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Saoirse Ronan honours all women in Golden Globes Best Actress speech 7 years ago

Saoirse Ronan honours all women in Golden Globes Best Actress speech

Saoirse, aged 23, won her first Golden Globe award for Best Performance by an actress in a motion picture, musical or comedy for her role in Lady Bird. She picked up …
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Don’t compare your weight loss to others 7 years ago

Don’t compare your weight loss to others

By  •  Health

The January resolutions are in full swing.

Everyone is making some sort of healthy change to their activity levels or their diets.

When you see that 80% of resolutions fail …
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Clothing company founder Katie enjoys ‘a bit of a crazy start’ to 2018 7 years ago

Clothing company founder Katie enjoys ‘a bit of a crazy start’ to 2018

Katie, the 17-year-old founder of K.T. Clothing Co., was nominated in the Young Entrepreneur of the Year category of the inaugural awards which celebrate the hard work of the best …
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Museum curator inspired by family to work on Donegal Book of Honour 7 years ago

Museum curator inspired by family to work on Donegal Book of Honour

By  •  News

Donegal County Museum Curator Judith McCarthy has been working on updating the County Donegal Book of Honour for the last few years and describes the task as a …
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Video: Here’s how Finesse Gymnastics Club won bronze at Worlds in Norway 7 years ago

Video: Here’s how Finesse Gymnastics Club won bronze at Worlds in Norway

By  •  Sport

Finesse members performed their routine, ‘Miss Invisible’ – which gives the message about the importance of being yourself and inclusion especially about teenagers which is portrayed through gymnastics.

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1 in 4 Irish people unable to name any symptoms of lung cancer 7 years ago

1 in 4 Irish people unable to name any symptoms of lung cancer

The research conducted from the Global Lung Cancer Coalition (GLCC) show a significant drop in awareness from 2013 when only 9% of Irish people were unable to name any symptoms …
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Watch: Hilarious Kerry bat family struggle with yet another intruder! 7 years ago

Watch: Hilarious Kerry bat family struggle with yet another intruder!

The Kerry family whose hilarious run-in with a bat last year went viral is back again – this time with another home intruder!

Tadhg and dad Derry were back in …
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Catherine Grier and Irish team qualify for European Championships 7 years ago

Catherine Grier and Irish team qualify for European Championships

By  •  Sport

At this weekend’s qualifiers in the Netherlands, the Irish team managed to get through their group and book a spot at the Championships.

Silly Rovers woman Grier scored …
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Brrr-ace yourself! Temperatures set to drop to -6 7 years ago

Brrr-ace yourself! Temperatures set to drop to -6

By  •  News

Met Éireann has issued a Status Orange Low Temperature warning for Donegal.

Temperatures are expected to fall between -4 and -6 tonight with “severe air and ground frost” returning. Winds …
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PSNI seek help in tracing missing Strabane woman 7 years ago

PSNI seek help in tracing missing Strabane woman

By  •  News

Lesley (69) is missing from the Strabane area and was last spoken to yesterday evening around 11pm.

Lesley may possibly be in a Silver Peugeot 207 with the registration NHZ …
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Watch: We’ve been opening bags of spuds wrong our entire lives 7 years ago

Watch: We’ve been opening bags of spuds wrong our entire lives

A Donegal dad has shared the ultimate Irish life hack – how to correctly open a bag of spuds.

Long gone are the days of struggling to rip the top …
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Thoroughly Modern Mammy – New Year, Still You 7 years ago

Thoroughly Modern Mammy – New Year, Still You

By  •  Mammy

Happy New Year my Lovely Ladybelles.

By now, the trees are down and the house looks alarmingly bare.  It’s back to uniforms and routine and lunches and gymbags…and after 2 …
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Calling all singletons! RTÉ wants to find you your perfect match 7 years ago

Calling all singletons! RTÉ wants to find you your perfect match

Love will be in the air on the set of the Late Late Show on February 9th as Ryan Tubridy hosts over 200 singletons for the Valentine’s Special.

