Education
Local childcare facilities to share over €100,000 in funding
23 local childcare facilities in Co Louth will share €101,833 in funding as part of a €2.75m allocation to 671 providers nationwide in the Childcare Capital Grants Scheme. The grants
St Brigid’s Way Pilgrimage to leave Dundalk this Sunday
A nine day walk called the St Brigid’s Way Pilgrimage will be held between Sunday July 7th and Tuesday July 16th. Local women Dolores Whelan and Karen Ward are inviting
Louth County Museum in Dundalk awarded interim accreditation by Heritage Council
The Louth County Museum in Dundalk is amongst five museums to have been awarded interim accreditation by the Heritage Council under the Museum Standards Programme for Ireland at a ceremony
Speech and Drama stage camp to be held next month
Geraldine’s School of Speech and Drama will be hosting Stage Camp Summer Performance Workshops from July 22nd to 26th in the Louth Creative Community Hub in Muirhevnamor. The workshops run
Dundalk native Duffy is new CEO of Longford/Westmeath VEC
The Louth VEC might have wrapped up this week but one local man is set to play a prominent role in the future of the education committee in the Midlands.
VEC prepares to wind up
Within a week the Louth VEC as we know it will be no more as it prepares to amalgamate with its Meath equivalent. That has led to plenty of nostalgic
130 extra higher education places announced for Dundalk IT
An extra 130 higher education places have been announced for Dundalk Institute of Technology. These places, which will be available through the Springboard programme, will provide jobseekers with an opportunity
Handbook for part-time courses at Dundalk IT now available
Anyone thinking of expanding their mind and their CV will be interested to know that Dundalk IT have released their new part-time courses handbook for the forthcoming academic year. As
Dundalk IT graduates struggling to find work in digital media sector
DUNDALK IT graduates are the least likely to end up in working in digital media, according to a new survey. The survey of hiring among ecommerce companies found that, in
Three local schools to benefit from new permanent classrooms
Three local schools are set to have their prefabs replaced with new state-of-the-art facilities. The schools that will benefit from the new permanent classrooms from next September include Castletown Girls
Green Schools Expo to kick off tomorrow
A Green Schools’ Travel Expo will get underway in Dundalk tomorrow and will run for the entire week. The event, which is being organised as part of National Bike Week,
Child rapist has been living locally for five years
The Sunday World reported at the weekend that a child rapist has been living in Dundalk for the past five years. Kevin Murphy, originally from Co Kerry, has been residing
Public WiFi extended to museum and library
Louth County Council has revealed that their free WiFi service in Dundalk town centre has now been extended to cover the County Museum and the County Library courtyard area.
Ah here!
Dundalk IT have published a new advert seeking a table tennis coach for the coming year. The new coach will be responsible for increasing awareness and participation in the
Best wishes for the exams
The Leaving Cert and Junior Cert exams get underway today and here at Talk of the Town we’d just like to extend best wishes to all who are doing them.
