Today, the HSE is launching their drug harm-reduction campaign aimed at people attending Irish music festivals this summer. Continuing the work of last summer’s successful pilot project, the HSE is partnering with a small number of festivals this year to put in place Safer Nightlife harm reduction programmes onsite. The multi-component campaign will involve outreach […]
Gaeltacht entrepreneurs compete at national final
TWO teams from Pobalscoil Ghaoth Dobhair will compete in the National Final of Clár na gComhlachtaí, the competition for young entrepreneurs, which will be held at the Connemara Coast Hotel today. The students are Oisín Ó Duibhir, Máirtín Mac Giolla Chomhaill, Katie Ní Fhearraigh and Eimear Nic Pháidín whose project Voltas involves lighting created from […]
30 per cent decline in number of Bean an Tí’s hosting
The number of families hosting students at summer courses in Gaeltacht areas has fallen by almost a third in four years leading to concerns for the future of some Irish colleges. According to new figures obtained by TG4’s current affairs programme Iniúchadh TG4, in the four years since 2018, the number of host families in the Gaeltacht […]
Over €100,000 in funding for Donegal built heritage projects
The Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform, Malcolm Noonan TD, today announced that three heritage projects in Donegal will benefit from €108,000 in funding. The scheme provides assistance to a wide range of heritage structures, including castles, churches, mills, bridges, shopfronts, and thatch structures, as well as to private houses. This year’s HSF […]
Film set in Donegal Gaeltacht to be screened at film festival
A FILM set and filmed in the Donegal Gaeltacht featuring local Irish-speaking talent is to be screened as part of the Dublin International Film Festival tomorrow. Local director Daniel Butler and producer Maggie Ryan are nominated for ‘Discovery Awards’ at the festival. Bean Feasa is an Irish-language supernatural drama inspired by Donegal folktales about the […]
Increased capacity at Gaoth Dobhair Day Care Centre
WITH over 25 per cent of the population in Donegal living within the Gaeltacht, the Alzheimer Society of Ireland Day Care Centre in Gaoth Dobhair plays a vital role in providing dementia-specific care in the region. First opened over 20-years-ago, the centre is one of over 40 Alzheimer Society of Ireland Day Care Centres now […]
Sporting clubs urged to apply for EV Charging Scheme
Donegal sport clubs across the county are urged to apply to the Shared Island Sports Club EV Charging Scheme which opens today, January 30th. The new €15 million scheme, resourced through the Government’s Shared Island Fund, will support the roll-out of publicly accessible, fast-charging for sports clubs and communities across the island of Ireland, in […]
Sixty new jobs for Donegal Gaeltacht
ÚDARÁS na Gaeltachta has approved 60 new jobs for the Donegal Gaeltacht at their end of year board meeting. The investment has been widely welcomed as an important step in the strengthening of communities and language in Gaeltacht areas. The company Cora Tine in Fál Carrach is set to create 53 new posts with the […]
Seoladh Oifigiúil Plean Teanga Thoraí
I ndiaidh corradh agus bliain oibre ar chur i bhfeidhm an phlean, beidh Plean Teanga Thoraí á sheoladh go hoifigiúil agus á cheiliúradh ar 24 Samhain, ar 1i.n. sa Chlub Sóisialta, Toraigh. Cathaoirleach Údarás na Gaeltachta, Anna Ní Ghallachair a dhéanfas Plean Teanga Thoraí a sheoladh go hoifigiúil i láthair an phobail. Ócáid mhór i stair […]
Additional funding worth €420,000 for language planning process announced
As part of a visit to County Donegal today, Government Chief Whip and Minister of State for the Gaeltacht and Sport, Jack Chambers TD, has announced that the annual funding to be made available in future for the specific Gaeltacht Service Towns located in the Gaeltacht is being increased from €80,000 to €100,000 per year. […]