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We recently featured a young Donegal couple getting engaged in New York in a spellbinding magic proposal, and now Aoife and Michael have become famous again on their wedding day!

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This week I am not going to preach to you.

There will be no tips or hints.

This coming week is about one thing.

Spending time with your family …
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The determination was strong tonight in the final of Ireland’s Fittest Family as the Ryans from Donegal battled it out for the prize and title.

The fit Donegal team, Danny …
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Many people from Donegal will be forgiven for not knowing who the charismatic Oonagh O’Hagan is or for even not knowing of her chain of pharmacies ‘Meaghers’. Donegal Woman was …
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I just spent half an hour reading articles and blogs on “How to Survive Christmas” and “Top tips for Mums at Christmas”… and ooooooh how I giggled.  

It’s true …
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Happy Countdown to Christmas! The feeling when the festive season is almost upon us, ahh the excitement of it all.

So it’s common knowledge that most of us tend …
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The Christmas party season is well and truly swinging, and there are a lot of sore heads around Donegal this morning after work nights out and other parties.

If you’ve …
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Donegal Woman has had a wonderful launch and we’d like to thank everyone who has shown their support for this new platform so far. We hope you enjoy it in …
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Muriel Quigley remembers clearly the first time her son fought at The National Stadium – more so because of her own experience as her 12-year-old’s.

The nerves then were the …
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Donegal’s first shop for the National Council for the Blind of Ireland (NCBI) has just opened, bringing volunteers and employment to Donegal Town.

The NCBI helps people who are living …
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Caitlin Nic Aoidh has had an exciting year – not every TV weather presenter can say they were struck by lightning on air. Those few seconds made Caitlin a viral …
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We’ve all been lacking sunshine on our skin this winter, and many of us will be looking for alternative ways to look less pasty for party nights out. It won’t be …
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Today is the final day for members of the public to express their opinion on the Eighth Amendment to the government. The Citizens’ Assembly have received more that 4,500 submissions …
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Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh and Rita Gallagher have been selected for two highly-regarded Irish Traditional Music awards, and will be celebrating at a major ceremony in Cork this February.

The Musician of …
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With a friend having travelled from Dublin to Donegal for the weekend, I wanted that Saturday to include showing off our beautiful county, which had just been named that weekend …
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Donegal woman Betty Holmes is known for her passionate views and amazing work on trying to improve services for cancer patients locally.

But she has taken on a new after …
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A motion of utmost importance was raised in Dail Eireann today, and many people will be very relieved by the outcome.

Cork Fine Gael TD Jim Daly put forward a …
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The final episode of Ireland’s Fittest Family is fast approaching and all of Donegal will be tuning in to support the Ryans. The Kilmacrennan family have battled it out through …
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Donegal Woman has had a wonderful launch and we’d like to thank everyone who has shown their support for this new platform so far. We hope you enjoy it in …
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On a week when gender quotas in sporting organisations have been a hot topic, the Naomh Colmcille GAA club has elected its first ever female chairperson.

At its Annual General …
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Snuggling up on the sofa has taken a marine twist, as mermaid blankets have become the biggest trend of winter lounging so far.

Snuggies have had their day, and now the …
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A young couple can thank their lucky stars that they chose the Rockhill Ramblers to perform at their wedding last week after two band members saved a guests’ life.

Siofra …
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They call Christmas Jumpers ‘Ugly Christmas Sweaters’ in America, but this one is simply amazing.

Adorned with 24,274 individually placed Swarovski crystals, this jumper took 52 hours to made. It has …
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We love a good family feud on TV at Christmas time, and two Donegal women are going to be centrestage of one of the juiciest festive soap fallouts this year.

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Get the tinsel out – it’s that time of year again girls! Festive parties, weddings and lots of glitter and sparkle will take us singing into Christmas and the New …
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She’s only 14, but Amy Meehan is taking on an old classic in a bid to win a lucrative prize in a Christmas song contest.

The Manorcunningham girl recorded her …
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Aldi are going to be selling little cartons of whole milk just for Santa Claus this Christmas.

The labels have a little letter telling Santa to enjoy the drink on his …
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To celebrate the launch of the Siemens IQ Centre at Irwin Expert Electrical’s Showroom in Letterkenny, Donegal Woman and Donegal Daily have teamed up with Irwin Electrical to bring you …
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On Monday past, a group of Transition Year students from Loreto Secondary School in Letterkenny made three very special deliveries to members of the emergency services before Christmas.

As part of their TY …
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The RSA and the Donegal Road Safety Working Group are reminding us all this Christmas that drink driving destroys lives, families and communities. 

The clear message this Christmas from the Donegal Road …
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‘Daniel and Majella’s Christmas Message’ airs on TV3 at 3pm on Christmas Day.

Following on from its inaugural Christmas Day Message last year, TV3 will once again air a special …
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Rower Sinead Jennings and badminton player Chloe Magee are nominated, as are Paralympian Katie-George Dunlevy and triathlete Aileen Reid, all of whom are either from or have close family links …
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Facebook have just launched a Parents Portal to advise parents on all things to do with the social network.

Social media can seem like a big and scary place once …
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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…………

Traditionally everyone got married in the summer months and it became known as ‘Wedding Season’, however the fact that we live in …
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Donegal Woman has had a wonderful launch and we’d like to thank everyone who has shown their support for this new platform so far. We hope you enjoy it in …
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Donegal County Council have urged people to stay safe this Christmas and take special care with their Christmas decorations to prevent fire-related tragedies.

As part of their campaign, they have shared …
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If you do this with your fridge this Christmas, you might never get your guests to leave. Blogger Clare Potts has had the genius idea of pouring wine into the humble …
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There’s usually someone at evening tea who enjoys a good big glass of milk, but according to Donegal celebrity Noel Cunningham, leaving the carton on the table is an “awful practice” …
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Women should be welcomed to the world of GAA because they have a big input to offer, but gender quotas should not be enforced just for the sake of it, …
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Eric Schmitt-Matzen, a normally jolly Santa Claus in Tennessee, USA, has shared his emotional experience of granting a sick five-year-old boy’s last wish.

All the boy wanted was to meet …
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A young mother who was attacked in Letterkenny has been subjected to such extreme online abuse that she has had to delete her Facebook page.

Shauna McHugh, aged 24, appeared …
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Party lips can say a lot about a woman before she even says a word – she might be classic, fun, daring or demure.

Earlier this year, Urban Decay relaunched …
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“Christmas, we are told, is the most wonderful time of the year. Yet for many it is a time of loneliness, isolation and sadness”.

Our society paints a picture of …
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There are so many ideas out there when it comes to glamming up your nails, however very few of them are doable when you have a hectic work life or …
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The digital privacy, consumer, and children advocacy groups Electronic Privacy Information Center, The Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood.The Center for Digital Democracy and Consumers Union filed the case last week …
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If you are a mammy yourself, or you’re in a house with an Irish mammy this Christmas, there are a few things they seem to do that you might have …
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Dublin singer-songwriter Declan O’Rourke stepped in to promote the Christmas Spirit LK fundraising drive as they come ever closer to their target.

Christmas Spirit LK has just released a clip …
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You might have spotted a familiar freckled face around Donegal. Her bright orange hair stands out from the bright green book on bookshop shelves and library displays.

This little lady …
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The Plank isn’t just a great core exercise, when done properly, it becomes a full body exercise.

In addition to strengthening the abdominals, you will also strengthen your lower back, …
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The Ryan family from Letterkenny were up against three other super-fit families in the gruelling challenges set out in tonight’s semi- final for Ireland’s Fittest Family. With four talented families …
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