieved first place in the 2018 Leaving Certificate Construction Studies (Ordinary Level) national exams, which was recognised at the TechnoTeachers Annual National Student Awards last week. He is pictured with the TechnoTeachers Chairperson Stephen O Brien, his teacher Andrew McFadden, […]

Donegal ETB FET Service Presentation of Awards for Inishowen Learners

Over one hundred people from across Inishowen gathered in an Grianan Hotel, Burt on Wednesday evening last, to receive a wide range of awards from Donegal ETB’s Further Education and Training (FET) Service. Donegal ETB presented certificates to over one hundred adult learners who had achieved certification in a range of part-time programmes over the […]

Minister Launches Donegal ETB’s Three Year Further Education & Training Strategic Agreement

Donegal ETB has published a three-year strategic agreement for its Further Education and Training (FET) Service setting out its priority areas for the coming years which will see it substantially expand the traineeship model over the three year period, focus on upskilling of the existing workforce, build on its approach to enterprise engagement by targeting […]

Donegal ETB Appoints EU PEACE IV Funded Community Leadership Project Coordinator

Donegal ETB has appointed a new Community Leadership Project Coordinator, Paul Friel, under its EU PEACE IV funded community leadership project which will run until June 2020. The project is taking place in partnership with Inishowen Development Partnership (IDP) and Donegal Local Development CLG (DLDC). The project is supported by the European Union’s Peace IV […]

Minister Presents JCPA Certificates to Crana College Students

Minister for Education and Skills Joe McHugh, TD, presented Junior Cycle Profile of Achievement (JCPA) certificates to Crana College students on Monday last. Presenting the awards, Minister for Education and Skills Joe McHugh said, “The new Junior Cycle reporting process allows students to be recognised not only for the grades they achieve in their exams, […]

Donegal Sport Stars 2018 Awards Success for Donegal ETB

Donegal ETB would like to congratulate its students and staff on their Donegal Sport Stars 2018 awards on Friday last: – Crana College, Buncrana student Hannah Mc Dermott, Camogie – Former Crana College, Buncrana student Ronan McLaughlin, Cycling – Deele College Raphoe student Oisin, Secondary School Sports Boy – Errigal College, Letterkenny student Dylan Browne McMonagle, Equestrian – Mulroy […]

Donegal ETB FET Services Presentation of Awards in Dungloe

One hundred and twenty people gathered in the Waterfront Hotel, Dungloe on Thursday 24 January to receive a wide range of awards from Donegal ETB’s Further Education and Training (FET) Service. The awards were achieved through various full-time and part-time programmes over the last year, completed throughout West Donegal. Many of these learners completed their […]