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Congratulations to our Mulroy College student Lauren McGinley who has received the highest Junior Certificate results in Science and Maths in the country. Lauren completed her Junior Certificate in Mulroy College last June and has been identified by the State Examinations Commission as one of the highest achieving students in Ireland in the Junior Certificate […]
Author Archives: Donegal ETB
Donegal ETB has appointed a new Director at its Outdoor Education and Training Centre (OETC) in Gartan. Ciaran O Brien has been appointed following the retirement of former Director Ursula MacPherson after twenty-seven years. Gartan OETC is an 87 acre estate nestled in the heart of Co Donegal. In 2016 almost 7,000 students benefited from […]
Well done to the Irish Women’s National Team on their 2-0 win over Northern Ireland tonight in their opening FIFA 2019 World Cup qualifier and to our Deele College student Tyler Toland who came on to play her part when she substituted Megan Campbell. We’re very proud! #IRLWNT #COYGIG
Tune in to RTE One at 9.35pm tonight night to watch ‘The Classroom Divide’ in which Joe Duffy explores how where you went to school impacts your life – our school the Abbey Vocational School features in it. This is part of a series of documentaries tackling inequality in Ireland as part of RTÉ One’s […]
Donegal has a new online music library, thanks to the work of a small team of volunteers at our music service Donegal Music Education Partnership (DMEP). The team, led by pianist and tutor Ellen Quinn, has catalogued more than 1,500 musical items. The new catalogue is available to the public online. If anyone sees a music […]
Twenty-one apprentices from Donegal were amongst a group of 160 apprentices from Donegal, Sligo, Leitrim, Galway, Mayo and Roscommon who today received their QQI Advanced Certificates Craft. They completed their apprenticeships in a wide range of areas including carpentry and joinery, construction plant fitting, electrical, heavy mechanics, mechanical automation and maintenance fitting, metal fabrication, motor […]
On Tuesday evening, 12 September, President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins hosted a reception at Áras an Uachtaráin for adult literacy learners and some of their tutors for Literacy Awareness Week. Donegal ETB was represented by one of our Adult Literacy Organisers (ALO) Georgina Thompson (based in our Finn Valley Adult Education and Training Centre) […]
On the morning of Thursday 14th September 2017, a bus taking students to Deele College, Raphoe and the Royal and Prior Comprehensive was involved in a road accident with another vehicle in the St Johnston area of Co Donegal. The emergency services were contacted and attended the scene of the accident. There were 16 students […]
Abbey Vocational School student Emily McGill has been awarded a prestigious Naughton Foundation Scholarship worth €20,000 towards her third level studies in Applied Physics at Dublin City University (DCU). The school has also received an award of €1,000 towards its science facilities as an appreciation of their assistance. The Naughton Scholarships are a scheme of […]
Donegal Education and Training Board (ETB) wish to congratulate all our students and learners on receiving their Junior Certificate results for 2017. This is a historic day as this is the first year the English specification was assessed in a different format. The grading system for English is different to the other subjects ranging from […]