KILLYBEGS fishery harbour centre will receive over €9 million in funding in 2022 as part of a major investment announced by Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue TD this morning. Minister McConalogue announced the allocation of €35m for capital projects in 2022 in Ireland’s six state-owned Fishery Harbour Centres at Killybegs, Ros […]
Killybegs welcomes first of three sister ships
THE Atlantic Dawn Group based in Killybegs has welcomed their new 64.65 metre pelagic trawler, ‘Leila’ to the local fishing fleet. The state-of-the-art vessel is the first of three sister ships that are being constructed at the Cemre shipyard in Istanbul, Turkey, at a cost in excess of €50 million. The vessels were designed by […]
Skifjord tragedy remembered forty years on
ON Sunday morning members of the Byrne family will gather for 11am Mass in the Church of St Joseph & St Conal, Bruckless to pray for the souls of Francis Byrne and his son Jimmie. It will be the 40th anniversary of the night the two Byrnes and three fellow fishermen drowned when the Skifjord […]
Over 100 new jobs for Killybegs
OVER 100 people are to be employed at a new €50 million ingrediant manufacturing plant in Killybegs. Bio-Marine Ingredients, which is majority owned by Killybegs fishermen, hopes to begin construction of the project in the second half of next year. Work is already under way to clear the site. Bio-Marine CEO Jason Whooley said the […]
Killybegs projects to lift many boats around county
MOONEY Boats has started work on their latest €20 million projects in Killybegs this week. The Eilean Croine arrived in Donegal last week and she will join her sister, the Sparkling Star, at the Blackrock pier for a full fit-out by Mooney Boats and many local businesses over the coming months. Arriving from the initial […]
LYIT set to mark golden anniversary ‘in a small way’
Out of this dream, Letterkenny Regional Technical College was born, enrolling 170 students in its first class on October 5, 1971. More recently it’s become Letterkenny Institute of Technology and, together with Galway-Mayo IT and IT Sligo, has formed a joint bid to merge and secure technological university status. If approved, it is likely the […]
Former boat builder now operates on smaller scale
A skilled craftsman who served his time in the BIM boatyard in Killybegs in the early 1970s is using his expertise and creativity to build model fishing trawlers. Frankie Kennedy is now working on a model of the Rós Inbhir, a 50-foot trawler built in 1953 in Killybegs Boatyard. It will be a present for […]
New €20 million fishing vessel arrives in Killybegs
A new €20 million fishing vessel arrived back in her home port of Killybegs on Tuesday. The ‘Antarctic’ is one of the most modern and high tech pelagic fishing vessels in Europe. It is owned by Teresa and Eamon McHugh who operate the Antarctic Fishing Company. Sons Eamon J and Gerard are also deeply involved […]
Keen horseman gets licence for horseless carriage
A PENSIONER who owned a provisional licence for more than fifty years is celebrating after finally passing his driving test. Retired welder James Byrne (69), admitted he was thrilled when he passed his driving exam last week. “I was absolutely delighted. It was a fantastic feeling,” he said. Mr Byrne, from Narin Road in Ardara, […]
Renovations unveil hidden messages in Killybegs home
HUGH O’Donnell’s home in Killybegs is so full of history that it can literally be seen coming through the skirting boards. Recent renovations at his St Catherine’s Road unveiled a message on one such board, written in pencil, which dates back to a time when the house was first built almost seventy years earlier. “Some […]