There …
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Kathryn Thomas opens up about heartache of suffering two miscarriages 7 years ago

Kathryn Thomas opens up about heartache of suffering two miscarriages

By  •  News

The 38-year-old presenter highlighted that the topic of miscarriage still seems “taboo” in Ireland, and should be considered part of the pregnancy process.

She is currently 27 weeks pregnant with …
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Catherine Grier scores as Irish Deaf Women’s team begin with Dutch draw 7 years ago

Catherine Grier scores as Irish Deaf Women’s team begin with Dutch draw

By  •  Sport

Grier netted as Ireland began the Deaf Women’s Futsal European Championship Qualifiers with a draw against their hosts.

At the Sporthal de Bloemhof, just outside Amsterdam, Grier scored …
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Winter/Spring 2018 Wedding Shows – the ultimate Donegal guide 7 years ago

Winter/Spring 2018 Wedding Shows – the ultimate Donegal guide

By  •  Bridal

Wedding Show season is starting with a flourish this new year, with luxury events and shows planned throughout winter and early spring.

The shows are a great opportunity to view …
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Andrea Gilligan at helm of new Newstalk show 7 years ago

Andrea Gilligan at helm of new Newstalk show

By  •  News

‘Between the Lines’, a new current affairs and politics-focused programme, will be broadcast across Ireland each Sunday morning between 8am and 9am. At the helm of the new show is …
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Stall the ball! If you missed Derry Girls, put it on your weekend watch list 7 years ago

Stall the ball! If you missed Derry Girls, put it on your weekend watch list

Derry Girls launched on TV last night with a hilarious bang of Northern Irish antics, and the general consensus was that it’s a real cracker.

Derry Girls is set in …
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Annemarie’s poetic tribute to Ireland’s valiant foremothers 7 years ago

Annemarie’s poetic tribute to Ireland’s valiant foremothers

By  •  News

Doire Press is delighted to announce the publication of BLOODROOT, a collection of poems by author Annemarie Ní Churreáin who is originally from Cloich Cheann Fhaola in northwest Donegal.

Launched …
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Aoife McGill’s passion to help us be fit, strong and unstoppable in 2018 7 years ago

Aoife McGill’s passion to help us be fit, strong and unstoppable in 2018

Aoife McGill is the inspirational leader behind Aoife Mc Gill Personal Training. She could be the source of motivation you’re looking for this January to start a fresh and friendly …
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Why the new Derry Girls comedy looks like class craic 7 years ago

Why the new Derry Girls comedy looks like class craic

Set in 1990s Derry in the run-up to the ceasefire, Derry Girls promises to be a one-of-a-kind show that many viewers in the North West will relate to. Tune in …
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The Orchard Inn presents a fabulous festive girls’ night out offer 7 years ago

The Orchard Inn presents a fabulous festive girls’ night out offer

By  •  Life

It’s been tough getting back to work mode after all the Christmas celebrations, and we feel like a weekend treat is in order.

The Old Orchard Inn Letterkenny are marking …
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Eggcellent news: Cadbury’s are releasing white chocolate creme eggs 7 years ago

Eggcellent news: Cadbury’s are releasing white chocolate creme eggs

By  •  News

As shops strip their shelves of Christmas selection boxes to make way for chocolate eggs, this is an eggciting new event to raise hype for the next holiday.

White …
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Visualise your 2018 7 years ago

Visualise your 2018

By  •  Health

As we all know from experience, making a New Year’s resolution is easy. Sticking with it and actually achieving your goal is not so easy.

New Year’s resolutions is …
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Ramelton’s Catherine Grier off to Netherlands with Irish Deaf Women’s team 7 years ago

Ramelton’s Catherine Grier off to Netherlands with Irish Deaf Women’s team

By  •  Sport

The Republic of Ireland, managed by Dave Bell, will face Italy, Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands over three days, from Friday, January 5th, to Sunday January 7th.

