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 […]
Quiet 60th anniversary celebration for Donegal priest
Living in Raphoe since 2011, Fr Willie had hoped to throw open the doors to his home to family and friends next Tuesday but the coronavirus has…
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 […]
Colourful farewell to cycling colleague
“I never learned to drive a car and being able to cycle makes my job so much easier. I feel refreshed and energised between calls…”
Famous Donegal pub turns to online shop during closure
“We initially intend to create hampers which will contain items from each of these companies, and also our own produce, which we will sell online
The world was their oyster and then…bang!
Loughros Beg Specials grow and sell more than one million oysters annually and without a crop in progress, these are worrying times.
‘We know we will see the Hills of Donegal again’
“When will we see Gaelic Park again or have our next Ardara Night in Haswell Green’s? I am not quite sure but, in the meantime…”
Pensioner left without phone for three weeks
“I’m a pensioner and a bit of an old hippy. I don’t have a computer but I always pay my bills on time when they arrive in the post”
Donegal based Traveller woman loses out in Seanad race
Eileen Ní Fhloinn was running for the Seanad on the Labour panel having been nominated by Killybegs Independent TD Thomas Pringle