Melbourne and Donegal to unite for Mary Ellen


A DONEGAL family is planning a major fundraiser, ‘Walk with M.E.’, for Downstrands Family Resource Centre and the Kevin Bell repatriation trust on St Stephen’s Day. The ‘Walk with M.E’ event will see people from across Donegal and Melbourne come together and walk 5k to raise funds for two very worthy causes. Event organiser John […]

Gallagher’s Bakery launchs new range of sourdough bread


ARDARA-based Gallagher’s Bakery is looking to shake-up the packaged bread industry with the launch of a new range of everyday handcrafted sourdough bread products. Gallagher’s Bakehouse new sourdough bread range features a unique, lighter sourdough flavour well-suited to everyday consumption. These breads are prepared using traditional baking methods, including a sourdough starter which is allowed […]

Oscar lives to bark another day following rescue effort


THE owners of a Labradoodle got a scare last Thursday afternoon when the dog became trapped on Deadman’s Island at Loughros Mor Bay in Ardara. Local businessman Matthew Whyte received a report of two dogs needing help at about 1pm. The dogs, father and son Buddy and Oscar, first entered the water near the Ardara […]

Marathon man Desmond is walking 100 miles for charity


DONEGAL pensioner Desmond Campbell is a marathon man who has travelled miles and miles – many of them by foot, some of them by bike and quite a few of them while virtually standing still. During the course of his travels, he has helped people in extraordinary ways. Campbell, 76, grew up in Ardara but […]

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 […]