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Traders on Ennis's main street are crediting pedestrianisation with allowing them to harness the economic opportunities presented by this week's hot spell. With temperatures hitting the mid-twenties across the county today, businesses are pulling out all the stops to ensure they see the benefit. It's expected to be the hottest day of 2025 so far and Met Éireann says it's keeping a "close watch" to see if it'll be the warmest April day in Ireland on record. The top temperature identified anywhere in the county in April is 25.8 degrees, which was experienced in Glenties in County Donegal in 1984. Shannon and Ennis is expected to see highs of 24 degrees this afternoon, while it'll be 23 degrees in Kilrush, Ennistymon, Killaloe and Scariff. The town's main thoroughfare, O'Connell Street, is now fully-pedestrianised, and Head Gelato Maker at Gino's, Sam Toth says in his experience, the resulting atmosphere is "flawless". The Ennis Public Realm Regeneration project is still ongoing but is expected to be wrapped up by the end of this year. The appointed contractor, Shareridge, claims the O'Connell Square phase will conclude by the end of June while works in the Cathedral Zone will be completed by the end of September. Construction in the vicinity of Bank Place, Abbey Street and Barrack Street, meanwhile, are forecast to be finalised by the business end of December. Mark Kelly of the Diamond Bar is one business owner who's embraced the newly-pedestrianised O'Connell Street with outdoor seating and he says he fully welcomes the change. Some business in Ennis haven't known life without construction taking place outside the door and the dual ventures of entrepreneur Aoibhín Garrihy, Beo and The Well, are one example. Brand Manager Katie Hands claims the works have had little impact on the business's viability. She says on a balmy day like today, there's no better place to be.

After a night of severe wind from Storm Éowyn, we speak to Eileen Rafferty in Glenties, Co. Donegal, Brigid O'Hora in Achill Island in Co. Mayo and Cathy Ní Ghoill in Inis Mór.

Ronan O'Donnell from Glenties is qualified as a primary school teacher for nigh on 10 years. It's something he wanted to be from a very early age. During the initial stages of covid he developed another interest; in media which now has led him to pursuing a career in this field. He has a buisness called Dronan Media; where in the world of videography and photography he captures everything from sunrises on well known mountains to general everyday life in local towns or on city streets. He also works in the area of weddings, taking in precious moments in the aftermath of couples who've just tied the knot. Ronan who turns 30 later this year tells great stories in this episode regarding life experiences and also gives valuable advice on a number of topics including following your passion. I hope you enjoy the interview!Support the show

On this week’s Business Matters, Ciaran O’Donnell is joined by the founder of Donegal Natural Soap Company in Glenties, Isobel Sangha. Isobel began making soap for family and friends and set up her company in 2010. As a member of the Guaranteed Irish team, Isobel is always searching for new Irish ingredients to use and promote … Business Matters Ep 131 – Isobel Sangha Read More » The post Business Matters Ep 131 – Isobel Sangha appeared first on Highland Radio - Latest Donegal News and Sport.

The Mayor of Donegal Town says the current lack of GP services in Dunkineely is a further reflection of rural Ireland being neglected. The local GP practice is closed from today and the HSE says an interim arrangement is in place, involving accessing GP services at Glenties

A few years back during lockdown, Glenties man Micheál Brennan starting posting entertaining, light hearted videos to Instagram of himself and his daughter Gracie. Little did Micheál think that a few years on, his pages across several social media platforms would now have the following they do.  I chat to Micheál about how the idea for Donegal Daddy came about and much more, including the influence his mum and late dad Francis had on him. We also talk about Naomh Conaill and Martin Regan, being an extra in Daniel O Donnell's 'Night of the Daniels' and Movember is talked about too. Micheál explains how he sought help as his mental health had deteriorated. I hope you enjoy the interview.Support the show

John Shéamuis Ó Fearraig, Sinn Féin Councillor for Glenties; Marie Duffy, Local resident; Damien Ó Dónaill, RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta

John Shéamuis Ó Fearraig, Sinn Féin Councillor for Glenties; Marie Duffy, Local resident; Damien Ó Dónaill, RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta

On this week’s Business Matters, Ciaran O’Donnell is joined by Brendan ‘Bradas’ O’Donnell, owner of the Glenties-based broadcasting and media company, Bradas Video Productions. After leaving Glenties Comprehensive School, Brendan worked in the local McDevitt’s Factory before embarking on a film production course in Tralee in 1996. In 2000 he set up his own company. … Business Matters Ep 85 – Brendan ‘Bradas’ O’Donnell Read More » The post Business Matters Ep 85 – Brendan ‘Bradas’ O’Donnell appeared first on Highland Radio - Latest Donegal News and Sport.

