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Penneys are out-doing themselves this Halloween 7 years ago

Penneys are out-doing themselves this Halloween

A certain pair of beautiful red booties are doing the rounds as the next must-have Penneys item, and we have to agree. The stand-out patent heeled boots in blood red …
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Young woman appeals for witnesses after horrific Letterkenny attack 7 years ago

Young woman appeals for witnesses after horrific Letterkenny attack

By  •  News

Shanan Reid-McDaid’s night out with friends turned into a horrific ordeal when she was viciously assaulted by an unknown man off the Main Street of Letterkenny.

A hunt is taking …
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‘A woman I can barely remember, but a mother I’ll never forget’ 7 years ago

‘A woman I can barely remember, but a mother I’ll never forget’

By  •  Sport

Agnes Given died of lung cancer in 1981.

Shay Given was just four years of age and the fifth of six children under 11 at the time.

The former Republic …
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Events: Elegance and style at the DYS Afternoon Tea 7 years ago

Events: Elegance and style at the DYS Afternoon Tea

The setting of Castle Grove Country House Hotel added to the luxury of the fundraiser that was a great excuse for friends and relatives to get together for a weekend …
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Man killed in second Storm Ophelia tragedy 7 years ago

Man killed in second Storm Ophelia tragedy

By  •  News

Another tragic death has occurred as ex-Hurricane Ophelia hits Ireland.

A man in his 30s has died in Ballybrado, Cahir, Co. Tipperary while clearing a fallen tree.

The man sustained …
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Woman dies in first Storm Ophelia tragedy 7 years ago

Woman dies in first Storm Ophelia tragedy

By  •  News

A woman in Waterford has died in the first fatal tragedy of Storm Ophelia.

The woman, who is reported to be in her 70s, died when a tree fell and …
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What are you waiting for? 7 years ago

What are you waiting for?

By  •  Health

The average life expectancy in Ireland is 81 years.

That is 8 decades + 1 year.

There are 10 years in each decade.

The graph below is where I am …
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McElhinneys react to Hurricane Ophelia in style 7 years ago

McElhinneys react to Hurricane Ophelia in style

Hurricane Ophelia is on track to strike the North West from 3pm this afternoon and many businesses and services are closing as a safety precaution.

Hiding out at home is strongly …
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College Corner: A student’s guide to keeping calm during Leaving Cert year 7 years ago

College Corner: A student’s guide to keeping calm during Leaving Cert year

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Hi All,

Ah, the Leaving Certificate year, I still get cold sweats from thinking about the year itself.

It’s crazy to believe it has been two years since I tackled …
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Animals in Need: ‘Please keep your animals inside during storm’ 7 years ago

Animals in Need: ‘Please keep your animals inside during storm’

By  •  News

Hurricane Ophelia is set to be the worst storm to hit our shores since Hurricane Debbie in 1961. Met Eireann has warned that this is the strongest hurricane to form in …
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Woman’s Words: Teacher’s Pet 7 years ago

Woman’s Words: Teacher’s Pet

By  •  News

This week Moville writer Sharon Thompson shares another tale exploring the life of local people.

Each Sunday this series will showcase works of literature written by local women for readers …
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Thoroughly Modern Mammy – Saying things wrong 7 years ago

Thoroughly Modern Mammy – Saying things wrong

By  •  Mammy

Mini-Me’s mispronunciation of words provides endless inspiration for my daily smumbles. I was reminded of this post yesterday as she sang “and so say all of us” to her Doll …
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Little Hours claim number one spot on iTunes charts 7 years ago

Little Hours claim number one spot on iTunes charts

Little Hours surpassed Liam Gallagher’s As You Were, Ed Sheeran’s Divide, Picture This’ self-titled album, and Now That’s What I Call Music 97!

Earlier this week, vocalist John Doherty told …
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Caitriona Coyle to launch debut novel in hometown of Carrigart 7 years ago

Caitriona Coyle to launch debut novel in hometown of Carrigart

By  •  News

Caitriona will be hosting an informal book reading and book signing (with a few glasses of bubbly of course) in celebration of the novel’s release on Friday, October 20th at …
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Bus Éireann will cancel school runs if weather warning escalates 7 years ago

Bus Éireann will cancel school runs if weather warning escalates

By  •  News

The bus provider has contacted parents saying that if Met Eireann increases its weather warning to Code Red their buses will not operate.

The system was first introduced last year …
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La Maison’s interior design advice clinic to support Cancer Care Centre 7 years ago

La Maison’s interior design advice clinic to support Cancer Care Centre

By  •  Interiors

‘A bright, welcoming, accessible space’ is how the new Cancer Care West Support Centre in Letterkenny has been described.

This is exactly the brief La Maison Interior Design Letterkenny had …
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Music and special moments to mark the opening of new Flynn’s Pharmacy 7 years ago

Music and special moments to mark the opening of new Flynn’s Pharmacy

By  •  News

This Saturday will be a special day in Dunfanaghy as Flynn’s Pharmacy opens its doors for a new chapter in the town.

