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Burt are U21C football champions 4 min read

Burt are U21C football champions

Damian Dowds 3 months ago

Burt are the Donegal U21C football champions after a five-star performance that blew Red Hugh’s away in Friday’s final. First half goals from Keith McColgan... Read More

Private Seán Rooney buried at Newtowncunningham 3 min read

Private Seán Rooney buried at Newtowncunningham

Paddy Doherty 3 months ago

Private Seán Rooney of the 121st Infantry Battalion has been buried with full military honours at Newtowncunningham. His funeral mass took place in Dundalk, his... Read More

Plenty of brain power in Inishowen 2 min read

Plenty of brain power in Inishowen

Damian Dowds 3 months ago

Two out of every three students who sat the Leaving Certificate in Inishowen this year have continued their studies at third level institutions across the... Read More

Asphalt plant for Burnfoot scrapped 2 min read

Asphalt plant for Burnfoot scrapped

Damian Dowds 3 months ago

An Bord Pleanála has overturned a decision by Donegal County Council and refused planning permission for a new asphalt manufacturing plant at Burnfoot. Council planners... Read More

Inishowen’s musical magic on national stage in January 2 min read

Inishowen’s musical magic on national stage in January

Staff Reporter 3 months ago

Inishowen’s traditional music will be celebrated next month when the Inishowen Trad Orchestra and Choir, conducted by Martin Tourish and Lorna McLaughlin, perform in a... Read More

Captured: Inishowen under lockdown 2 min read

Captured: Inishowen under lockdown

Caoimhinn Barr 3 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

Blue Christmas for Inishowen’s Ukrainians 3 min read

Blue Christmas for Inishowen’s Ukrainians

Caoimhinn Barr 3 months ago

Ukrainians across Inishowen are preparing to spend their first Christmas away from home, many of them still separated from loved-ones who remain in peril 2,000... Read More

More mice this winter

Caoimhinn Barr 3 months ago

A spike in the local rat and mice population is causing distress across Inishowen. Winter usually brings an increase in rodent activity – but this... Read More

€7.6m boost for Inishowen tourism 2 min read

€7.6m boost for Inishowen tourism

Damian Dowds 3 months ago

Only around 10% of visitors to the Wild Atlantic Way come as far north as Inishowen. Now, plans are in place to change this, by... Read More

Big freeze to continue through week 3 min read

Big freeze to continue through week

Caoimhinn Barr 3 months ago

The first big freeze of the winter is set to persist across Inishowen until at least Friday afternoon. With night-time temperatures as low as -6... Read More