AN Taoiseach Simon Harris has told the MacGill Summer School that attending such an event is “an important rite of passage for any Irish politician”. Speaking at the annual Glenties event, Mr Harris spoke of the importance of finding solutions in a ever challenging world. “I remember coming here in 2016, shortly after becoming Minister […]
Return of MacGill Summer School
By Róise Collins This week government ministers, European Commissioners, US congressmen, ambassadors, academics and economists, will all flock to the small rural town of Glenties, in south west Donegal. The MacGill Summer School was founded over 40 years ago to celebrate the memory of local writer, Patrick MacGill. Advertisement Since then the school has grown […]
MacGill School goes online for a second year
DR Mike Ryan, who has led the global response to Covid-19, and Mary Ellen McGroarty, the Mountcharles-born leader of the World Food Programme in Afghanistan, are among the speakers at next week’s annual MacGill School. Now in its 41st year, the MacGill School will be online for the second year from Wednesday to Friday. When […]
2016 will be year of family reunification – Taoiseach
THE TAOISEACH has said he aims to reduce taxes to encourage return of emigrants.
Junior Minister suffers illness reoccurrence during Letterkenny hospital visit
JUNIOR Minister Kathleen Lynch has been transferred by air to Cork University Hospital after suffering a suspected reoccurrence of septicaemia while visiting Letterkenny General Hospital on Wednesday morning.