Category Archives: Achievements

Over 130 Adults Receive FET Awards in Inishowen

Over one hundred and thirty people from across Inishowen gathered in An Grianan Hotel, Burt on Thursday evening last, to receive a wide range of awards from Donegal ETB’s Further Education and Training (FET) Service. Certificates were presented by the ETB to over one hundred and thirty adult students who had achieved certification in a […]

Donegal ETB to Host 7th Annual Awards on 23 March

Donegal Education and Training Board is inviting entries from their schools and centres across the county for their 2019-20 Awards. Once again almost 26,000 students will be eligible to enter – this is the number of people who are attending schools, courses, workshops and projects organised by Donegal ETB this year. Donegal ETB manages 15 […]

150 Adults Receive FET Awards in the Finn Valley Area

Over one hundred and fifty people gathered in the Villa Rose Hotel, Ballybofey Thursday 23 January to receive a wide range of awards from Donegal ETB’s Further Education and Training (FET) Service. The awards were achieved through various part-time programmes over the last year, completed in the Finn Valley area. Certificates were presented by Donegal […]

Donegal ETB Students & Staff Receive Nominations for 2019 Donegal Sports Star Awards

Numerous current and former Donegal ETB students and staff have received nominations for the 2019 Donegal Sports Star Awards. These include: – Athletics: Brendan Boyce, Finn Valley A.C. (former Mulroy College student) – Basketball: Shannon Ní Chuinneagáin, Letterkenny Blaze (Coláiste Ailigh) and Shauna Higgins, Letterkenny Blaze (Coláiste Ailigh) – Camogie: Caoimhe Ní Dhochartaigh (former Coláiste Ailigh […]

300 Students Receive Further Education & Training (FET) Awards in Letterkenny

Three hundred Further Education and Training (FET) students, along with family, friends and staff, gathered in the Radisson Hotel, Letterkenny on Thursday last to receive a wide range of awards from Donegal ETB’s FET Service. Students achieved certification in a range of full-time and a part-time courses over the last year, completed in Donegal ETB’s […]

175 South Donegal Students Receive Further Education & Training (FET) Awards in Donegal Town

Donegal ETB’s Further Education and Training (FET) Service presented a wide range of awards to 175 students from across South Donegal at a presentation evening on Tuesday last. Director of FET with Donegal ETB, Cróna Gallagher, welcomed hundreds of students, guests and staff to the event in the Millpark Hotel in Donegal Town and congratulated […]

Thirteen Donegal ETB School Projects Qualify for 2020 BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition

Thirteen Donegal ETB school projects have qualified for the 56th BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition. The event takes place in the RDS, Dublin from 8-11 January 2020. The Exhibition is designed to inspire young people to better understand the opportunities that a career in a STEM-related field can offer. The thirteen projects come from […]

Coláiste Ailigh Win Donegal ETB’s 2019 Enterprise Day

Coláiste Ailigh (Letterkenny) are this year’s winners of Donegal ETB’s Enterprise Day for schools and Youthreach centres. The event took place in Letterkenny Institute of Technology (LYIT) on Wednesday 16 October. Second place went to the Abbey Vocational School in Donegal Town, while Mulroy College in Milford came third. Two hundred and forty students from […]

Three Donegal ETB Students Awarded Optum Healthcare Scholarships

Three out of the six students from secondary schools across County Donegal who have been awarded an Optum Healthcare Scholarship to support them in their studies in the region are former Donegal ETB students. Áine Kerr attended Deele College in Raphoe, while Charlotte Timony and Shaneen Graham both attended the Abbey Vocational School in Donegal […]

Donegal ETB Chief Executive Congratulates Leaving Cert Students on their Results

Image of Chief Executive Anne McHugh

Donegal ETB, which manages 15 out of the 27 post-primary schools in Co Donegal, today congratulated students and learners who sat their Leaving Certificate examinations in June on their results. Speaking earlier today Donegal ETB Chief Executive Anne McHugh, said, “On behalf of Donegal ETB, I would like to offer my sincere congratulations to the […]