A young girl is being treated for serious injuries after an attack on a house in County Cork. An Garda Síochána is appealing for witnesses following criminal damage and assault at the house in Charleville at around 11.30pm on Monday night. A garda spokesperson said: “Gardaí were alerted to a disturbance at a residence on […]
COLUMN: Dementia care – sometimes, the simple ideas turn out to be the best
By Sabrina Sweeney MY GRANNY lived with Alzheimer’s for the last decade or so of her life. Like all who suffer with this horrible disease, she had trouble staying in the present. Talk about things that had happened a couple of months or even just a few days previous would leave her confused and frustrated […]
Could the Wild Atlantic Way stretch into Northern Ireland?
by Louise Doyle OPENING up the Wild Atlantic Way, which stretches from Cork to Donegal, into Northern Ireland could tap into a new all-Ireland tourism, Fáilte Ireland has said. The view of the national tourism development authority comes after Stormont’s Economy Minister Conor Murphy said it is possible that the Wild Atlantic Way could be extended to Northern Ireland. […]
Who says Donegal is remote?
HUNDREDS of containers arriving daily to destinations such as Tokyo, Shanghai, Abu Dhabi, Taiwan and the United States is being controlled from the gteic digital hub in Gaoth Dobhair. Cork native Padraig Lawlor had worked all over Ireland and in the Middle East and America in various roles before settling down in the Rosses with […]
Threat emerges for Donegal’s crabbing industry
THE Donegal crabbing fishing industry faces potential destruction due to new regulations from Europe which came into effect following Brexit. The warning was sounded this week after it emerged that 37 crabbing vessels around the Donegal coast can no longer land their catch at their local piers because they have British fishing licences. Some of […]
Stalwart McDonnell’s Rebel Yell: ‘We don’t fear Cork’
All-Ireland success at Junior level in 2003 and Intermediate, 2010, have both been landed in Aoife McDonnell’s time in the senior ranks.
Donegal ladies ready for historic semi-final
Donegal will have the chance to reach the senior final for the first time when they play Cork in Dr Hyde Park, Roscommon, tomorrow, Saturday.
Historic afternoon ahead for Donegal ladies squad
Dublin’s Parnell Park is the venue for what team manager Michael Naughton has called the biggest ever day for ladies football in the county.
Restoring historic Tory lighthouse generator
A WEST Cork man whose family purchased a generator which once powered Tory lighthouse is now seeking stories and pictures about the giant unit.