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Women’s Inspire: Michelle McLoughlin means business! 6 years ago

Women’s Inspire: Michelle McLoughlin means business!

By  •  Business

Sligo-based Solicitor Michelle McLoughlin has a passion for helping businesses manage legal matters and reach their goals.

Which means she’s an ideal speaker for the Women’s Inspire Network seminar, which is …
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Brave woman injured in horrific holiday fall gets an uplifting boost 6 years ago

Brave woman injured in horrific holiday fall gets an uplifting boost

An inspirational woman who is making great strides in her mission to walk again has received an outpouring of support from the Donegal community this week.

Anita Jackson, aged 42, …
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‘Audiences are in for a treat’ – Evita star Caitríona Solan 6 years ago

‘Audiences are in for a treat’ – Evita star Caitríona Solan

Dungloe teacher Caitríona Ní Shochlachain will be swapping academics for stardom this week as she plays the leading lady in Evita, a production by the Letterkenny Musical Society at An …
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Warning for parents as mumps outbreak confirmed in Donegal 6 years ago

Warning for parents as mumps outbreak confirmed in Donegal

By  •  Health, Kids

The HSE has confirmed that there have been 13 confirmed cases of Mumps in the North West since the start of March.

These have been mainly in the South Donegal …
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Anne Marie makes an impact ahead of Mini Marathon 6 years ago

Anne Marie makes an impact ahead of Mini Marathon

A local community worker will be putting her best foot forward as she runs for Donegal in the Vhi Women’s Mini Marathon this summer.

Anne Marie Meehan from Mountcharles is …
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Happy volunteers out to turn Donegal yellow this Daffodil Day 6 years ago

Happy volunteers out to turn Donegal yellow this Daffodil Day

By  •  News

The bright flower bundles are ready, the pins are prepped and the smiles will be free today for Daffodil Day 2019. 

Volunteers will be taking to the streets across Donegal …
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Colour Me Calm: How Maeve inspires meditation through art 6 years ago

Colour Me Calm: How Maeve inspires meditation through art

By  •  Events

This Sunday will see Wholegreen on Church Lane in Letterkenny host an event with a difference called ‘Creative Meditation’.

Letterkenny woman and psychotherapist Maeve Peoples will be hosting this unique …
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The painful reality of endometriosis 6 years ago

The painful reality of endometriosis

By  •  Health

March is Endometriosis Awareness Month. If you know 10 women, you know endometriosis.

Endometriosis is a disease caused by tissue developing outside the uterus. The two main symptoms are pain and …
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Donegal soars to top list of world’s most scenic airports 6 years ago

Donegal soars to top list of world’s most scenic airports

The folks at Donegal Airport are on a high after scooping the award of the World’s Most Scenic Airport for 2019.

PrivateFly has today announced that the coastal runway at …
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Donegal mum praises Crumlin staff for saving baby girl 6 years ago

Donegal mum praises Crumlin staff for saving baby girl

By  •  Kids

Donegal woman Bella Ward is full of thanks to Crumlin Hospital for saving the life of her spirited little girl Kayleigh.

Kayleigh is a twin from Letterkenny who was born prematurely …
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Sequin Cinderella crowned Boutique of the Year 2019 6 years ago

Sequin Cinderella crowned Boutique of the Year 2019

Entrepreneur Nicola McLaughlin has triumphed over leading names in the Irish fashion scene to win RSVP Magazine’s Boutique of the Year 2019.

This is the first award for the Sequin …
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Tributes paid following sad passing of HPV vaccine campaigner Laura Brennan 6 years ago

Tributes paid following sad passing of HPV vaccine campaigner Laura Brennan

Laura Brennan, one of Ireland’s leading patient advocates and HPV vaccine campaigner, has died at the age of 26.

The popular young Ennis woman, who was terminally ill with cervical cancer, …
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Local women called on to put best foot forward and register for RunDonegal 6 years ago

Local women called on to put best foot forward and register for RunDonegal

With just over a week to go to this year’s RunDonegal Women’s 5k, event director, Grace Boyle is asking those taking part to get registered as soon as possible.

The …
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Minding Me, self-care and CBT 6 years ago

Minding Me, self-care and CBT

By  •  Health

‘Minding Me’ is all about minding yourself.

The 5 week wellness workshop will focus on learning and developing self-care practices and CBT (cognitive behavioural therapy) techniques. This workshop is delivered …
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Derry Girls: Seven super one-liners from the Take That trip 6 years ago

Derry Girls: Seven super one-liners from the Take That trip

The wit was mighty on last night’s episode of Derry Girls, as the gang headed out on an adventure to see Take That in Belfast.

The journey was doomed from …
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Unique event to share untold stories of Irish women in the UK 6 years ago

Unique event to share untold stories of Irish women in the UK

By  •  News

Donegal County Museum is hosting an insightful talk this week on ‘Irish Women on the Move:’ Examining the Histories of Migrants to Britain in the 20th Century

 

The talk will …
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Why Sinead is a cut above the rest! 6 years ago

Why Sinead is a cut above the rest!

