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via donegaldaily.com A Donegal knitwear company has won the prestigious ‘Exporter of the Year’ award at the Showcase 2012 creative expo. Kilcar company, Fisherman Out Ireland, has been shipping garments around the world for over a decade. The company manufactures knitwear in simple, contemporary designs with clever details. They use 100% natural yarns to create all their authentic knits. The coveted ‘Exporter of the Year’award is designed to give recognition to Irish exporting companies which provide a top class...
The next Country Market is on Saturday 28th January. From 11.00am till 1.00pm. In the Old School in Carrick. New members are most welcome, and membership for the year is €25! Contact Marion 0866063923 or Liam 0749730065 for further details. via facebook.com
Michael Gallagher, known as Mickey, Doonan, Donegal Town, and Carrick. Remains reposing at his residence at Doonan, and will be removed this evening at 6pm to St Columba’s Church, Carrick. Funeral Mass on Wednesday at 11am, with burial immediately afterwards in the adjoining cemetery. via oceanfm.ie
The Health Service Executive is to review the circumstances surrounding the death of an 87-year-old man in Killybegs, Co Donegal last Friday. Paddy Keeney went missing from Killybegs Community Hospital on Friday morning. His body was found near the pier at around 4.30pm that afternoon and his funeral took place in Killybegs today. The funeral also took place of Michael McIntyre of Malin Beg, Glencolmcille, whose body was also found near the pier during the search for Mr Keeney. Gardaí say both deaths were accidental...
via zero74.com Dick Whittington and his Cat currently on in the Grianan Theatre, Letterkenny Photos by Ciaran Cunningham
via joe.ie A new motoring survey has found that drivers in Donegal are the most likely to pull over and help a fellow driver in need. But motorists from Kildare and Meath might want to look away now...
Reposing at his residence from 8pm this Saturday evening. Removal from his residence on Monday morning for 11am Funeral Mass in St Columba's Church, Cashel. Burial afterwards in the adjoining cemetery. Date published: Saturday, January 21, 2012 via rip.ie
Kilcar clubman John McNulty wants a crack at managing the county U-21 football team but could face competition from Maxi Curran. McNulty, who has an impressive track record of managing at club level, threw his hat into the ring after attending Monday night’s county committee meeting and hearing that the position was still vacant. “Managing at county level is something I have often thought about and has been at the back of my head for some time. But any time a vacancy came up I always seemed to be tied up with...
via irishexaminer.com Two bodies have been recovered from Killybegs Harbour this afternoon, one of a 50-year-old fisherman and another of an elderly man who earlier went missing from a local hospital. Killybegs lifeboat and a Coastguard helicopter joined the search, along with coast rescuers, for the missing hospital patient. The fisherman’s body was taken from the water by the Killybegs Coastguard Unit, although he was not reported missing, when Gardaí launched a search for the missing hospital patient...