DONEGAL County Council has sought further information on a proposal to redevelop the former Seaview Hotel in Gweedore. The Bunbeg Revitalisation project, being developed by Dublin-based property developers Vesada Private, will see a €20 million investment to include the former Seaview and Ostan Ghaoth Dobhair Hotels. Phase 1 of the project will see the construction […]
Three Pop-Up vaccination clinics in Donegal this week
Walk-in COVID-19 vaccination clinics are taking place in Carndonagh, Buncrana and Stranorlar this week to make it as easy as possible for anyone who has yet to receive their first dose of the Pfizer vaccine, to get vaccinated. People who are waiting for their second dose Pfizer vaccine may also attend one of the walk-in […]
Donegal man helping the next generation expand in Asia
WHEN Downings man Declan MacFadden left boarding school in Coláiste na Croise Naofa, Falcarragh, he stepped out into the world, by his own admission, as green as the fields. He would go on to study bio-chemistry in University College, Galway, before work took him to a variety of jobs in Dublin, Kilkenny and Cork. He […]
Donegal puppies begin journey to become Guide Dogs
THE first litter of Donegal Guide Dog puppies have started their journey to becoming a guide dog for a person who is vision impaired, or an assistance dog for a family of a child with autism. This journey for the ten pups started last week when a group of ‘home socialisers’ took them for a […]
Skifjord tragedy remembered forty years on
ON Sunday morning members of the Byrne family will gather for 11am Mass in the Church of St Joseph & St Conal, Bruckless to pray for the souls of Francis Byrne and his son Jimmie. It will be the 40th anniversary of the night the two Byrnes and three fellow fishermen drowned when the Skifjord […]
Council issue warning over overgrown hedges
AS winter 2021 approaches Donegal County Council has issued warnings to a number of landowners to cut back overgrown road-side hedges, tress and briars. Overgrown hedges can impair driver visibility and overhanging branches can cause damage to high sided vehicles such as lorries, ambulances and fire engines. Last week, the Council erected notices at the […]
MacGill School goes online for a second year
DR Mike Ryan, who has led the global response to Covid-19, and Mary Ellen McGroarty, the Mountcharles-born leader of the World Food Programme in Afghanistan, are among the speakers at next week’s annual MacGill School. Now in its 41st year, the MacGill School will be online for the second year from Wednesday to Friday. When […]
Butchers are taking on a Himalayan task
A DONEGAL butcher is using a two-metre high solid wall of Himalayan rock salt bricks to dry–age premium beef sourced from local suppliers. The translucent blocks were imported by McConnell’s Butchers, Ballybofey, from mines in the foothills of the Himalayas in Pakistan’s Punjab region. Each of the 360 salt blocks was individually hand cut. Shane […]
Racing ahead in the online marketplace
A London-based entrepreneur says that south-west Donegal will always hold a special place in his heart. Samuel Hunt (28) is co-founder and CEO at Materials Market whose creative solution to ease supply chain issues sparked the interest of seed venture capitalist fund, Fuel Ventures, which invested £1.5m in the new tech start-up last month. Born […]
Plans to open Ireland’s only thatching school in county
THE restoration of thatched cottages on the Wild Atlantic Way in recent years has led to plans to open a school in Donegal devoted to the ancient craft of thatching. The promoters, Narin, Portnoo, Rosbeg Community Co-Operative Limited, say that the thatcher traineeship course in The Dolmen Centre will be the first of its kind […]