Almost 19,000 children in Donegal will receive free school books ahead of the upcoming school year.
The scheme includes schoolbooks, workbooks and copybooks, and is part of an initiative launched by Minister for Education, Norma Foley.
It will come into effect from September.
The scheme will help support families financially, and will benefit more than 558,000 children nationwide.
Over €50 million has been made available to support this scheme, including an administrative grant for schools rolling out the scheme.
