THE new County Donegal Heritage Plan will be officially launched in Lough Eske Castle, near Donegal Town on Tuesday, May 28 at 2 pm. The County Donegal Heritage Plan (2023-2030) is a strategic action plan for the identification, conservation, management, promotion and interpretation of heritage prepared by Donegal County Council and the County Donegal Heritage […]
‘Meet the Makers’ Donegal Craft Showcase
Designers, artists, and makers from across Donegal will gather for a unique showcase of Donegal’s finest crafts at a ‘Meet the Makers’ event in Lough Eske Castle on Friday, October 20. Organised by Local Enterprise Office Donegal, the Meet the Makers event will also mark the launch of a new “Meet the Makers Donegal – […]
€5 million expansion plans for Donegal hotel
ONE of Ireland’s largest property development and management companies, owned by Buncrana born Pat Doherty and his family, is to invest €5 million in an expansion of its five-star Lough Eske Castle Hotel. The company which developed the Titanic Centre in Belfast recently lodged a planning application to add a two story extension with 24 […]
Anxious for ‘road map’ to help industry through crisis
FOR more than a decade Donal Cox has been in charge at Lough Eske Castle, Donegal’s only five-star hotel. Sitting on 43 acres of woodland outside Donegal town, the 97 bedroom hotel has yet to re-open this year while the doors remained locked for six months of 2020. It’s been a frustrating time for the […]