Damian Dowds

Damian studied at NUI Maynooth and worked with Intel Ireland on graduation. Followings stints as a civil servant in Leinster House, and with magazine publisher Ashville Media, he returned to Inishowen to set up the Inishowen Independent in 2007.

Adrian takes charge in Sydney 3 min read

Adrian takes charge in Sydney

Damian Dowds 43 mins ago

A very busy March 17 was far from Adrian McMyler’s mind when he moved from Buncrana to Australia last August, but a cup of coffee... Read More

Residents return to Carn Hospital 3 min read

Residents return to Carn Hospital

Damian Dowds 6 days ago

All residents have returned to Carndonagh Community Hospital following a €4.2 million refurbishment of the 46-bed facility which provides long-term residential, palliative and respite care,... Read More

Plan aims to halve road deaths by 2030 2 min read

Plan aims to halve road deaths by 2030

Damian Dowds 3 weeks ago

A new plan to halve the number of deaths and serious injuries on Donegal roads by 2030 was published last week. It aims to eliminate... Read More

Ukrainian community looks homeward 5 min read

Ukrainian community looks homeward

Damian Dowds 4 weeks ago

Each morning starts the same way for Natalia Baburova. She picks up her phone to check the latest updates from Ukraine. War fills the screen... Read More

Inishowen gets crumbs from table 2 min read

Inishowen gets crumbs from table

Damian Dowds 1 month ago

Inishowen has fared poorly under the 2023 Active Travel Grants scheme announced last week by the National Transport Authority. Donegal County Council received €4.5 million... Read More

Buncrana air quality misses WHO standard 2 min read

Buncrana air quality misses WHO standard

Damian Dowds 2 months ago

Air pollution in Buncrana exceeds the limit set down by the World Health Organisation (WHO). Scientist Criodán Ó Murchú found air pollution measured by a... Read More

New homes hit ten year high in Inishowen 2 min read

New homes hit ten year high in Inishowen

Damian Dowds 2 months ago

The number of new homes completed in Inishowen last year hit a ten year high, data published by the Central Statistics Office has revealed. There... Read More

Unequal treatment for Donegal homes 2 min read

Unequal treatment for Donegal homes

Damian Dowds 2 months ago

Mica campaigner Roisin Gallagher has said the Government’s announcement last week of a redress scheme for defective apartments in Dublin comes with far fewer exclusions... Read More

Community help sought by Mica campaigners 2 min read

Community help sought by Mica campaigners

Damian Dowds 2 months ago

A group of Mica campaigners is calling for volunteers who want to help with the defective concrete homes campaign to join them at a meeting... Read More

Oyster farm licences on Trawbreaga Bay refused 3 min read

Oyster farm licences on Trawbreaga Bay refused

Damian Dowds 2 months ago

The Department of Agriculture and the Marine has refused to license 14 new oyster farms on Trawbreaga Bay at Malin. Citing environmental concerns and the... Read More