IT IS IN US ALL, the directorial debut from Irish filmmaker Antonia Campbell-Hughes will open in Irish cinemas today. The feature drama which was filmed on location in Donegal with support from Donegal Film Office stars Cosmo Jarvis (Persuasion, Calm With Horses), Claes Bang (The Northman) & Rhys Mannion. When Hamish arrives on the soil […]
Hotelier responds to criticism for closing hotel to accommodate refugees
THE owner of a hotel that is being prepared for Ukrainian refugees says he would have had to close anyway due to rising costs. Colm Bonner, proprietor of The Viking House Hotel in Kincasslagh, has faced a barrage of online criticism since announcing on Sunday that it is to close. The 12-bedroom Viking House, which was once […]
Donegal healers feature in a new TG4 documentary
Donegal healers are to feature in a new TG4 documentary about healing traditions in Ireland, on Wednesday, September 28 at 9:30pm. The seventh son of a seventh son… A person whose father died before they were born… A woman whose parents had the same surname before they were married… There’s many a reason why the […]
BOI to open Letterkenny branch four Saturdays in October
Bank of Ireland will open its Letterkenny branch for four Saturdays in October to further support customers moving current accounts from Ulster Bank and KBC. The Letterkenny branch will be open every Saturday, 10am to 2pm, from October 1 to October 22. Bank of Ireland Advisors will be on hand to provide information on moving […]
Staff to strike in pursuit of ‘first pay rise in 14 years’
STAFF in 13 community organisations in county Donegal will strike this Thursday as part of the ‘Valuing Care, Valuing Community’ campaign to highlight the demand for a first pay rise in 14 years for workers in the sector. The striking workers will hold a protest march and rally in Letterkenny, leaving from outside the SIPTU office on Port […]
Do you recognise anyone here?
A Scottish woman whose family is from Donegal has appealed for information about the people in an old recently unearthed photograph. The picture showing five women and three men is believed to have been taken in the Downings area in either the late 1920s or the 1930s. Only one person has been identified, Margaret Roy’s […]
Colly maps Donegal – From north to south, east to west
A Letterkenny resident who started charting his favourite places in Donegal five years ago has pulled them all together in a huge map. Colin ‘Colly’ Farrell’s colourful creation has just gone on display in the Silver Tassie, the first place to make it on to the impressive trail. Colly, who is originally from Dublin but […]
Donegal’s value of community brought around the world
A YOUNG man who grew up in Cranford is now bringing his unique understanding of the value of strong community to those less fortunate. Paul Carr works with the Irish charity Concern and has witnessed the struggle of street children in Bangladesh. The 34 year-old is now in Rwanda where he has seen strong community […]
Donegal Students compete in National Worldskills
Two students from Donegal ETB are competing in the National WorldSkills Ireland competition in the RDS this week. Lee Davison from Buncrana and Orlagh McGuiness from Glenties will be competing against more than 180 other young people from across the country in a range of skill-based trades including automation, robotics, construction skills and culinary arts. […]
Good weather helps harvest but costs are ‘horrendous’
Although the cost of fuel and fertiliser is “horrendous” the harvest in Donegal has been good, according to farmers. In Burt Ivan Peoples said the yields this year are similar to last year but he is concerned at the rising prices of fuel and fertiliser. “It was a great harvest weather-wise with winter barley, oil […]