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.

Old Carn school to be community home 2 min read

Old Carn school to be community home

Damian Dowds 1 month ago

The Health Service Executive (HSE) has sought planning permission to build a new community group home in Carndonagh. An old school building on the Ballyloskey... Read More

Mica cap could top €500,000 in two years 1 min read

Mica cap could top €500,000 in two years

Damian Dowds 3 months ago

Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue has welcomed the start of the enhanced mica redress scheme, applications for which opened yesterday, a week after the long-awaited... Read More

Grianán of Aileach: future to be explored 2 min read

Grianán of Aileach: future to be explored

Damian Dowds 3 months ago

Councillor Jack Murray has welcomed confirmation that the Office of Public Works will meet Donegal County Council to discuss Grianán of Aileach. The Sinn Féin... Read More

Population pressures political change 2 min read

Population pressures political change

Damian Dowds 4 months ago

Ireland now has over 5.1 million people, according to the results of the Census published on Tuesday. This is up 8% on the previous census... Read More

DCB campaigners to meet EU Commission 3 min read

DCB campaigners to meet EU Commission

Damian Dowds 4 months ago

Defective concrete blocks campaigners will travel to Brussels next month to meet with the European Commission and ask it to take proceedings against the Irish... 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 5 months 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

New direct provision centre opens in Buncrana 1 min read

New direct provision centre opens in Buncrana

Damian Dowds 6 months ago

A new direct provision centre opened in Buncrana at the weekend with a bus load of refugees moving into the former Flanagan’s furniture showroom at... Read More

Family home detached and demolished 1 min read

Family home detached and demolished

Damian Dowds 6 months ago

A family’s semi-detached home at Heather Park, Buncrana, is one of the first defective block houses in Inishowen to be demolished under the defective blocks... Read More

Adrian takes charge in Sydney 3 min read

Adrian takes charge in Sydney

Damian Dowds 6 months 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 7 months 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