Ballyshannon school principal says return of all students a sign of hope
A Donegal school principal says today’s return of all students to school is a sign of hope for the entire community. Today, one million students and staff are back in their classrooms after the Easter holidays. For hundreds of thousands of second-level students – from first to fourth year –…
Mona McSharry happy to keep training in Ballyshannon ahead of Olympics bid
World junior champion Mona McSharry says she will keep her training base in Ballyshannon as she chases her dream of becoming the first Sligo woman to compete at the Olympic Games. The Grange native is targeting a place on the Irish team for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, after setting…
Sligo’s Seamus Keogh named in Irish U15 squad
Sligo’s Seamus Keogh has been named on the Republic of Ireland Under 15 squad for next week’s Invitational Tournament in Prague. The Benbulben FC clubman is a student at Coláiste Cholmcille in Ballyshannon. The youngest Irish international squad will finish out their season with games against Norway and the Czech Republic…
Northwest schools to contest soccer, GAA and basketball finals today
A number of schools from the northwest are contesting provincial finals this afternoon in various sports. In soccer, Summerhill College will take on Rice College of Westport in the Connacht Senior Final at Milebush in Castlebar today at 1pm. In Gaelic football, St Attracta’s Community School in Tubbercurry will contest…
Five gold medals and three new records for Sligo’s Mona McSharry
It was another incredible weekend for Sligo’s Mona McSharry. The 16-year-old swimmer from Grange completed a breaststroke triple on Sunday at the Dave McCullagh/Swim Ulster International in Bangor, when she won gold in the 50m event in a time of 31.56 seconds. The Marlins Swimming Club member also took gold on Sunday…
North West schools involved in BT Young Scientist Exhibition
The 2017 BT Young Scientist Exhibition gets underway today in Dublin. 550 projects have made it through to the finals including 17 projects from schools in Sligo, Leitrim and South Donegal entered in this year’s competition. Magh Ene college in Bundoran has four entries at the BT Young Scientist…