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Errigal College has opened an innovative Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) and coding lab, sponsored by Optum Ireland and UK. A five-year partnership with Optum has enabled the school to create a bespoke lab within an existing computer classroom which will serve to further promote STEM and coding, particularly amongst female students. The […]
Category Archives: Schools and Youth Services
Abbey VS, Coláiste Ailigh
Twelve Donegal ETB School Projects Qualify for 2023 BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition
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Oct
Oct
Twelve Donegal ETB school projects have qualified for the 59th BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition. The event takes place in the RDS, Dublin from 11-14 January 2023. The Exhibition is designed to inspire young people to better understand the opportunities that a career in a STEM-related field can offer. The twelve projects come from […]
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Oct
Oct
Donegal Youth Service (DYS) launched the new ASPIRE Inishowen Youth Project on Friday 30 September at the Inishowen Gateway Hotel in Buncrana. The project is funded by the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Inclusion and Youth (DCEDIY) under the funding line UBU, Your Place, Your Space and administered by Donegal Education and Training Board (ETB). […]
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Oct
Oct
Donegal ETB has announced the appointment of Mr Seán Mac Suibhne as the new Principal of Coláiste Ailigh in Letterkenny. He replaces Mr Micheál Ó Giobúin who is retiring from the post in early October. Originally from Carraig Airt, Seán is a former student of Scoil Cholmcille, Duibhleann Riach and Milford Vocational School (now Mulroy […]
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Sep
Sep
Donegal ETB is pleased to announce the appointment of Ms Aoife De Náis as the new Deputy Principal of Gairmscoil Chú Uladh, Béal an Átha Móir. She replaces Páraicín Ní Fhaoláin who recently retired after thirty-six years of service within the school, fourteen of these as Deputy Principal. Prior to taking up her post, Aoife […]
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Sep
Sep
Scéal Spóirt Scoile 1950-2020, the newly published collection of stories about sports and Coláiste na Carraige (formerly Carrick Vocational School), highlights the GAA achievements of this small school, described by Jimmy Smyth, Ulster Vocational Schools Secretary, as “a shining light on the Atlantic seaboard”. Scéal Spóirt Scoile tells stories of these Gaelic competitions beginning in 1964 […]
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May
May
The students of Gort an Choirce Youthreach will host a photography exhibition in An tSean Bheairic in Falcarragh from 9-13 May. The work is the culmination of their efforts over the last two years, funded through the Creative Schools initiative which saw two facilitators from Artlink, Martha McCullough and Rebecca Strain, work with the students […]
Gairmscoil Chú Uladh
Gairmscoil Chú Uladh is First School in Ireland to Participate in Business in the Community Ireland programme through Irish
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Feb
Feb
Gairmscoil Chú Uladh is the first Irish language school in the country to participate in the ‘Saothar an tSaoil’ (World of Work) programme through the medium of Irish, run by Business in the Community Ireland (BITC). Second year Business Studies students from the Donegal ETB school based in Ballinamore have been partnered with Optum Ireland in […]
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Jan
Jan
Three Donegal ETB students were among the prize-winners at the 2022 BT Young Scientist Exhibition final held online on Friday 14 January: Abbey Vocational School student Ciara Cannon won second prize in her category, Intermediate Biological and Ecological, with her investigation into the optimum antimicrobial activity of nanoparticles. Abbey Vocational School student Hughie McShane was […]
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Nov
Nov
Errigal College has a long history of contributing to the Society of St Vincent de Paul’s Christmas hamper appeal over the last twenty years. Normally at this time of year, the school would be busy collecting, sorting and packing food donations from students and staff for the annual hamper drive which has seen thousands of […]