It was an extraordinary series of events. A high-ranking Sinn Fein official is outed as an informer in the employ of M15 and the Special Branch of the PSNI. On the steps of Stormont, Denis Donaldson admits his role as a spy within the Republican ranks – then disappears. Six months later an intrepid journalist Hugh Jordan tracks him down to an isolated farmhouse in Glenties in Donegal confirming that his whereabouts aren't such a well-kept secret. Weeks later Donaldson is shot dead in the same cottage but mystery still surrounds what happened and why he remained there after he was discovered. Today I'm talking with Hugh Jordan about the case of Donaldson and a recent Police Ombudsman report which points the finger of blame at police and their failures to properly evaluate the threat to his life.

Brian Carr gives an eyewitness account remembering the scene from Glenties in County Donegal in February 2020 when a young man opened fire on the streets of the town following a drugs and drink binge

The Garda Representative Association is calling for more armed Gardai after a man was jailed for going on a shooting rampage in Glenties. GRA Vice President Brendan O'Connor says his colleagues on that day in February 2020 were lucky not to have been shot dead

It's a number of weeks since the doors closed for the last time on 88 branches of the Bank of Ireland. A number closed in this region including Ballymote, Tubbercurry , Bundoran, Glenties, Manorhamilton and Drumshanbo This already is causing problems for customers and one of those is Sligo Fianna Fail Councillor Donal Gilroy who explained his recent experience of banking when he spoke to John Lynch on North West Today.

This week we head to Ireland to chat with Michael Rebholz. Michael is a passionate casting instructor, admittedly a spey casting addict who has developed a casting method he calls "bonkerspey". We chat tunes, patterns, dream trips and where Michael gets his passion for chasing fins all over Europe. Thanks Michael for sharing your fly fishing story with us!

Fr Adrian Gavigan was ordained as a priest in the year 2000. Hailing originally from Glenties, later this month he becomes a parish priest for the first time in Drumholm, Ballintra. Prior to this he has worked in various areas as a Catholic Curate and he leaves Lettermacaward, Doochary parish having served there since Dec 2017. I chat to him about his time there, his ordination and love of all things Donegal plus he reflects on the spiritual benefits visiting Lourdes has for our youth.Support the show

Old Ireland in Colour celebrates the rich history of Ireland and the Irish through the colour restoration of stunning images of all walks of Irish life, and the Irish abroad, throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. From the chaos of the Civil War to the simple beauty of the islands, each image has been exquisitely transformed and every page is bursting with life. Old Ireland in Colour started in 2019 when John Breslin developed an interest in historic photo colourisation, enhancement and restoration through personal genealogical research. He began to colourise old family photos – photos of his grandparents from Fanore in Co. Clare and Glenties in Co. Donegal. The book is co-authored by Quilty-based, Dr Sarah-Anne Buckley - a lecturer in History at NUI Galway and President of the Women’s History Association of Ireland. She has published two monographs, four edited volumes and numerous articles. She is co-founder of the Irish Centre for the Histories of Labour and Class. Old Ireland in Colour has become the must have book of this gift season - outselling the Guiness Book of World Records in its first week of publication! On Tuesday's Morning Focus, Gavin Grace spoke to Dr. Sarah Anne Buckley, co-author of the book.

There are many unsung heros across various sports and for me John Gildea was one of them when we played inter county football for Donegal and his club Naomh Conaill. He was part of a talented county side unfortunate not to win silverware, falling just short in several Ulster final deciders against the likes of Derry and Armagh. In 2005, John was a key member of the Glenties side which won their first Donegal senior championship, having beaten St Eunans after a replay. I interviewed John yesterday over the phone and discussed the current pandemic, previewed the return of the national football league and spoke of his memories  as a player with both club and county.  Hope you enjoy it.Support the show

Joining Bobby in the Executive Chair is Dervla McKay, MD of AirCoach. Together they discuss Dervla's earlier years in Glenties, her years prior to joining AirCoach, and how things have been during these difficult times. Listen and subscribe to Down to Business with Bobby Kerr on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.    Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.    You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

Business Matters Presenter Ciaran O'Donnell In this week's edition of Business Matters, Ciaran O'Donnell talks to Willie Cremen, a director of Filligans, the Glenties-based producers of jam, marmalade and chutney. Willie explains how the business, set up by Sarah and Philip Moss 33 years ago in the family kitchen, has continued to expand. Filligans currently […]

Gardai in Ballyshannon are appealing for information in relation to the circumstances behind the death of a man on the road at Clyhore, Ballyshannon, at the weekend, And they are seeking dash cam footage as part of their investigation into the shooting incident at Glenties, as outlined by Garda Joanne Doherty of Donegal Town Garda Station, on this week's On the Beat

The front pages are dominated by two stories today: Boris Johnson’s Tory leadership and Fine Gael TD Maria Bailey’s punishment for her claim against Dublin’s Dean Hotel for falling off a swing. Pat Leahy is joined by Harry McGee and Jennifer Bray to discuss what the mood is like around Dublin as Boris Johnson prepares to assume the role of British prime minister and whether the Taoiseach bottled it by not removing the party whip from Bailey. Also in today’s show, the team run the rule over the highs and lows of the Dáil term, as Cabinet meets for the last time at Glenties on Thursday.