By  •  News

Sinead Shiels, aged 10, is about to get her biggest haircut yet in a sponsored challenge for the High Five for Conall fund.

The 4th class schoolgirl was only too …
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Mother’s Day: 10 great places to treat mammy 6 years ago

Mother’s Day: 10 great places to treat mammy

By  •  Life

Mother’s Day is coming up soon and we’ve got our thinking caps on for the best restaurants and cafes to take her for a treat.

Sunday 31st March will be …
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Basketball star Siobhan helps Ireland to gold at Special Olympics World Games 6 years ago

Basketball star Siobhan helps Ireland to gold at Special Olympics World Games

By  •  Sport

North West Special Olympics Club star Siobhan McCay had a golden morning in Abu Dhabi.

McCay was part of the Ireland team that won gold at the 2019 Special Olympics …
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Derry Girls and Take That joining forces for tonight’s episode 6 years ago

Derry Girls and Take That joining forces for tonight’s episode

Last week Derry Girls fans were gifted to a Spotify series of hits from the show, but the music is going to be mega tonight as tributes to Take That …
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Letterkenny woman champions unity against hate following terror attacks 6 years ago

Letterkenny woman champions unity against hate following terror attacks

By  •  News

Thoiba Ahmed, an Independent local election candidate for Letterkenny, is calling for unity against hate in the wake of the attack on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Thoiba is …
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Inishowen mammies invited to make-up and homeopathy evening 6 years ago

Inishowen mammies invited to make-up and homeopathy evening

A nurse and homeopathy student and a leading local makeup artist will be guest speakers at the Tea & Toast March meeting.

The Tea & Toast is an Inishowen-based group …
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The positivity challenge! 6 years ago

The positivity challenge!

By  •  Health

Every day, it seems as if we are being exposed to more negativity in our daily lives.

Social media can swamp our newsfeeds with negativity and the news and media …
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Valerie Taylor weaves her way into the world of fashion 6 years ago

Valerie Taylor weaves her way into the world of fashion

Valerie Taylor was in a textile room in Coventry University when she first laid eyes on a loom. It was covered in dust, unused for a long time, but she …
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‘You learn from those ahead or beside you on the journey’ 6 years ago

‘You learn from those ahead or beside you on the journey’

By  •  Business

‘Inspiring’ is a common word used to describe Donegal author Sharon Thompson.

In the past few years, she has become a best-selling author, columnist, founder of her own writing group …
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Thoroughly Modern Mammy: Arriving at Baby Brain station 6 years ago

Thoroughly Modern Mammy: Arriving at Baby Brain station

By  •  Mammy

You are now approaching Baby Brain Station

Imagine a train network. (Yeah I know that this is an alien concept to us up here in Donegal, but hey!)

Your brain …
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Anne Tuohy hosting special interiors secrets masterclass in aid of Conall Shiels 6 years ago

Anne Tuohy hosting special interiors secrets masterclass in aid of Conall Shiels

By  •  Interiors

High 5 for Conall!

I will be hosting the most special Masterclass for the most special little boy on April 7th in Letterkenny.

Conall Shiels was born with hydrocephalus, a …
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Watch: Cherish the Ladies sing the praises of a special Donegal village 6 years ago

Watch: Cherish the Ladies sing the praises of a special Donegal village

The Grammy-nominated band, who have close connections to Donegal, are singing the praises of the region online and across the US through the song ‘Glenties’.

Written by Dublin singer/songwriter Maurice …
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Eco-action with Joanne: Why water workshops could do the world of good 6 years ago

Eco-action with Joanne: Why water workshops could do the world of good

By  •  Life

Water, it’s a big issue, there’s no getting around it and it’s not going anywhere…  the issue that is!

Looking at the current weather, it may hard now to …
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Snow alert for Donegal this St. Patrick’s weekend 6 years ago

Snow alert for Donegal this St. Patrick’s weekend

By  •  News

A Status Yellow snow and ice alert has been issued for Donegal this Friday night. It’s snow joke either, as forecasters predict accumulations of up to 3cm and accumulations are likely …
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Everything we’re looking forward to learning at Women’s Inspire Donegal 6 years ago

Everything we’re looking forward to learning at Women’s Inspire Donegal

Business owners and marketing mavens are in for a treat when the Women’s Inspire Network Spring Seminar makes its way to Donegal on April 10th.

Set in Harvey’s Point, the conference …
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Remembrance service for babies in Letterkenny 6 years ago

Remembrance service for babies in Letterkenny

By  •  News

A special Interdenominational Service of Remembrance will be held in Letterkenny this month for those who have suffered the loss of a baby.

The ceremony is for those who have …
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Local fashion students sending stunning designs to the runway 6 years ago

Local fashion students sending stunning designs to the runway

Cutting-edge students in LYIT’s new Fashion with Promotion degree are Galway-bound this week to compete at the Irish Fashion Innovation Awards.

Helen Murray, Amy Devlin and Aimée Magowan are all …
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The Derry Girls have their own playlists we’re buzzing off them already 6 years ago

The Derry Girls have their own playlists we’re buzzing off them already

Episode two of the new Derry Girls series was another great night’s craic.

