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Potential employment opportunity in the Letterkenny/North West region
Donegal County Council’s Economic Development Division is, in conjunction with the Industrial Development Authority in Ireland, (IDA Ireland) collaborating on a number of business development initiatives.
One of these is the attracting of new businesses from overseas to establish a base in Donegal from which to provide their services. We think that Donegal is a fantastic business location, with a great work life balance and an...
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Tip O’Neill 2018 Award recipients honoured
Over 220 guests attended the gala Tip O’Neill Irish Diaspora Award ceremony on Friday night in the Inishowen Gateway Hotel to honour this year’s worthy recipients; Boston based...
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Donegal County Council’s Economic Development Division is, in conjunction with the Industrial Development Authority in Ireland, (IDA Ireland) collaborating on a number of business development initiatives.
One of these is the attracting...
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There can be little doubt that one of the reasons the Irish Diaspora is so strong on a global level, is that the people of Ireland have always been able to see and embrace new opportunities. But many may not be aware of the exciting educational...
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From Diaspora Member to Donegal Based Business Owner – The GGT Story
Whats the Craic?
After about 6 months of living in Brighton I had become pretty good friends with the English lad...
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Four notable members of the diaspora to receive the 2019 Tip O’Neill Award
The 2019 Tip O’Neill Irish Diaspora Award recipients were unveiled by Cathaoirleach of Donegal County Council Cllr. Nicholas Crossan.
The...
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Jason Black has been selected as Donegal Person of the year 2018! Jason was a well known and popular business owner in Letterkenny, before his profile rose as the first Donegal person to complete a successful ascent of Mount Everest. Since that...
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Moira Ní Ghallachóir of mng.ie, a bilingual company which is working to develop and promote tourism in Donegal tells us her story.
Name of your business and description of what you do.
mng is a tourism enterprise,...
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This is Ireland’s most northerly building on the mainland. It was named ‘Banba’ after the mythological patron goddess of Ireland. It was built by the British in 1805 as a Napoleonic lookout tower to help defend against a possible French invasion...
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Saving an Important Literary Landmark in Donegal
Late last summer when Brian Friel was seriously ill, I thought about, not only the days and nights I had enjoyed in the playwright's company in Glenties at the MacGill Summer School which...
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Last spring I left Canada to return to Donegal for four months to answer the question: where is home and where do I belong?
Even though it had been 30 years since I left, I still think of Ireland as home. But Canada is also home, and since...
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Gweedore native Enya (Eithne Ni Bhraonain) was born in 1961, the sixth of nine children into the musical dynasty of the Brennan family. Her parents, Baba and Leo Brennan are great music lovers and encouraged their children in all varieties of...
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- Randox Teoranta researching and developing pioneering health technologies that are revolutionising healthcare and saving lives
- The Dungloe-based facility is offering world-class career opportunities for life scientists, engineers,...
CoLab provides early-stage and established science and technology companies with tailored business services and a flexible environment to grow. The aim of this centre is to enable business and academia to interact to create viable enterprises for...
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