In part 1 of this two part episode Greg chats with John McGlinchey, Global Sales Leader and EVP with CompTIA. The sports and music loving John, chats about his early life in Glenties (centre of the universe!) in Donegal, working in the family business, working as an electrician and a DJ. Life was good except for the sudden and tragic loss of his brother, Martin when they were both young. John's career switched to sales and sales management and this quick learner developed his own unique sales process, APPCOM, which he explains in detail in this episode and one that led to career success, which brought him to Chicago and a global role with CompTIA. Enjoy the show!  

Last weekend in Rialto a new event took place: The Danielle Carroll Summer School. Named in honour of a woman who took her own life after her and her family become homeless, focussed on social issues and featuring all-female speakers, the event was quite different in theme and tone to this week's MacGill Summer School in Glenties, County Donegal. Hugh talks to Kitty Holland, who was at the Rialto event, and Conor Gallagher, who is in Glenties this week, about the events and the place of such events in today's Ireland. But first: A bewildering array of potential nominees for the presidency are popping in and out of contention. Fiach Kelly looks at some of the more likely ones.

In his book "The Road to Somewhere: The Populist Revolt and the Future of Politics", journalist David Goodhart attempts to provide a framework for understanding UK society that explains Brexit and the collapse of the political centre. Before appearing at the MacGill Summer School in Glenties this week, he talked to Hugh Linehan about his ideas.

Fine Gael have found the money to repay water charges to those who complied back in 2014, marking perhaps the final chapter in a terrible humiliation for the party. The €170 million needed for that is coming out of €300 million that has been found down the backs of various departmental couches. Won't that money be missed by the Ministers? The country has finally moved on from the water debacle, and today on the podcast we also look ahead to two of the biggest problems facing the country: how we measure and control our economy, and the potential calamity of Brexit. Apart from showing our economy to be much smaller than we all thought, what does the new GNI measurement mean for political decision making? And, one year on, has the assessment of how damaging Brexit can be changed? Pat Leahy is on the line from the MacGill Summer School in Glenties, where Brexit despair and fiscal prudence are dominating this year's discussions, while Mary Minihan recalls the dispiriting lack of understanding of Northern Ireland displayed by Conservative Party representatives at last week's British Irish Parliamentary Assembly in Kilkenny.

Our 105th episode, which aired on July 24, 2015. Wolfstone – Tinnie Run, The Chase Fernhill – Dole Teifi, Whilia Jeremy Spencer & Sean Leahy – Flood on the Road to the Glenties, The Side Over Nuala Kennedy – Matt Hyland, Noble Stranger Donal Lunny – Lucky Luck Day, Coolfin Eric Bogle – No Man’s Land, By Request Chrissy Crowley – The Departure, The Departure The Chieftains and Great Big Sea – Lukey/Lukaloney, Fire in the Kitchen Joanie Madden – Aggie White’s/Miss Thornton/Rip the Calico – A Whistle on the Wind Joe Burke with Charlie Lennon – Trip to the Cottage/Tatter Jack Walsh, Traditional Music of Ireland LOCAL FOCUS: Irish Airs – Come By the Hills, The Hightail Sessions Zan McLeod – Hand in Hand, Highland Soul

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After the omnishambles that was the Brexit campaign, and with a spotty record of our own when it comes to choosing, planning, running and rerunning referendums, is it time to admit that going to the people to decide a complex issue is simply a bad idea? Green Party leader Eamon Ryan, political scientist of the year Theresa Reidy, and Frank Flannery, former Fine Gael strategist, joined Hugh in Glenties last week to debate the question. But first, our own permanently unimpressed Parliamentary Correspondent Michael O'Regan is in studio for a quick appraisal of the Government's performance so far, as we head into the silly season.

Our final podcast from the MacGill Summer School in Glenties features Europol director Ron Wainwright who talked with Hugh Linehan about continuing threat of terrorism, the adequacy of French authorities' response to the massacre in Nice, and the difficulty of identifying rapidly radicalised lone attackers. Then SDLP leader Colum Eastwood and FG MEP Mairead McGuinness discuss about the political situation in Northern Ireland and the border counties following the Brexit vote. And Hugh also caught up with the man who has made MacGill happen annually for three decades, Joe Mulholland.

