Inishowen Independent

€60,000 in grants for heritage groups 2 min read

€60,000 in grants for heritage groups

Staff Reporter 4 weeks ago

The Inishowen Traditional Singers Circle, the bird observatory on Inishtrahull and The Exchange in Buncrana have been awarded grants totalling almost €60,000 under the Heritage... Read More

Documenting the mica house crisis 2 min read

Documenting the mica house crisis

Staff Reporter 1 month ago

A young English filmmaker with strong Inishowen roots is making a documentary to show the true human cost of the mica house crisis. Siobhan Bahl... Read More

Terrifying ordeal in Australia for Drumfries man 1 min read

Terrifying ordeal in Australia for Drumfries man

Caoimhinn Barr 1 month ago

The parents of a young Inishowen man who was almost killed while attempting to prevent his car from being stolen are on their way to... Read More

Separate rallies on refugees and migrants held in Buncrana 2 min read

Separate rallies on refugees and migrants held in Buncrana

Damian Dowds 1 month ago

Around 300 people attended two separate demonstrations in Buncrana on Sunday afternoon, one welcoming refugees to the town and the other criticising mass immigration into... Read More

The past lives of Gleneely and Culdaff 2 min read

The past lives of Gleneely and Culdaff

Caoimhinn Barr 1 month ago

A new book on Gleneely and Culdaff by one of Inishowen’s most respected local historians has just been published. Seoirse O Dochartaigh’s ‘Gleann Daoile –... Read More

Buncrana mural highlights climate issues 2 min read

Buncrana mural highlights climate issues

Staff Reporter 2 months ago

Young people from Buncrana have designed a stunning new mural to help raise more public awareness about the issues around climate change. Delivered by Derry-based... Read More

Blueprint for a greener Inishowen 2 min read

Blueprint for a greener Inishowen

Staff Reporter 2 months ago

An action plan that aims to create a de-carbonised and more sustainable Inishowen has been described as a “game-changer” for our peninsula. On Thursday, April... Read More

Free retrofit for Buncrana bungalow 3 min read

Free retrofit for Buncrana bungalow

Staff Reporter 2 months ago

The first of the Inishowen homes to be retrofitted under the free SEAI ‘Better Energy Warmer Homes’ scheme via the Inishowen Development Partnership (IDP) has... Read More

Progress made on Muff, Carn greenways 3 min read

Progress made on Muff, Carn greenways

Staff Reporter 2 months ago

Donegal County Council has issued an update on the progress of the Inishowen Greenway projects, which it says, will eventually result in a 120-kilometre network... Read More

Wetter and warmer in Inishowen 2 min read

Wetter and warmer in Inishowen

Caoimhinn Barr 2 months ago

March weather in Inishowen was markedly warmer and wetter than usual, the latest data from Met Eireann reveals. In our wettest March since 2019, there... Read More