A Donegal artist says his monument to the Great Hunger will be for people “of all religions and none”. John McCarron was speaking ahead of the unveiling of ‘The Tower of Silence’ in Glasgow this Sunday. It will go on display in front of St Mary’s Church in Calton where Celtic Football Club was founded […]
Mary from Dungloe festival goes virtual
FOR the first time in its history the Mary From Dungloe Festival will go virtual this year with an online crowning ceremony on the August Bank Holiday weekend. Following the disappointment of last year when the annual pageant was cancelled for the first time in its 53-year history, the organisers decided a virtual event was […]
Ireland’s top selling newspaper designed in Gweedore
IRELAND’S best selling newspaper, the Sunday Independent, is being designed in Glassagh, Gweedore. Joe Coyle (46) is the newly appointed Design Editor at the Sunday Independent. Over the past twenty-five years he has watched the tradition-bound newsroom move into the internet age and journalists change how they gather the news and how readers receive it. […]
ICU doctor describes new Covid-19 wave as ‘shocking’
A RAPHOE man working as an ICU doctor in Scotland during a ‘different and quite shocking’ wave of Covid-19 has advised people to get their vaccine. William Shankey Smith is a doctor in the intensive care unit at Ninewells Hospital and Medical School in Tayside, Dundee. The area is experiencing another wave of Covid-19 and […]
Unconventional ‘Bin Boat’ drops anchor in Gartan Lake
TWO Irish artists are expected to make a real splash at this year’s Earagail Arts Festival this weekend with their eccentric boat made from wheelie bins. The artists, Patrick Bloomer and Nicholas Keogh, who are both from County Down, specialise in transforming everyday junk into art. In 2005, they exhibited their work in the Venice […]
Ramelton man completes cycle around Ireland
THE tar began to melt on the road as Ramelton’s Billy McMahon cycled through the sunny south east during his mammoth journey around Ireland which he completed on Monday after just 12 days. Covering 2,106km in very warm conditions was no obstacle for Billy who took on the challenge in order to raise funds for […]
Historic mural unveiled on Letterkenny’s Church Lane
Standing at the doorway of her home, she shyly looks down the street, her gaze directed to the man taking a photograph that will become an iconic one in the history and heritage of Letterkenny. The photographer, Robert French, is capturing an image of an individual on a cart led by a horse making its […]
Almost 5,500 Covid-19 tests carried out over seven days
THERE has been a significant rise in the numbers presenting for Covid testing at sites in Donegal in recent days, the Health Service Executive (HSE) has said. Almost 5,500 people (5,423) were tested at the three sites in Donegal over the past seven days to Monday evening. More than 50 per cent attended St Conal’s, […]
Respite services suspended at Lifford hospital
RESPITE care at Lifford hospital has been suspended leaving vulnerable people and their families without much-needed help. Carers have been informed that the short-stay service has been postponed while essential maintenance work is carried out. For some carers who look after vulnerable, ill or disabled individuals, respite is a key release valve. At Lifford hospital […]
Hopes musical will awaken celebrities to climate crisis
A Donegal man is hoping his new musical will spark a ‘Band Aid moment’ for the climate change movement. Kilcar’s Seamus Smyth wrote ‘Save Our Ice’ for his five-year-old grand-daughter Riley and to highlight the climate emergency her generation will one day have to face. The play, which includes the song ‘Elegy for Our Wonderful […]