All …
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Myrtle calls on Donegal to help special children in Belarus 7 years ago

Myrtle calls on Donegal to help special children in Belarus

By  •  News

The eighth year of Myrtle Doherty’s Belarus appeal has just begun, with more big plans to deliver generosity and love from Donegal to Vesnova.

Between now and January 31st, Ms Doherty and …
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Ladies in red celebrate New Year’s Eve in style 7 years ago

Ladies in red celebrate New Year’s Eve in style

Guests of the dinner dance at Jackson’s Hotel Ballybofey donned their Cappry red and black team colours with style on New Year’s Eve – and red was certainly the colour …
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The best way to lose weight in January is… 7 years ago

The best way to lose weight in January is…

By  •  Health

January dieting usually follows a very similar trend around the world.

  • Let’s lose ALL THE WEIGHT…..
  • When do we want to lose it?
  • THE 1ST 2 WEEKS IN JANUARY …
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Top baby names of 2017 revealed 7 years ago

Top baby names of 2017 revealed

By  •  News

Emily has retained the top spot as the most popular name for little girls since 2011. Jack has also been a firm favourite for Irish parents to call their baby …
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Thoroughly Modern Mammy – New Year’s Resolutions 7 years ago

Thoroughly Modern Mammy – New Year’s Resolutions

By  •  Mammy

My lazy self has decided that ACTUALLY, I probably should make a few New Year’s resolutions after all.  I’m feeling a bit left out on Social Media today as everyone …
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College Corner: New Year’s resolutions for students 7 years ago

College Corner: New Year’s resolutions for students

By  •  Life

Here are a few of my College Resolutions, can you relate?

  • Get Organised:

Yes, we all are guilty of not being organised and stressing with assignment …
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TV3 New Year’s Eve special to look back on 2017’s defining moments 7 years ago

TV3 New Year’s Eve special to look back on 2017’s defining moments

It’s hard to imagine that it was only earlier this year that Donald Trump was inaugurated as the 45th American President but that inauguration kicked off a truly memorable year …
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Chris celebrates Donegal slimmers’ achievements with Peter Andre 7 years ago

Chris celebrates Donegal slimmers’ achievements with Peter Andre

By  •  News

A Slimming World manager from County Donegal was congratulated on helping slimmers to lose weight and change their lives by singer and TV presenter Peter Andre.

Chris McNamee, who manages …
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How you can win up to 12 prizes in the Pinehill Studios giveaway 7 years ago

How you can win up to 12 prizes in the Pinehill Studios giveaway

By  •  News

Starting on December 26th, Pinehill Studios have rolled out their Mega New Year Giveaway over 12 days until 6th of January.

Each day will see the prizes accumulate from 1 …
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Anam Cara announce details of first meeting of 2018 7 years ago

Anam Cara announce details of first meeting of 2018

By  •  News

Anam Cara Donegal, an organisation that supports bereaved parents, is hosting its first monthly meeting of 2018 on Thursday 11th of January from 7.30pm-9:00pm in the Radisson Blu Hotel, Letterkenny, …
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Style Study – Abby Bonner 7 years ago

Style Study – Abby Bonner

Abby Bonner is a 21-year-old makeup artist from Lettermacaward, Co. Donegal.

She studies Hair and Makeup with MAKUP Academy in Birmingham and has a lust-worthy eye for style in beauty and …
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Volunteers to brave charity wax in aid of Truth for Danielle campaign 7 years ago

Volunteers to brave charity wax in aid of Truth for Danielle campaign

By  •  News

A night of festivities is planned in aid of the Truth for Danielle Mc Laughlin fund.

Everyone is invited to The Laurentic Bar on the 27th of December for a …
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Style Study: Noel Cunningham 7 years ago

Style Study: Noel Cunningham

By  •  Style

Noel has had a very busy year promoting Donegal as Ireland’s ultimate gem and has served as a fantastic ambassador for the county.

