PLANS for an ambitious regeneration project in west Donegal are set to be submitted for approval to Donegal County Council in the coming days. The Bunbeg Revitalisation Project being developed by Vesada Private will see a €20 million investment to include the former Ostan Ghaoth Dobhair and Seaview Hotels. With a planning application set to […]
Helping young lads grow to be the very best they can
SPORTS psychologist Darren Devaney knows better than most how psychology and mental health are vital to performing your best. For the past four years, Darren (32) has been working with Arsenal FC. The Stranorlar man is the club’s Academy Psychologist and he helps players in the Academy, primarily the U23 and U18 players, with their […]
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. […]
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, […]
A jewel of Donegal’s industrial heritage
THE construction of a €250,000 car park and access route is underway as part of the Leitir Corn Mill Conservation Project. It is the latest phase of ambitious plans to re-develop a working heritage mill. Construction on the car park should be completed this September allowing work to commence on rebuilding the mill-wheel and repairing […]
The Duck Street Jam Band join great cause
AN unnanounced music session at Narin beach on Saturday last has allowed the installation of a special facility in the county move one step closer to reality. The Dolmen Centre is fundraising for a hoist and changing bench for the wheelchair accessible toilet at the beach. The electric hoist, costing €4,000, has been sponsored by […]
End of Early bus days in Ardara
WHEN the wheels on Earley’s bus came to a stop last month it marked the end of an era. After 51 years of driving school buses in Ardara, the husband and wife team of Johnny D and Greta Earley are officially out of the driver’s seat. It all started when Johnny D took over the […]
Fianna Fáil need time to regroup in opposition – McDaid
FIANNA Fáil will need at least five years in opposition if the party is to remain relevant on the national stage, Dr James McDaid has warned. The Letterkenny GP, who was a Fianna Fáil TD in Donegal for more than twenty years, said that the whole party needs to look at itself – TDs, councillors, […]
‘The whole uncertainty is the hardest thing to take’
TANYA McCole says that nothing compares to a live audience. During the past 18 months of limited contact, the Ardara singer and her colleagues have had to find other ways to connect with listeners while the usual options for live performances have been suspended. Later this month, Tanya will perform live at Rathmullan House as […]
Letterkenny’s Cycling Man is still pedalling
THE ‘Cycling Man’ who clocked up thousands of kilometres without ever leaving Letterkenny’s Port Road is now attracting attention in Kilcar – 80 kilometres away! Made out of a bike frame and the boxes that the bikes came in, the window display proved to be a very popular stop-off point for pedestrians as they made […]