Caoimhinn Barr

Caoimhinn studied at University College Cork, completing a degree in English and sociology in 1998. He worked at the Derry Journal, Donegal Democrat and Donegal On Sunday newspapers before joining the Inishowen Independent editorial team in 2009.

‘Massive step forward on road to justice’ 3 min read

‘Massive step forward on road to justice’

Caoimhinn Barr 4 months ago

The sister of Omagh bomb victim Oran Doherty says her family is happy that a public inquiry into the atrocity will finally be held, describing... Read More

Fullertons return to Buncrana 2 min read

Fullertons return to Buncrana

Caoimhinn Barr 4 months ago

Fullertons from the US, Australia, Canada, Britain and across Ireland will be at a Fullerton family reunion in Buncrana in March. Generations of the Fullerton... Read More

Inishowen losing out to south Donegal 2 min read

Inishowen losing out to south Donegal

Caoimhinn Barr 4 months ago

Inishowen’s public representatives have slammed Donegal Tourism for not promoting Inishowen to the same degree as other regions of the county. Donegal Tourism is the... Read More

Buncrana Robin goes ‘viral’ 2 min read

Buncrana Robin goes ‘viral’

Caoimhinn Barr 5 months ago

Buncrana man Donal Kearney’s photo of a robin taken in Swan Park last week has been been viewed by more than two million people around... Read More

Concern over NowDoc’s future 2 min read

Concern over NowDoc’s future

Caoimhinn Barr 5 months ago

The long-term future of Inishowen’s NowDoc medical service is in doubt. A review of the out-of-hours service is underway. Possible changes could result in CareDoc,... Read More

BT Young Scientist win for Beth and Ciara 2 min read

BT Young Scientist win for Beth and Ciara

Caoimhinn Barr 5 months ago

Beth Doherty and Ciara Gilmore from Carndonagh Community School (CCS) won the second-place award in the ‘Biological and Ecological’ category at this year’s prestigious BT... Read More

AIB awards €28,000 to Lifeline 2 min read

AIB awards €28,000 to Lifeline

Caoimhinn Barr 5 months ago

It has been a fantastic start to the new year for Lifeline Inishowen, the Carndonagh-based domestic violence service, due to an award of €28,000 from... Read More

Boathouse brings in the stars 1 min read

Boathouse brings in the stars

Caoimhinn Barr 5 months ago

Celebrity couple Courteney Cox and Johnny McDaid seem to have taken a fancy to Inishowen and Donegal. They spent some quality time in Redcastle over... Read More

Masses for Benedict XVI on Thursday 1 min read

Masses for Benedict XVI on Thursday

Caoimhinn Barr 5 months ago

Masses will be celebrated for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI across Inishowen this Thursday, January 5, the same day as his funeral is to take place... Read More

Captured: Inishowen under lockdown 2 min read

Captured: Inishowen under lockdown

Caoimhinn Barr 6 months ago

For photographer Angela Tourish the recent lockdown gave her a unique opportunity. She began taking photographs regularly within the confines allowed by the Covid rules.... Read More