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Update: Missing Donegal woman found safe and well 7 years ago

Update: Missing Donegal woman found safe and well

Missing Lifford woman, Annette Murphy, has been located safe and well, Gardaí say.

Annette had been last seen in Lifford yesterday.

Gardaí have thanked the public for their assistance with …
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Part Two: How to quickly and easily update a room! 7 years ago

Part Two: How to quickly and easily update a room!

By  •  Interiors

In this two-part series of quick, easy room updates, La Maison are addressing the most common question they get asked during consultations with their clients.

In part one, they gave …
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This dream Donegal venue is about to open its doors for a special wedding fayre 7 years ago

This dream Donegal venue is about to open its doors for a special wedding fayre

Clear your diaries and visit Castle Grove House this Sunday for a special event to see their wedding values of exclusivity and care in action.

Exclusivity

Real exclusivity and dedicated …
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“The Eighth Amendment adversely affects every pregnancy in Ireland” 7 years ago

“The Eighth Amendment adversely affects every pregnancy in Ireland”

By  •  News

Participants will assemble at the Garden of Remembrance on Parnell Square from 1.30pm, before marching towards Dáil Éireann at 2 pm.

In April this year, The Citizens’ Assembly, made up …
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What is your hair’s EnergyCode, and why is it important? 7 years ago

What is your hair’s EnergyCode, and why is it important?

It opened its doors to the public in 1994 with the aspiration to offer a unique personalised service to each and every customer and now over 23 years later what …
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College Corner: A nervous culchie’s guide to Dublin Bus 7 years ago

College Corner: A nervous culchie’s guide to Dublin Bus

By  •  Life

Hi all,Ah Dublin Buses, they are both a mixture of fear and pleasure! I remember my first few experiences, my inner Culchie just wanted to click my Penneys’ finest boots …
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Donegal community gets moving for local boy 7 years ago

Donegal community gets moving for local boy

By  •  News

Adam from Convoy is 6 years old and has a life-limiting condition. He has microcephaly (small brain), intractable epilepsy, aspiration lung disease and quadriplegic cerebral palsy which means he is …
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Events: Examining equality with the Donegal Women’s Network 7 years ago

Events: Examining equality with the Donegal Women’s Network

By  •  News

The WEAR (Women’s Equality Awareness Raising) event on Thursday, September 28th at the RCC Letterkenny brought local women and TY students from across Donegal together to learn about and discuss …
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Chat show season is back… with two unmissable line-ups 7 years ago

Chat show season is back… with two unmissable line-ups

We are spoiled for choice tonight as The Graham Norton Show begins again for a new season.

Graham has an incredible A-List line-up on his sofa. He is joined by Harrison …
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‘We can’t wait to reach a point where we can close’ – Pieta House CEO 7 years ago

‘We can’t wait to reach a point where we can close’ – Pieta House CEO

Over 100 people have benefited from Pieta House NW since it opened, and that support is about to grow further. The centre in Letterkenny is introducing longer opening hours and …
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Tickets for this fashionable afternoon tea are selling like hotcakes 7 years ago

Tickets for this fashionable afternoon tea are selling like hotcakes

But you need to be quick – tickets for the Afternoon Tea and Fashion Show in aid of Donegal Youth Service are selling fast. The stylish event is taking place …
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Ballybofey’s Ruth McGowan plans to ‘make mischief’ as head of Team Fringe 7 years ago

Ballybofey’s Ruth McGowan plans to ‘make mischief’ as head of Team Fringe

By  •  News

Dublin Fringe Festival is delighted to announce the appointment of Ruth McGowan as its new Festival Director. Following a sensational edition of Ireland’s leading multi-disciplinary arts festival this year, McGowan …
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How one Donegal woman was inspired to create an autism-centred children’s show 7 years ago

How one Donegal woman was inspired to create an autism-centred children’s show

Pablo explores the world through the eyes of a 5-year-old boy with autism, with a central character and cast who are all on the autism spectrum.

Grainne McGuinness is the Creative Director …
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Top feminist Professor to address Donegal ETB 7 years ago

Top feminist Professor to address Donegal ETB

By  •  News

Kathleen has a deep and long-standing commitment to the understanding and promotion of equality and social justice both locally and globally.

To that end she has been actively engaged in …
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Women impacted by pregnancy from rape seek better answer than abortion 7 years ago

Women impacted by pregnancy from rape seek better answer than abortion

By  •  News

The three women will share their stories with TDs and urge the legislators to seek a better answer than abortion. Two of the women are rape survivors, while one of the …
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Rape survivor Dominique – ‘Pregnancy nightmares made me suicidal’ 7 years ago

Rape survivor Dominique – ‘Pregnancy nightmares made me suicidal’

By  •  News

The 25 year old Letterkenny woman spoke today ahead of the 6th annual March for Choice in Dublin this Saturday, organised by the Abortion Rights Campaign.

Dominique was raped in 2015 …
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‘I don’t think it’s worth anyone losing their life’ – Tim Jackson ends hunger strike 7 years ago

‘I don’t think it’s worth anyone losing their life’ – Tim Jackson ends hunger strike

By  •  News

Donegal man Tim Jackson has announced he will stop his pro-life hunger strike protest today.