We loved the badass Ms De Brún, the Christmas cupboard raid and the return of Uncle Collum …
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Brave Laura ‘thrilled’ as HPV Vaccine uptake rises to 70% 6 years ago

Brave Laura ‘thrilled’ as HPV Vaccine uptake rises to 70%

The HSE has today confirmed that the uptake rate for the HPV vaccine is at 70%, marking an increase of 20 percentage points in just over two years.

The boost …
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Sneak Peek: New teacher inspires Derry Girls to let loose 6 years ago

Sneak Peek: New teacher inspires Derry Girls to let loose

Season two of Derry Girls got off to a super start last week with 1.8million viewers tuning in for a good catch-up with the gang.

The Catholic vs Protestant antics …
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Recipes: Three healthy meals that taste great too 6 years ago

Recipes: Three healthy meals that taste great too

By  •  Health

Today, I’m going to give you a day of recipes that you can use straight away and they all taste great.

The one thing that I hear time and time …
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Speech and Language Therapist to deliver talk to Donegal dyspraxia/DCD support group 6 years ago

Speech and Language Therapist to deliver talk to Donegal dyspraxia/DCD support group

By  •  Kids

The Donegal Dyspraxia Support Group will meet this month to learn helpful information from a leading local Speech and Language Therapist.

Catriona Cavanagh from North Star Speech & Language Therapy will be …
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Thoroughly Modern Mammy – Does my face look Bovered? 6 years ago

Thoroughly Modern Mammy – Does my face look Bovered?

By  •  Mammy

Have you ever felt like you’ve let your kids down or made a mess of things?

Have you ever felt like a failure because you didn’t reach your own expectations …
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Events: The She Said Club celebrates self-care at the Shandon 6 years ago

Events: The She Said Club celebrates self-care at the Shandon

The She Said Club podcast sisterhood visited the Shandon Hotel on Saturday 9th March to celebrate theme of “Nourish to Flourish”. Health, mental wellness and business were big topics of …
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Interiors: The one thing you’re doing wrong with artwork 6 years ago

Interiors: The one thing you’re doing wrong with artwork

By  •  Interiors

I have to confess to having an absolute obsession with art.

For me this is what really dresses your walls and shows off your unique personality. I hang lots and …
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Women in business lead the way on International Women’s Day 6 years ago

Women in business lead the way on International Women’s Day

A series of engaging workshops on leadership, customer service, retail, marketing and cybersecurity attracted many local female entrepreneurs to the CoLab in Letterkenny on Friday 8th March.

The expert talks from …
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Extraordinary Donegal doctor honoured in women’s portrait series 6 years ago

Extraordinary Donegal doctor honoured in women’s portrait series

By  •  News

A leading physician and epidemiologist from Mountcharles is one of eight extraordinary women being celebrated by the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland this week.

A portrait of Dr Margaret (Pearl) Dunlevy …
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Yas Banríon! Why we love what these Donegal gals have created 6 years ago

Yas Banríon! Why we love what these Donegal gals have created

A new Donegal clothing brand is setting a trend for feminism and celebrating modern Irishness in a very cool way.

Beanantees is the brainchild of Alannah McGhee and Ciara K …
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RunDonegal Women’s 5K on track for biggest ever entry figures 6 years ago

RunDonegal Women’s 5K on track for biggest ever entry figures

There are just three weeks to go until the 2019 RunDonegal Women’s 5K on Sunday, March 31st in the Twin Towns, but organisers are confident they can secure the biggest ever …
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Nikki Bradley joining Late Late Show line-up 6 years ago

Nikki Bradley joining Late Late Show line-up

Letterkenny’s Nikki Bradley is joining Ryan Tubridy tonight for an open talk about overcoming challenges.

After surviving cancer as a teen, Nikki went on to become an adaptive adventurer and motivational …
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How computing legend Kay McNulty helped change the world 6 years ago

How computing legend Kay McNulty helped change the world

By  •  News

Creeslough native Kay McNulty, who was one of the very first computer programmers in the world, is featured in a new book launched today. What have the Irish ever done for …
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Events: Dublin fash pack savours Donegal style 6 years ago

Events: Dublin fash pack savours Donegal style

Magee 1866 tweed and Lough Eske Castle hotel joined forces for a night of Donegal-centric style in the company of leading names in Irish fashion.

The event took place on …
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Will this Donegal man play the hero in a First Dates love story? 6 years ago

Will this Donegal man play the hero in a First Dates love story?

Letterkenny engineer Conor Downey is set to feature on First Dates Ireland tonight (Thursday).

Conor is a self-confessed Batman and animation fanatic who is on the lookout for a match …
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‘If we only ever whisper about women’s health issues, it adds to the stigma’ 6 years ago

‘If we only ever whisper about women’s health issues, it adds to the stigma’

By  •  Health

Letterkenny physiotherapist Lorraine Boyce is leading the way with her passion for women’s health.

Lorraine is the founder of the only dedicated private Women’s Health Physiotherapy Clinic in Donegal. Through …
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