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Incredible response to charity appeal for Belarusian orphanage 8 years ago

Incredible response to charity appeal for Belarusian orphanage

By  •  News

Ramelton couple Alan and Myrtle Doherty have extended their gratitude to all who donated to their appeal to help the Vesnova children’s orphanage in Belarus.

Every year the Dohertys collects …
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Inspirational Niamh encourages young women to get involved in politics 8 years ago

Inspirational Niamh encourages young women to get involved in politics

By  •  News

Nineteen year old Niamh Walsh from Inishowen has taken on the role as Women’s Officer for Donegal Sinn Féin Republican Youth.

Niamh is currently in her second year at UCD, …
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A ‘Lidl’ bit of organising goes a long way for Donegal ladies ace Friel 8 years ago

A ‘Lidl’ bit of organising goes a long way for Donegal ladies ace Friel

By  •  Sport

Friel knows all about the importance of being organised.

She is the store manager at Lidl in Donegal town. Lidl happen to be the sponsors of the Ladies National League …
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Make a ‘beeline’ for Doneyloop for their ladies’ beekeeping night 8 years ago

Make a ‘beeline’ for Doneyloop for their ladies’ beekeeping night

By  •  News

Three Rivers Beekeepers association are hosting a ladies only beekeeping night on Monday the 6th of February at 7:30pm in the Doneyloop Youth Club building in Castlefinn.

This informal night …
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Donegal Women’s Group encourage ladies to join them for Mini Marathon 8 years ago

Donegal Women’s Group encourage ladies to join them for Mini Marathon

By  •  News

Donegal Town Women’s Group are encouraging women to join them on their journey to the Women’s Mini Marathon in Dublin on Bank Holiday Monday, June the fifth. 

You can walk, …
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VIDEO: Star-studded ‘Catholic flashmob’ at Patricia and Neil’s wedding! 8 years ago

VIDEO: Star-studded ‘Catholic flashmob’ at Patricia and Neil’s wedding!

Daniel O Donnell’s niece Patricia Doogan tied the knot with her fiancée Neil yesterday – with quite a unique performance taking place during the ceremony!

Father Pat Ward was the …
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Making a difference to 10,000 young lives 8 years ago

Making a difference to 10,000 young lives

By  •  Life

Lorraine is the Regional Director of the Donegal Youth Service, which means she manages all projects across the county designed to improve young people’s lives.

She has spent almost 20 …
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Donegal ladies team hoping for another win in Galway 8 years ago

Donegal ladies team hoping for another win in Galway

By  •  Sport

Donegal defeated Armagh by 11 points in Convoy last weekend and go to Tuam on Sunday in high spirits.

Newly-promoted Donegal are back in Division 1 of the Lidl Ladies …
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Fr-fr-freezing February weather on the way 8 years ago

Fr-fr-freezing February weather on the way

By  •  News

The first month of 2017 brought some of the mildest temperatures in a decade to Donegal, but temperatures are set to plummet this weekend as the weather takes a dramatic turn.


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Mulroy’s Caoimhe Walsh savours her All-Ireland final heroics 8 years ago

Mulroy’s Caoimhe Walsh savours her All-Ireland final heroics

By  •  Sport

Walsh’s two goals helped Mulroy overcame St Peter’s CS from Passage West in Cork – who had beaten Mulroy in the last two finals – to win the FAI Schools …
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All well and good in Donegal Town 8 years ago

All well and good in Donegal Town

By  •  Life

Donegal Town is set to become the first ever Positive Wellness Community in Ireland. This achievement is all down to the enthusiasm and drive of the local Cycle Against Suicide …
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One Donegal hotel has naughty ideas for Valentine’s Day 8 years ago

One Donegal hotel has naughty ideas for Valentine’s Day

By  •  News

The Waterfront Hotel are getting into the mood this Valentine’s Day with a specially designed menu that is certainly very saucy.

The €40pp special is a three-course experience that is …
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Style Study – Emma Murray 8 years ago

Style Study – Emma Murray

By  •  Style

Emma Murray is a Fashion, Beauty and Lifestyle blogger originally from Donegal but now residing in Galway as a Personal Shopper/Stylist and Store Trainer in Debenhams. ‘The Fashion Chair’ has …
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10 dreamy places to dine in Donegal on Valentine’s Day 8 years ago

10 dreamy places to dine in Donegal on Valentine’s Day

By  •  Life

Valentine’s Day needn’t be a scary thought when it comes to choosing somewhere to dine. Donegal restaurants and hotels are well-prepared for the occasion and have designed some delicious special …
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Irish bar launches date escape initiative for women 8 years ago

Irish bar launches date escape initiative for women

By  •  News

The Five Points bar in Belfast city centre has set up #AnitaAssistance to provide women with a method to alert staff that they need to get away safely.

Management at …
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The world’s best reactions to Beyonce’s pregnancy 8 years ago

The world’s best reactions to Beyonce’s pregnancy

By  •  News

The superstar shared a true-to-Bey super stylish photo in her underwear on Instagram to share the news.

