Clare McNickle has offered a big thank you to her friends and many customers for their loyal support as she confirms her plans to close Clare Clothing in Letterkenny. News that Clare Clothing is to close after almost 26 years has prompted many messages of goodwill, but it will be seen as yet another major […]
Local Enterprise Week draws to a successful end
LOCAL Enterprise Week events held across Donegal attracted strong attendance from businesses, entrepreneurs and community stakeholders, highlighting the continued momentum and ambition within the county’s business community. Organised by the Local Enterprise Office Donegal in partnership with Donegal County Council and a wide range of local partners, the week delivered a packed schedule of expert-led […]
Ballyshannon business networks in Berlin for future tourism opportunities
This week, Donegal is being represented internationally as Ireland takes the stage in Berlin at one of the largest travel trade fairs in the world. Internationale Tourismus-Börse (ITB) is an important business to business event that attracts thousands of visitors worldwide, all associated with travel agents, airlines and travel media. It is a three day […]
In pictures: The Cope Dungloe celebrates 120 years in business
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AT an early age, a young Patrick Gallagher from the Rosses began work as a farm labourer, first in county Donegal and then as a potato picker in Scotland. It was this hard work, with its long hours and poor pay, that inspired him to return home and set up a cooperative movement in the […]
In pictures: Donegal Women in Business are ‘Built on Belief’
DONEGAL Women in Business network hosted a special event in An Grianán Hotel in Burt on Thursday to celebrate International Women’s Day. The ‘Built on Belief’ event was organised as part of Local Enterprise Week. It celebrated Donegal women who are at different stages of their business journey, with short, honest talks organised to share […]
Gaoth Dobhair Credit Union draw prize goes to Canada
THE Gaoth Dobhair Credit Union members draw took place on Thursday and the lucky winner of the top prize of €20,000 was Manus Bheaid, Ballindrait, Bunbeg and who has been living in Toronto, Canada for the past seven years. This is the second time in recent years that Lady Luck smiled on Manus. In 2013 […]
Concerns raised over staff sanction delay for facility
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CONCERNS have been raised regarding the sanctioning of staff for a new state-of-the-art apprenticeship training facility currently under development in Letterkenny. The facility, a collaboration between ATU and the Donegal Education and Training Board (ETB), is due to open later this year in an existing building on the Port Road. However, this is pending sanction […]
EuroGiant is ‘no longer trading’ in Courtyard Shopping Centre
EUROGIANT in Letterkenny has closed its doors at the Courtyard Shopping Centre. The popular store had been trading for more than 20 years. Shoppers to the Courtyard in recent days will have noticed the doors of the store closed, with staff inside taking stock off shelves and packing things away. A notice on the door states: ‘No longer […]
Bilingual Branding and Marketing – your business means more with Irish
Tá Líonra Leitir Ceanainn thar a bheith sásta a fhógairt go mbeidh seimineár ar Bhrandáil agus Margaíocht Dhátheangach, arna urú ag Oifig Fiontair Áitiúil Dhún na nGall ar siúl Dé Céadaoin 4 Márta mar chuid de Sheachtain Fhiontraíochta Dhún na nGall. Is faisnéis shoiléir é seo ar bheocht na Gaeilge sa cheantar agus buntáistí inaitheanta na […]
Theft from Castlefin business
GARDAÍ are appealing for information following a theft from a Castlefin business. Three black commercial bins and one black domestic bin were stolen from business premises on the Urney Road at Cloughfin, Castlefin, in the early hours of Friday, February 27 at approximately 00.35am. A large silver grey van with a roof rack entered the […]