The Former Independent election candidate from Ballybofey began fasting 10 days ago in a bid …
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Caitriona Coyle selects a special setting to launch her debut novel 7 years ago

Caitriona Coyle selects a special setting to launch her debut novel

By  •  News

The event at Carnegie Court Hotel in Swords on Thursday 21st September was the first of many that Caitriona is holding to mark her book’s release.

“I chose the Carnegie Court …
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Lyme Disease: “I was told it was psychological, but you know your own body” 7 years ago

Lyme Disease: “I was told it was psychological, but you know your own body”

By  •  News

Lyme Disease is a bacterial infection contracted through bites from infected ticks. Although more commonly contracted during the warmer months, ticks can be found at all times of the year.


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Think your way to positivity 7 years ago

Think your way to positivity

By  •  Health

Positive thinking focuses on the positive side of life.

To use positive thinking in your life, it is more than being aware of it, it is about adopting it …
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Watch: Noah vlogs sun, surf, and sea at this year’s Liquid Therapy Surf Festival 7 years ago

Watch: Noah vlogs sun, surf, and sea at this year’s Liquid Therapy Surf Festival

Noah, who has autism, is a huge fan of Liquid Therapy and has been attending classes for the past 3-4 years.

Liquid Therapy provides a supported environment that allows individuals …
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A night of ceol and craic planned in aid of Inishowen flood victims 7 years ago

A night of ceol and craic planned in aid of Inishowen flood victims

The event, Inishowen’s Own, will feature some of Donegal’s best musicians, including The Henry Girls, Sailor Bill, Inishowen Gospel Choir, Great White Lies and Tommy Conway.

All proceeds from the …
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Don’t compare your weight to others 7 years ago

Don’t compare your weight to others

By  •  Fitness

One of the biggest mistakes you can make, is to compare your rate of weight loss to someone else’s.

Everyone has different starting points. Everyone has different activity levels Everyone …
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Watch: Ciara swept off her feet by surprise proposal in Croke Park 7 years ago

Watch: Ciara swept off her feet by surprise proposal in Croke Park

Ciara had just played in the All-Ireland Ladies Football Junior Final which resulted in a draw with Fermanagh yesterday afternoon.

As she was interviewed by Dáithí, she suddenly had a …
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Ireland’s first transgender soap star to debut tonight 7 years ago

Ireland’s first transgender soap star to debut tonight

Jack (27) will be Ireland’s first transgender soap star.

“This is the first transgender character in Irish soap which is huge for Ireland. And as someone transgender myself, this is …
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Woman’s Words: All Arthur Needs 7 years ago

Woman’s Words: All Arthur Needs

By  •  News

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

Each Sunday this series will showcase works of literature written by local women for readers …
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Thoroughly Modern Mammy: Part Two – Shame on body shamers 7 years ago

Thoroughly Modern Mammy: Part Two – Shame on body shamers

By  •  Mammy

It seems that last week’s column struck a chord with many of you Glammy Mammies, so the second piece of this might also resonate. If you think that the public …
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Family fun day planned in memory of three tragic Bruckless women 7 years ago

Family fun day planned in memory of three tragic Bruckless women

By  •  News

The women had been traveling home from Dublin airport following a dream holiday in Turkey when they were involved in a three-car road traffic collision in Louth at 1am.

The …
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Watch: Mickey Joe Harte strikes all the right chords with new song 7 years ago

Watch: Mickey Joe Harte strikes all the right chords with new song

The Lifford native represented Ireland with his hit song We’ve Got the World Tonight in 2003’s Eurovision. The song went on to sell in excess of six times platinum status! …
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Miss Ireland dedicates crown to late brother who fought muscular dystrophy 7 years ago

Miss Ireland dedicates crown to late brother who fought muscular dystrophy

By  •  News

Lauren told the Irish Mirror that the news is still sinking in, and that she has dedicated her crown to her late brother Darren who passed away from muscular dystrophy …
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Donegal teen crowned Miss Ireland! 7 years ago

Donegal teen crowned Miss Ireland!

By  •  News

18 year old Lauren McDonagh, from Buncrana, last night became only the second Donegal woman to win the title following Gaoth Dobhair woman Natasha Nic Gairbheith in 2004.

A delighted …
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Donegal GAA Star ties the knot in dream Portugal wedding 7 years ago

Donegal GAA Star ties the knot in dream Portugal wedding

By  •  Bridal

The couple, from Donegal town, got married in the village of Cacela Velha.

Family and friends, including several of Karl’s All-Ireland winning Donegal team-mates, joined the couple for the reception …
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Culture Night: Here’s what’s on in Donegal tonight 7 years ago

Culture Night: Here’s what’s on in Donegal tonight

This will be Letterkenny’s 9th occasion to take part in Culture Night and the programme for 2017 offers 40 diverse events in 25 venues that celebrate our unique local cultural …
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Shock as just one of 120 nurses appointed to LUH 7 years ago

Shock as just one of 120 nurses appointed to LUH

By  •  Health

Donegal Sinn Féin Senator Pádraig Mac Lochlainn has conveyed his shock saying the move is an insult to diabetes patients.