The photo became the most liked ever on Instagram, beating Selena Gomez’ most …
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MAKEUP 101 | Top 5 high-end vs pharmacy products 8 years ago

MAKEUP 101 | Top 5 high-end vs pharmacy products

By  •  Beauty, Bridal

Are you a bride-to-be or make-up lover looking to stock up with the best DIY products for your special occasions?

I’ve personally hand-picked my TOP 5 favourite higher-end vs chemist …
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Colaiste Ailigh gets strictly competitive 8 years ago

Colaiste Ailigh gets strictly competitive

By  •  News

The staff and parents of Coláiste Ailigh will host a glittering night of dancing in The Mount Errigal Hotel on Saturday the 1st of April.

The event is being run …
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The teenagers who want you to mind their business 8 years ago

The teenagers who want you to mind their business

Loreto Convent Transition Year students Joanna McMonagle and Claire Mc Gettigan have launched Reveal The Teen, a business research initiative to uncover the trends of young people today.

Trending brands, …
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Mulroy College girls are All-Ireland champions 8 years ago

Mulroy College girls are All-Ireland champions

By  •  Sport

Mulroy College 2 St Peter’s Community School 1 (after extra time)

It meant a case of third time lucky for the Mulroy girls after two final defeats against St Peter’s, …
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Tyler set to take on Swiss challenge with Ireland squad 8 years ago

Tyler set to take on Swiss challenge with Ireland squad

By  •  Sport

The St Johnston native has been selected on a 20-woman squad by Irish manager Dave Bell.

In Castellon, Ireland will play two friendly internationals against Switzerland, on February 15 and …
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One Donegal person is €50,000 richer this week 8 years ago

One Donegal person is €50,000 richer this week

By  •  News

The lucky number AEX172997 was selected in the draw on January 27th and the top prize of €50,000 has been traced back to the county.

People who purchase Prize Bonds are …
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Gallery: A wedding fayre of romance and roses 8 years ago

Gallery: A wedding fayre of romance and roses

By  •  Bridal

Two of Donegal’s best known hotels the Villa Rose & Jackson’s hosted one of the northwest’s leading Wedding Fayres of 2017 on Sunday, January 29th. Since the hotels merged at …
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Wedding dancing like a pro! 8 years ago

Wedding dancing like a pro!

By  •  Bridal

The first dance – whether you’re marrying a Patrick Swayze wannabe or a shoe shuffler there is no avoiding the first dance! The expectation of years gone by was that …
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Jamie Dornan trapped by Ellen in hilarious sketch 8 years ago

Jamie Dornan trapped by Ellen in hilarious sketch

Only Ellen DeGeneres could be allowed to pin Jamie Dornan down in such a predicament.

The Northern Irish actor was promoting Fifty Shades Darker on her chat show when she …
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All training and no celebrations for young Sinead Jennings! 8 years ago

All training and no celebrations for young Sinead Jennings!

By  •  Sport

When Sinead Jennings got her Leaving Certificate results, her ‘celebrations’ were rather different from her classmates.

The then-17-year-old from Hawthorn Heights came back from Loreto, Letterkenny with her results, chuffed …
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Patrick Lee makes his community proud 8 years ago

Patrick Lee makes his community proud

By  •  News

Patrick Lee McGinley from Termon organised a sponsored head shave, raffle and coffee morning in aid of the Irish Kidney Association last December. Patrick Lee, who is 11 years old, …
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What to expect when you are no longer expecting 8 years ago

What to expect when you are no longer expecting

By  •  Health

We are given so much advice from other mums, nurses, doctors, books the internet and so on about what to expect when we are pregnant. But what about after your baby …
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Two of Donegal’s best boutiques listed as XFA finalists 8 years ago

Two of Donegal’s best boutiques listed as XFA finalists

By  •  News

Online jewellery boutique www.laveesha.com and McElhinneys Bridal Rooms are in the running for separate prizes in the 2017 Xpose fafinder awards.

The highly coveted awards are a big event in the …
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Kind knitters called on to make baby blankets 8 years ago

Kind knitters called on to make baby blankets

By  •  News

Volunteers are invited to share an hour together in the Clonmany Day Centre and help knit small squares to be turned into blankets.

These blankets will be donated to ‘fish and chip’ …
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A wish in memory of a magical baby girl 8 years ago

A wish in memory of a magical baby girl

By  •  Life

Sharon and Brian Thompson’s baby girl Victoria has been a powerful force for good. Victoria passed away after just nine months in the world, but her lasting memory has been …
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All you need is love… and €24k 8 years ago

All you need is love… and €24k

By  •  Bridal

A survey of more that 2,000 participants this month showed that the average total budget for a wedding including the honeymoon is €24,427. This marks a rise of 8% from the €22,531 average …
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How can you reach Rome without spending a penny? 8 years ago

How can you reach Rome without spending a penny?