Part one: Regular host Hugh Linehan joins us live on the line from the MacGill Summer School in Glenties, Co. Donegal. A gathering of spokespeople from a variety of fields engage in frank and informed debate on issues such as Brexit, international terrorism, climate change and the political landscape in this country. Have these spirited discussions thrown up any new ideas or solutions? Hugh is not so sure, but there are free sweets for all. Part two: "Social housing as part of private developments", this is what Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government Simon Coveney wants. He joins host Pat Leahy and political correspondent Fiach Kelly in studio to discuss the main thrust of the new Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness. How will first time buyers be placated? Will the overwhelming demand for new homes be met, and is this a giveaway for builders and property developers?

By happy coincidence for Inside Politics, Minister Simon Coveney's housing plan landed on the same day that housing and Ireland's social demographics are on the agenda here at the MacGill Summer School in Glenties, Country Donegal, where we're podcasting from this week. So we had two of Ireland's foremost experts - Dr Lorcan Sirr of DIT and Professor Tony Fahy of UCD - on hand to give their first impressions of the plan and discuss with Hugh Linehan the root causes of our housing crisis. But first we hear from economist Colm McCarthy on the same subject. Are we making the same mistakes all over again?

Amid the chatter and the buzz of the room, I discreetly asked my friend ‘any sign of him?'. ‘Nah, he's not coming' was the reply. The elusive Brian Friel was nowhere to be seen. The setting was the Backroom bar of McGrory's of Culdaff in north Donegal at the commencement of the 24th Charles Macklin autumn school, an annual arts festival paying tribute to a local 18th century actor/playwright who achieved great success on the London stage and died aged close to 107. Friel's 'The London Vertigo' was a reworking of Macklin's original play. The opening event was a book launch and its author, Sean Beattie, referred to Brian Friel by stating that the playwright had been good enough to have attended the first Macklin festival, eventually becoming its patron. ‘He usually makes an appearance at some stage over the weekend' said Sean sheepishly alluding to the fact that Friel was still nowhere to be seen. Friel hadn't been seen at his friend Seamus Heaney's funeral in Dublin, nor at the MacGill Summer school in Glenties which he never misses. At 83 and in poor health, it looked as if the man had the good sense to stay put and get an early night. A break in the formalities allowed more chat and some of Sean's books to be sold and signed to the sounds of a local traditional group of musicians. At the recommencement, I looked around the room and there he was right in front of me. Looking frail and older than I'd remembered him, Friel sat across the room with his wife Ann, listening to the speeches. The first speaker ironically told the story of a woman who talked for longer than she should have at a theatre launch in Greencastle some years back. She talked about John Hume being on a mobile phone to a man named Bill beside her as that longwinded speech took place. Once off the phone, she asked Hume who that guy was – ‘Bill Clinton' he responded ‘I should have put you on to him for the craic' he added for good measure. ‘That was when I nearly became very famous!' she declared and the crowd gave her a faint laugh at this tenuous aimless tale. Friel sat stoney-faced. I enjoyed his honesty – it was a dire story. Friel didn't have to be there. It was very much a courtesy to the organisers. He had travelled from Greencastle as he always had on the opening night without fail for 24 years. The speeches carried on and Friel combined listening to them with reading the copy of Sean's book he had on his lap. More references were made to Friel and even a round of applause was offered at one point. Friel carried on reading, oblivious to it all. Just like Philadelphia's Gar, there is a public and a private persona at play here. In private, Friel is renowned as a great wit, full of stories and gossip and fun. In public, he runs a wary gauntlet, unsure of who will accost him or put him straight on how he should have done such and such. The playwright has never enjoyed the limelight, nor is he prone to speeches, interviews or indulging in the fame game. His craft has made him world famous. Much and all as I'd always hoped he would win the Nobel Prize, I'm glad he hadn't that day. Instead, new Nobel Laureate Alice Ann Munro was being harangued in Canada by the media frenzy while Friel was able to keep a long-standing appointment in Culdaff. Outside for some air, I heard the name-dropping earlier speaker telling the young publisher that she knew Friel well and would he like her to introduce him to the playwright. Back inside, the last of the great Irish writers sat quietly after the speeches catching up with some well wishers he knew. My friend who had known him for years went to chat to him about Frank McGuinness's new play on in Dublin for the Theatre Festival. The poker face had given way to animation about his fellow playwright and anecdotes galore. Health prevented him from getting around so hearing about what was going on in the Big Smoke was a real treat. My same friend had met him up in Malin Head the day after Heaney had died. Friel ...