Pandemic State funding to help Donegal musicians
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  A NUMBER of Donegal musicians have received state funding under the Music Industry Stimulus Package, to support artists recording their music. The total funding for the 2020 MISP of €1.7 million is covering support for 79 song-writing camps and 56 new album releases, as well as the 184 recording awards. Lemoncello, a collaborative project […]

Lockdown but Donegal traders fighting back
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  COVID-19 cases are dropping in the county but new, stricter restrictions came into place yesterday, generating anger in some quarters and resignation in others. On Wednesday evening, shop owners around Letterkenny were busy putting in place alternative systems for trading, including online and click and collect. “We’re trying to be as positive as possible […]

Suggestions sought for Gaoth Dobhair’s ‘Oasis of Peace’
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THE people of Gaoth Dobhair are being asked to come up suggestions for the location for an ‘Oasis of Peace’ sculpture. The communal reflection space in the heart of the community will be in remembrance of those who have died suddenly and tragically down through the years. Ms Máire Uí Chomhaill, Bainisteoir, Ionad Naomh Pádraig, […]

‘There’re more important things in life than money’
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TEAC Campbell guest house in Gaoth Dobhair will not be opening again this year due to Covid-19. In business since 1986, it can accommodate forty guests and is open all year round. It’s another big blow to the area after the four star An Chúirt, Gweedore Court Hotel and Earagail Health Club, confirmed last week […]

Donegal’s largest employer embraces new ways of working
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Pramerica, the largest employer in Donegal, saw just 1 to 2 per cent of their employees working at their Letterkenny campus during the Covid-19 lockdown. With more than 1,650 employees in all working for Pramerica, that meant many hundreds of their staff worked from home these last months, most of them across Donegal. Advertisement “The […]