The well-known pharmacy name is returning to the …
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‘We had no chance to say goodbye to Danielle’ 7 years ago

‘We had no chance to say goodbye to Danielle’

By  •  News

Words by Caoimhinn Barr, Inishowen Independent

The devastated mother of Danielle McLaughlin says she doesn’t want her daughter to be remembered as a victim, but as the “kind, beautiful and …
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COMP: Bag two tickets for Bagatelle plus B&B at Dillon’s Hotel! 7 years ago

COMP: Bag two tickets for Bagatelle plus B&B at Dillon’s Hotel!

DonegalDaily.com and DonegalWoman.ie are delighted to launch a great readers’ competition this week for an excellent evening of entertainment and hospitality.

We’re giving away TWO tickets to see the legendary …
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Highly anticipated charity fashion show kicks off on Thursday 7 years ago

Highly anticipated charity fashion show kicks off on Thursday

By  •  Style

The event kicks off on Thursday the 19th of October at 8pm at Dorrian’s Imperial Hotel in Ballyshannon.

NCBI’s debut north-west fashion show will feature the best bargain pieces they …
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Glorious gin-filled mince pies are on the way 7 years ago

Glorious gin-filled mince pies are on the way

It’s clear this Christmas is going to be all about gin. From baubles, advent calendars, chocolates and now pastries, we’ll all have turned into juniper berries by the new year.


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Taximan drives up support for charity who cared for his baby granddaughter 7 years ago

Taximan drives up support for charity who cared for his baby granddaughter

By  •  News

Loving grandad Liam Lynch will be hitting the road for a busy Thursday and will be donating all fares to Friends of the Coombe – a charity which supported his …
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Sarah the Eco Warrior leads by example 7 years ago

Sarah the Eco Warrior leads by example

By  •  News

A ‘Beauty for a Cause’, Sarah was a finalist at this year’s Miss Earth NI Beauty Pageant. She won the Eco Warrior Award at the event in the Richmond Centre, …
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Dolly Parton’s hit 9 to 5 musical comes to Donegal 7 years ago

Dolly Parton’s hit 9 to 5 musical comes to Donegal

There’s no business like showbusiness and the LMS are in the business of only producing superb shows.

We have been thoroughly enjoying our initial preparations for Singin’ in the …
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Little Hours call on Donegal to help them reach Number 1 7 years ago

Little Hours call on Donegal to help them reach Number 1

Little Hours’ Too Much Patience EP launched on Friday October 6th, and they are calling on all fans to help them storm the charts in the first week.

Ed Sheeran …
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Families go free to see Little John Nee 7 years ago

Families go free to see Little John Nee

This new show will be performed twice on Saturday October 14th at the Regional Cultural Centre in Letterkenny at 11am and 3pm.

‘Tullyglen’ is a very funny and highly entertaining …
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It’s International Day of the Girl – here’s why it matters 7 years ago

It’s International Day of the Girl – here’s why it matters

By  •  News

Since 2012, October 11 has marked the International Day of the Girl (IDG). The day aims to highlight and address the needs and challenges girls face, while promoting girls’ empowerment …
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Meet Mia – the doll changing children’s attitudes to disability 7 years ago

Meet Mia – the doll changing children’s attitudes to disability

Meet Mia, the outdoor-loving wildlife photographer. She wears a cochlear implant, but that is just one of the features of Mia that make her unique.

Mia is passionate about her photography …
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Donegal Rose Amy takes time to talk on special Mental Health broadcast 7 years ago

Donegal Rose Amy takes time to talk on special Mental Health broadcast

By  •  News

The World Mental Health Day edition of The Hub with Dave Duke will be broadcast live from Galway tonight from 9pm.

Amy bravely talked about her own depression on …
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We’ve spotted something very amiss with the Irish Farmer Calendar 7 years ago

We’ve spotted something very amiss with the Irish Farmer Calendar

The cream of the crop of Irish farmers has been unleashed again for the Irish Farmer Calendar 2018.

The charity calendar cultivates much excitement among the Irish population – all …
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Social worker Ann Lappin to give talk for bereaved parents 7 years ago

Social worker Ann Lappin to give talk for bereaved parents

By  •  News

 

Social worker Ann Lappin will be the guest speaker, offering insight into the various types of loss and grief endured by parents on the death of a child.

Ann …
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Donegal woman appointed to lead role at IDA Ireland 7 years ago

Donegal woman appointed to lead role at IDA Ireland

Donegal native Céline Crawford has been appointed as Press and PR Manager of IDA, Ireland’s Foreign Direct Investment Agency.

In her new role Céline will be responsible for managing a …
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Events: Team Pello parties for Pinktober 7 years ago

Events: Team Pello parties for Pinktober

Pello Hairdressing Letterkenny marked their 10th year in business with a special event for Breast Cancer Awareness on Saturday 7th October.

