Support for Ukrainian refugees in Bundoran sets example


HUNDREDS of Ukrainian refugees have settled just across the border in Bundoran, in stark contrast to the tiny numbers living in Fermanagh. According to the latest figures, 38,212 Ukrainians are being housed by the Irish government, with close to 4,000 being housed in the Donegal County Council region. Earlier this year, it was revealed that […]


New Hulu show to be filmed in Bundoran and Ballyshannon


A NEW TV show by RTÉ and US streaming giant Hulu is set to be flimed along the Fermanagh border in the coming months, and will be screened to international audiences on release. The black comedy starring Siobhán Cullen, called ‘Obituary’, will centre on a small-town obituarist living in the west of Ireland, who resorts […]


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Donegal schools may be an option for Brollagh pupils


BROLLAGH: THE NORTH’S Education Minister, Peter Weir, has admitted that pupils from St Mary’s High School in Brollagh may be better off transferring to secondary schools in the South after the rural school closes . Local MLA Jemma Dolan, who attended Brollagh as a pupil, said she has already raised the possibility of Belleek students […]


New restrictions pose headache for crossborder workers


COUNCILLORS on both sides of the border have called for an “All-Ireland approach” with regards to Covid restrictions. On Monday night, Cabinet Ministers in the South agreed to put the country into highest alert level five from today (Wednesday) for six weeks.  Despite this, further lockdown restrictions imposed by Stormont last Friday do not amount […]