Noel has also been completed humanitarian work …
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Ballybofey woman selected on Ireland panel for 2018 Six Nations 7 years ago

Ballybofey woman selected on Ireland panel for 2018 Six Nations

By  •  Sport

New coach Adam Griggs has included nine new players, including Feely, who plays for Connacht.

She is the only Donegal native in the squad named by Griggs.

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Woman’s Words: Ordinary Arthur goes viral 7 years ago

Woman’s Words: Ordinary Arthur goes viral

By  •  Life

This week on Woman’s Words, Moville writer Sharon Thompson gives us another instalment in the story of Arthur.

Arthur is 68-year-old gentleman who is looking for love and life again, …
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New ‘Rory’ to be revealed in Mrs Brown’s Boys Christmas special 7 years ago

New ‘Rory’ to be revealed in Mrs Brown’s Boys Christmas special

Fans of Mrs Brown’s Boys will be seeing all the familiar faces in the festive specials, and one very new face, as the Rory Brown replacement is revealed.

Actor Rory …
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We’re already excited about this glam girls’ night out in January 2018 7 years ago

We’re already excited about this glam girls’ night out in January 2018

By  •  Events

Nollaig na mBan, or Little Christmas, takes place each year on January 6th. It’s a holiday that marks the day when decorations are taken down, Christmas is over, and busy …
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EVENTS: Daniel comes to town! 7 years ago

EVENTS: Daniel comes to town!

Singing star Daniel O’Donnell held a special meet and greet in the McElhinneys Womenswear department today to wish everyone a Merry Christmas. The queue stretched through the whole floor ahead …
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Watch: Mount Errigal’s spectacular scenery as you’ve never seen it before 7 years ago

Watch: Mount Errigal’s spectacular scenery as you’ve never seen it before

Donegal’s white Christmas arrived two weeks early when a dusting of snow settled over the county, making our already stunning landscape all the more extraordinary.

Photographer Proinsias Carr captured Errigal …
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College Corner: A case for a sober night out 7 years ago

College Corner: A case for a sober night out

By  •  Life

It can be argued that some students our age believe that to have the best night out, alcohol is a necessity, but not always!  

Here are the benefits and …
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Amy Boyle-Carr joins ever-growing Donegal contingent in Ireland senior squad 7 years ago

Amy Boyle-Carr joins ever-growing Donegal contingent in Ireland senior squad

By  •  Sport

The Glenties woman has been named in a panel for a friendly double header against Portugal in January.

Boyle-Carr joins Amber Barrett, Roma McLaughlin and Tyler Toland in …
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Readers’ Choice: Donegal’s 6 best cocktail bars 7 years ago

Readers’ Choice: Donegal’s 6 best cocktail bars

By  •  Life

Tis the season for parties and get-togethers. Donegal has its fair share of great pubs and wine bars – but cocktail menus are sometimes hit and miss.

We wanted to …
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Couples will LOVE that this wedding company is taking €300 off decor for Christmas 7 years ago

Couples will LOVE that this wedding company is taking €300 off decor for Christmas

By  •  Bridal

Wedding decorators Happily Ever After have launched an amazing €300-off offer on packages booked during Christmas 2017. All you have to do is contact them on Facebook or call 0876472095.

Happily …
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WATCH: Incredible Donegal boys choir shows true Christmas spirit 7 years ago

WATCH: Incredible Donegal boys choir shows true Christmas spirit

A choir from Scoil Cholmcille in Letterkenny performed angelic hymns at a Christmas carol service yesterday which amazed the audience – and is amazing even more people as it spreads online.


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What’s on: Catch Christmas classics and top new releases at Eclipse Cinemas 7 years ago

What’s on: Catch Christmas classics and top new releases at Eclipse Cinemas

Eclipse Cinemas Lifford/Strabane are showing a whole host of classic Christmas films this December, as well as new releases and brilliant blockbusters.

Check out all the film previews below and …
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