Donegal’s only Aveda salon officially opened in a new location in …
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Hangover-free Prosecco is coming to Lidl… but there’s a catch 7 years ago

Hangover-free Prosecco is coming to Lidl… but there’s a catch

There could well be a stampede of Prosecco fans looking to stock up on Lidl’s new launch this week.

The supermarket is introducing ‘Organic Prosecco Spumante’ – a seemingly hangover free …
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How to mind your mental health at work 7 years ago

How to mind your mental health at work

By  •  Health

Today is World Mental Health Day. The 10th of October each year is dedicated to raising awareness of mental health issues around the world and bringing together efforts which support …
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How to dine on a diet 7 years ago

How to dine on a diet

By  •  Health

One of the biggest struggles people can have when dieting, is eating out.

Not knowing what to order in restaurants to keep on track, can make it difficult to know …
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‘Look for the beauty within the pain’ – Shannon’s story of perseverance 7 years ago

‘Look for the beauty within the pain’ – Shannon’s story of perseverance

Shannon McLaughlin, aged 21, moved from her home in Convoy to Arkansas, USA in 2015. She was a fit and healthy student with an exciting new life and bright future, …
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The offensive ‘Sh*g a Ginger’ night is back 7 years ago

The offensive ‘Sh*g a Ginger’ night is back

By  •  News

The Pulse Letterkenny will host the infamous ‘Sh*g a Ginger’ this Wednesday, October 11th as part of its Cheeky Wednesdays student events.

People with red hair are said to be …
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TV series to focus on self-made Donegal businesswoman 7 years ago

TV series to focus on self-made Donegal businesswoman

The Donegal woman and MD of the Cara Group will be featured in episode 3 of EY Entrepreneur Of The Year on be3 at 8pm.

Ramona was chosen as one of …
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Inspirational Nikki begins training for gruelling four peak challenge 7 years ago

Inspirational Nikki begins training for gruelling four peak challenge

By  •  News

The four peak challenge will push her physically and mentally, as she aims to climb four of Ireland’s most iconic mountains next summer – Lugnaquilla (Wicklow), Carrauntoohil (Kerry), Croagh Patrick …
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Bride drives herself to her wedding – in a tractor! 7 years ago

Bride drives herself to her wedding – in a tractor!

Lucinda walked up the aisle of St. Mary’s in Ramelton on the 19th of August, after driving herself to the ceremony – in her dad’s tractor!

“I grew up on …
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Woman’s Words: Arthur’s retail therapy 7 years ago

Woman’s Words: Arthur’s retail therapy

By  •  News

This week Moville writer Sharon Thompson shares another tale exploring the life of local people.

Each Sunday this series will showcase works of literature written by local women for readers …
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What is dermaplaning? 7 years ago

What is dermaplaning?

By  •  Beauty

What is dermaplaning? Dermaplaning has existed in America for over 30 years, but has only come to Ireland in the last couple of years.

Dermaplaning is a method of exfoliation …
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Donegal athletes secure silver at Road Relay Championships 7 years ago

Donegal athletes secure silver at Road Relay Championships

By  •  Sport

A record total of 179 teams took part at the Championships which were hosted by Orangegrove AC at Victoria Park in Belfast.

Maria Ní Mhaolagáin, Noeleen Scanlan and Nakita Burke …
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Thoroughly Modern Mammy – You are enough Mammy 7 years ago

Thoroughly Modern Mammy – You are enough Mammy

By  •  Mammy

Mammies.

No matter what kind of day you are having right now, remember that You ARE enough.

You have bad days.  You have bad mornings. You have a short temper. …
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Tea-rrific event announced for people with dementia and their families 7 years ago

Tea-rrific event announced for people with dementia and their families

By  •  News

On the second Wednesday of every month, they will be hosting a tea party between 11am and 1pm.

The cuppa is free of charge – and they’re even offering freshly …
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Mickey Joe Harte tops the charts with new single 7 years ago

Mickey Joe Harte tops the charts with new single

The Lifford singer-songwriter’s new single, ‘For The Broken Hearted’, surpassed gems by stars such as Shania Twain, Taylor Swift, and Nathan Carter.

Since releasing the single two weeks ago it …
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Pink events planned in Donegal for ‘Cups against Cancer’ 7 years ago

Pink events planned in Donegal for ‘Cups against Cancer’

By  •  News

This October, Centra stores are hosting coffee mornings and pink walks to support the Irish Cancer Society in the fight against breast cancer.

This year over 2,900 people in Ireland will …
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Donegal man inspires with loving story of fiancee’s MS battle 7 years ago

Donegal man inspires with loving story of fiancee’s MS battle

Susan White, the love of Neil’s life, was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis at the age of 17. The young couple met around this time, as Dublin woman Susan’s father Frank …
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Huge range of events planned for Social Inclusion Week 7 years ago

Huge range of events planned for Social Inclusion Week

By  •  News

There are a whole range of events to attend, such as the launch of training initiative on intercultural issues on Monday, an evening of entertainment with Majella O’Donnell on Tuesday …
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