DONEGAL Business Network will present a free lunchtime learning session this week for businesses struggling with Brexit. The quick and easy 30-minute guide on navigating Customs’ Clearance will be followed by 15 minute question and answer session for businesses. The session is hosted by Conall Dunne and Clare McEldowney of Easy Customs and takes place […]
Asylum seekers arrive to warm welcome
A welcoming party was in place yesterday as the first tranche of asylum seekers arrived in Letterkenny. Those who arrived were from an accommodation centre in Portsalon and from other similar facilities dotted around the State. There were heart warming scenes as members of the Donegal Asylum Seeker Support Group and others held placards and […]
Covid vaccine is rolled out to Tory Island
RESIDENTS on Tory Island have been receiving their Covid vaccinations. The Ambulance Service in conjunction with HSE Public Health Nursing and Dr Wheatley O’Neill administered jabs to people aged over 70 yesterday. The first and the oldest islanders on Tory to be vaccinated were William Duggan and Mary Diver, both aged 88. Advertisement Mr Duggan […]
Five Donegal aquaculture firms to share €500k package
FIVE Donegal companies will share almost €500,000 as part of a package announced this morning under the Department of Agriculture and the Marine’s European Maritime and Fisheries Fund Programme. Minister Charlie McConalogue has just confirmed an overall package of €1.8 million in grants to 28 aquaculture companies to further the growth of their businesses and […]
Four art centres to share €642,000 package
MINISTER for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue, has welcomed the announcement of €642,120 in funding for four arts centres in Donegal. As part of a strategic funding for arts centres by the Arts Council, An Grianán Theatre received €258,000, Cairdeas na bhFidiléirí received €42,360, Earagail Arts Festival received €191,760 and the Regional Culture […]
Appeal for donations as asylum seekers due to arrive
A support group set up to assist asylum seekers is continuing to appeal for donations of sanitary goods. Hundreds of items have already been donated ahead of the arrival of individuals and families. They are due to take up residence in former student accommodation along the Port Road within days. The Donegal Asylum Seekers Support […]
Eclipse offering a little of their cinemagic at home
A sale of authentic cinema chairs by Eclipse in Lifford is proving to be a hit with movie lovers. Thirty seats have already been snapped up with a further batch of around 20 due to be advertised this weekend. The chairs have been in storage since Eclipse carried out a major renovation of its premises. […]
‘Where is our support’ asks mobile home owner
MOBILE home owners are in for at least another six weeks of misery with restrictions on non-essential travel effectively barring them from caravan sites. Van owners endured a disrupted summer in 2020 and will miss out on the traditional season opening date of St Patrick’s Day again this year. Some sites have remained open throughout […]
Megan Nic Fhionnghaile tuning up for TG4 appearance
DONEGAL fiddler Megan Nic Fhionnghaile will be among the featured artists in this Sunday’s episode of the TG4 series Sruth. As well as being about traditional music in the modern era, Sruth pays tribute to the past masters, known and unknown. This week’s episode focuses on the talents of Gaoth Dobhair musician Megan Nic Fhionnghaile […]
From Donegal to Vancouver Island and back
IT takes courage to leave home and say goodbye to family, community, friends. Equally though it takes bravery to return home after decades away. Where will I live? What about a job? What if my friends don’t remember me the way I remember them? Advertisement These are the questions Grace Gerry faced when she decided […]