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Alcorn urges prospective students to ensure grant applications are correctly filled in

Both Donegal County Council and the VEC are reporting 3rd level grant applications in excess of last year with intending students urged to submit applications if they haven’t already done so. The date for which applications can be submitted for the next term was brought forward this year in an effort to avoid delays in

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NUJ calls for return of Derry journalist’s mobile phone

The NUJ is calling for the return of a mobile phone seized from a Derry journalist yesterday. Eamon Mc Dermott is a freelance journalist who regularly covers court sittings in Derry for several media outlets, including Highland Radio News. He also writes about dissident republicans, and occasionally receives claims of responsibility for actions they have

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Huge increase in Magee College applications as A Level results are published

More than 12,000 pupils across Northern Ireland have been receiving their A level results today, with competition for university places expected to be tougher than ever this year. All universities and colleges are reporting increassed applications, with the University of Ulster’s Magee College in Derry reporting over 6,100 applications for just 951 available places, representing

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“Begin Again” programme to be launched in Donegal today

The “Begin Again” work placement programme which is operated by the Dept. Education & Skills receives it’s Donegal launch at the Enterprise Fund Business Centre in Letterkenny this evening. Under the scheme, unemployed professionals are offered a 12-week placement in a position matching their expertise, in the hope that a job may follow. All benefits

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Donegal in Top 10 for “staycations”, but Kerry comes out on top

Kerry is the most popular place to have a ‘stay-cation’ in Ireland. A new survey puts Galway in close second for top Irish destinations, with Donegal also in the top 10 Angela Keegan is managing director of the myhome.ie website which carried out the research. She believes there’s one simple explanation for the trends…………….

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