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.

Urris beats Burt in promotion play-off 2 min read

Urris beats Burt in promotion play-off

Damian Dowds 9 years ago

Urris promoted to Division 3 Urris 0-10 Burt 0-5 Burt: Kevin McDermott; Stephen O’Donnell, Benny Harrigan, Kevin Glenn; Mark McGavigan, Mickey McCann, Paul McHugh; Paddy... Read More

12 month reprieve for Greencastle Post Office 2 min read

12 month reprieve for Greencastle Post Office

Damian Dowds 9 years ago

Greencastle Post Office, which had been under threat of closure, has been given a reprieve – but its contract has been extended by just... Read More

Gardaí close in on Derry murder suspect 1 min read

Gardaí close in on Derry murder suspect

Damian Dowds 9 years ago

Gardaí at Burnfoot searching for Kieran McLaughlin, the man wanted by the PSNI for questioning about yesterday’s murder of Barry McCrory in Derry, have surrounded... Read More

International Rules manager Earley seeks county final postponement 2 min read

International Rules manager Earley seeks county final postponement

Damian Dowds 9 years ago

Irish International Rules manager Paul Earley has asked the Donegal County Board to postpone its county senior football final so that Ireland team captain Michael... Read More

Inishowen wins at Queen’s Gaelic blitz 2 min read

Inishowen wins at Queen’s Gaelic blitz

Damian Dowds 9 years ago

Coláistí Inis Eoghain returned from Queen’s University in Belfast on Saturday afternoon as proud winners of the McLarnon Cup Blitz. The tournament had been... Read More

Carn beekeeper James Houghton was honoured for his outstanding honey.

Houghton is sweet on honey award 2 min read

Houghton is sweet on honey award

Damian Dowds 9 years ago

Success for Carn beekeeper Carn man James Houghton last week walked away with four prizes at the Honey Show held in Derry’s Guildhall. Mr. Houghton... Read More