By  •  News

A trip to Rome sounds like a delightful holiday, but not if you haven’t got a penny to spend on the journey…

Two teams of Donegal students from Dublin City …
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Please don’t sabotage your friends’ goals 8 years ago

Please don’t sabotage your friends’ goals

By  •  Health

When someone starts out on their health and fitness journey, they are faced with an array of obstacles; How do I train? Which diet should I follow? Can I eat …
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Spring/Summer trends about to hit the shelves 8 years ago

Spring/Summer trends about to hit the shelves

By  •  Style

Hey Everyone,

Hope all is well. Over the course of today’s and next week’s segment I will be discussing the new SS trends about to hit our shelves.

Today I …
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Hughie Maughan and his fiancée suffer brutal homophobic attack 8 years ago

Hughie Maughan and his fiancée suffer brutal homophobic attack

By  •  News

Hughie Maughan and his fiancée Ryan Ruckledge suffered a brutal homophobic attack following an awards ceremony last night.

The couple met in 2016’s series of ‘Big Brother’, and instantly hit …
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Delight as Mayor McDaid announces engagement 8 years ago

Delight as Mayor McDaid announces engagement

By  •  News

Mayor James Pat McDaid popped the question to his girlfriend – and she said yes!

Theresa Canning from Glenswilly happily accepted the Mayor’s proposal this weekend.

Mayor McDaid took …
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VIDEO: Photographer captures stunning sandstorm on Rossnowlagh beach 8 years ago

VIDEO: Photographer captures stunning sandstorm on Rossnowlagh beach

Karen Skelly captured this ethereal display on Rossnowlagh beach on Thursday morning.

The sandstorm caused the top layer of sand to blow along the bottom, making the sand look like …
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Mary drops 3 stone in 6 months: “If I can do it, so can you!” 8 years ago

Mary drops 3 stone in 6 months: “If I can do it, so can you!”

By  •  Life

Mary Mc Ananey lost 3 stone and 1 pound since joining Slimming World a little over six months ago.

Speaking about her transformation, Mary says; “I hate this before photo …
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Thoroughly Modern Mammy – Thoroughly Feeling Old 8 years ago

Thoroughly Modern Mammy – Thoroughly Feeling Old

By  •  Mammy

This weekend, Thoroughly Modern Mammy is Thoroughly Feeling Old.

Yesterday, my baby sister turned 18.

The BABY of the family is now an adult.  I’m not sure WHY her birthday …
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Ashley Graham shares body positivity on Instagram: “I love the skin I’m in!” 8 years ago

Ashley Graham shares body positivity on Instagram: “I love the skin I’m in!”

By  •  News

Ashley Graham is one of the most in-demand plus-size models in the industry right now and has used her fame to spread the message that no one is perfect – …
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Sinead is Donegal’s Overall Sports Star 8 years ago

Sinead is Donegal’s Overall Sports Star

By  •  Sport

The Letterkenny woman has become the first sportsperson to win the prestigious award for a third time after reaching an Olympic final in August at the 2016 Olympic Games in …
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Why Gary was an absolute dote on First Dates 8 years ago

Why Gary was an absolute dote on First Dates

Gary (26) appeared on the reality dating show last night and won over the heart of his date Aine (24) – as well as the hearts of many across the …
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Gillian’s great idea is a winner 8 years ago

Gillian’s great idea is a winner

By  •  Business

The Portnoo woman claimed the award for Best Business Idea at the regional finals in Sligo yesterday.

Gillian is the director and co-founder of Cerebreon Technologies Ltd., a start-up company which specialises in …
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Events: Donegal Women in Business unite to prosper 8 years ago

Events: Donegal Women in Business unite to prosper

A wealth of new friends and connections were made last night at the first social gathering of the Donegal Women in Business Network in the Station House Hotel in Letterkenny. There …
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Which women are in the running for Sports Star Awards? 8 years ago

Which women are in the running for Sports Star Awards?

By  •  Sport

The 41st staging of the annual awards bash, sponsored by Donegal County Council, is being held in the Mount Errigal Hotel, Letterkenny.

Tickets have sold out for the event since …
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A taste of Rathmullan House 8 years ago

A taste of Rathmullan House

By  •  Life

With January near an end, I sit having spent the month eating healthily in a bid to begin 2017 with the ‘New Year, New Me’ intentions most of us have …
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A very T-Rexmantic first look 8 years ago

A very T-Rexmantic first look

Thomas Garnder married Beth last year and their wedding has become a viral topic this week after their first look video went online.

The young Chicago couple took an alternative approach to …
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Ed Sheeran announces two Irish dates 8 years ago

Ed Sheeran announces two Irish dates

The singer will be taking off on a tour of Europe and the UK to mark the release of his new album Divide.

Ed will be playing in Dublin’s 3Arena …
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Nora steps up to Women’s Six Nations squad 8 years ago

Nora steps up to Women’s Six Nations squad

By  •  Sport

Stapleton is the only Donegal representative on the panel chosen by head coach Tom Tierney.

The experienced Old Belvedere and Leinster flyhalf was a member of the Ireland squad that …
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