Senator Mac Lochlainn said “This summer, the Donegal Oireachtas members …
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Taoiseach agrees to watch abortion video as Jackson continues hunger strike 7 years ago

Taoiseach agrees to watch abortion video as Jackson continues hunger strike

By  •  News

Senator Catherine Noone, chairwoman of the Oireachtas Committee on Abortion, wrote to Mr Jackson this morning on the fifth day of his protest.

In correspondence, she said she has watched …
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Charlene’s magical play in the spotlight at Fringe Festival 7 years ago

Charlene’s magical play in the spotlight at Fringe Festival

Charlene has been living and working in Dublin since 2012 after attending drama school in London.

“I trained at LAMDA in London and had an incredible experience there. The quality …
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A Spectacular Seascape Escape 7 years ago

A Spectacular Seascape Escape

By  •  Travel

Seascape spa, adjacent to the Silver Tassie Hotel is no doubt, a little hidden gem by way of Donegal spa breaks.

With relaxation rooms, cocoons, post-treatment sorbet and bubbles and …
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Majella speaks of fear that cancer will return following second scare 7 years ago

Majella speaks of fear that cancer will return following second scare

By  •  News

Majella O’Donnell was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2013, and bravely shaved her head on the Late Late Show at the beginning of her treatment. Since then, she has been …
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Abortion Rights Group: Jackson’s hunger strike a “farcical media stunt” 7 years ago

Abortion Rights Group: Jackson’s hunger strike a “farcical media stunt”

By  •  News

Politician Tim Jackson, who ran in last year’s General Election, began his hunger strike on Wednesday.

Jackson says he will be striking for “as long as necessary” to bring attention …
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ISL Awareness week: “Having empathy, not sympathy, is incredibly important” 7 years ago

ISL Awareness week: “Having empathy, not sympathy, is incredibly important”

By  •  News

The Irish Deaf Society has been leading negotiations with the Government over the passage of an Oireachtas bill that would officially recognise ISL. If passed, the bill would give Deaf …
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Social Media Me vs The Real Me 7 years ago

Social Media Me vs The Real Me

By  •  Health

We live in a social media frenzied world.

So creating and maintaining an online presence is now a priority for many of us, whether it is for social or …
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Anam Cara extends support services to new Donegal location 7 years ago

Anam Cara extends support services to new Donegal location

Anam Cara, the national organisation that supports bereaved parents, will host an Information Evening on Tuesday 3rd of October in the Abbey Hotel, Donegal Town at 7pm.

The free event …
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Women’s equality forms the agenda of upcoming seminar 7 years ago

Women’s equality forms the agenda of upcoming seminar

By  •  News

This WEAR (Women’s Equality Awareness Raising) seminar will be held in the Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny on Thursday 28th September 2017 from 12.30 p.m. to 3.30 p.m. Eeveryone is welcome to book …
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Donegal man goes on hunger strike campaign against abortion 7 years ago

Donegal man goes on hunger strike campaign against abortion

By  •  News

The 28-year-old former election candidate has begun a campaign to raise attention to his demands that Leo Varadkar and the Oireachtas Committee on Abortion watch a video of an abortion …
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The best way to burn belly fat? 7 years ago

The best way to burn belly fat?

By  •  Health

On Friday, Ireland AM’s facebook page shared a story from Xposé.ie with the tag line;

“Struggling to lose weight? This special drink will have you burning fat in no time!”


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Starbucks has arrived in Donegal and we are simply buzzing 7 years ago

Starbucks has arrived in Donegal and we are simply buzzing

By  •  News

The people of Letterkenny will be wide awake this Monday morning after a high dose of caffeine from the newest Starbucks cafe.

The An Dánlann sports complex at LYIT has …
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Introducing – College Corner with Niamh Shields 7 years ago

Introducing – College Corner with Niamh Shields

By  •  Life

Hello and a warm welcome to the new Donegal Woman column ‘College Corner.’

Let me introduce myself, my name is Niamh Shields, a Donegal second year English and …
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Sneak Peek: Heidi Klum’s Lidl clothing line to hit Donegal 7 years ago

Sneak Peek: Heidi Klum’s Lidl clothing line to hit Donegal

By  •  Style

The 18-piece collection with sizes between 8 and 18, titled ‘Esmara by Heidi Klum’, aims to produce fashionable pieces that won’t put too much of a dent in your pocket.


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Woman’s Words: Hair today, gone tomorrow 7 years ago

Woman’s Words: Hair today, gone tomorrow

By  •  News

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

Each Sunday this series will showcase works of literature written by local women for readers …
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Thoroughly Modern Mammy: Bump-shaming 7 years ago

Thoroughly Modern Mammy: Bump-shaming

By  •  Mammy

Yes.  I’m saying it.

Stop body-shaming bumps. Body Shaming happens to all women, of all ages, of all shapes and sizes, all the time…EVEN, believe it or not, during Pregnancy. …
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