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 […]
Letterkenny IT’s ‘sportsman’ retires
AFTER a career of public service spanning close on 43 years, Paddy Gallagher celebrated his last day at Letterkenny Institute of Technology on Friday last. Former colleagues and family members participated in the celebration by going online to congratulate and pay tribute via a series of zoom calls. Paddy Gallagher joined the staff of Letterkenny […]
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 […]
Five Donegal BOI branches to close
The announcement has been described as “further demise” of rural Donegal by Fianna Fáil councillor Noreen McGarvey.
‘Pushing things along’ despite Brexit and pandemic
A DONEGAL man is responsible for overseeing daily operations at one of Europe’s and UK’s fastest growing recruitment agencies. Falcon Green is a specialist construction and engineering recruitment agency, which employs more than fifty office-based staff with 1,100 operatives working on sites across the UK and Ireland each week. Joseph Sweeney from Gweedore founded the […]
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. […]
Is the traditional Irish wake a thing of the past?
IT’S been almost a year since Ireland started putting restrictions in place to limit the spread of coronavirus. For undertakers like Paschal Blake, it’s been a challenging time as the pandemic has caused extra pressure. “It’s been quite a difficult year and one which has been particularly harrowing for families,” he said. Mr Blake, who […]
‘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 […]
‘Important we stay safe but also have to try and live’
THE pressures of leading the people of Leitirmacaward and Doochary through the pandemic has kept Fr Adrian Gavigan busy for much of the past year. A native of Glenties, Fr Gavigan (44) was the first priest in the Raphoe Diocese to organise a car park mass last summer. The mass, held in the grounds of […]