Melbourne lockdown ‘short term pain for long term gain’


MELBOURNE has been home to Donegal couple John Cunningham and Aoife Dalton for much of the past decade. John is Head of Creative Urban Places at the City of Melbourne. The Ardara man is responsible for the strategic development and management for the safe delivery of a programme of innovative and engaging temporary and permanent […]

Catching the Wild Atlantic Way’s beauty from a bicycle


A DONEGAL student is nearing the end of a month-long solo charity cycle along the Wild Atlantic Way. Saoirse MacCárthaigh left the Old Head of Kinsale in Cork on Monday, July 6, and since then he’s visited many hidden inlets, sandy beaches, tiny harbours, tranquil bays and everything else a coastline can offer. This week […]

Donegal whiskey distillery fills its first cask


The resurgent Irish whiskey industry has a new feather in its cap with the announcement that Donegal is once again distilling whiskey. In the shadow of the imposing mountain of Sliabh Liag, a double distilled smoky spirit made from Irish peated malt has been filled into a first fill bourbon oak cask by Sliabh Liag […]

Family finally reunited after 125 days apart


A LOVING family were finally reunited last weekend after spending four long months apart due to the coronavirus pandemic. Joan Forrest (McGinley) from Ardara, her husband Brian and their teenage daughters Aoife and Isla had a tearful reunion in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday last. They have spent the last 125 days apart after Brian found […]

Greenfinger Chris transforms residence


THE green-fingered efforts of one resident has transformed the grounds around a complex which provides sheltered housing for people over the age of 55 into an oasis of calm and colour. Dazzling floral displays, fruit and vegetable patches and lovingly tended shrubs combine to let residents and staff enjoy the calming effects plants can have […]