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It Occurs To Me: The Donegal Town merry-go-round

On May 23 on the front page of the Donegal Democrat, the headline read “Public Meeting on Donegal Town one-way system concerns”. The article was written by Siobhán McNamara, as a result of which (and social media), the dogs in the street knew such a ...

08 Jun 2024 at 11:14

Features

It Occurs To Me: Blaney, Lynch and the seventh county?

As I was driving around the Lifford roundabout recently, I was greeted by an election sign which read: “Welcome to the Forgotten County!”, and I was reminded that within that forgotten county, there’s a big slice within that gets nowhere near the ...

29 Nov 2024 at 14:15

LetterkennyLive

It Occurs To Me: The O’Donnell - Forgotten music maestro

In November 1979, Brian O’Donnell died in Belfast. His Irish News obituary read: “Brian O’Donnell, Irish traditional music adviser to UTV, BBC and the Northern Ireland Arts Council has died. He was 61. Mr. O’Donnell, of Cooke Street, Belfast, ...

29 Jun 2024 at 11:04

LetterkennyLive

It Occurs To me: Getting shirty with our Ryan!

Cavan people get a hard time about being ‘thrifty’ but as a cousin said to me years ago in McShane’s pub in Cornafean, “I’d give you the shirt off me back…if I had a shirt!” Meanwhile in Tyrone, as you can see from the accompanying photo, ...

01 Jun 2024 at 11:05

LetterkennyLive

It Occurs To Me: The death of customer services

As I write, a court has heard that telecoms company Eir employed a deliberate policy aimed at preventing customers from logging complaints. RTÉ reports that “District Court Judge Anthony Halpin branded the company "a disgrace" and said ...

20 Apr 2024 at 11:00

Local News

It Occurs to Me: Bus travel getting more farcical by the week

I’m blue in the face over the years when it comes to complaining about bus travel. Over a month ago, the Galway-Sligo-Derry Expressway was almost an hour late by the time it landed in Donegal and almost two hours by the time Derry was ...

02 Nov 2024 at 09:28

It Occurs To Me: The real concerns of ordinary people

LetterkennyLive

It Occurs To Me: Maga - make aurals grow again?

Mmmm? One thing that struck me about the Sunday Independent poll which showed that 72% of people believe that asylum seekers and refugees should be housed in more affluent areas was this: what percentage of the 72% are from affluent ...

10 Aug 2024 at 13:37

Local News

It Occurs To Me: Funny old games - in Croke Park and in Berlin

The man beside me hadn’t missed an All-Ireland Final in nearly fifty years. He was from Valentia Island, knew his football and was a friend of the legendary Kerry midfielder Mick O’Connell. “Mick is 88” he told me, “and is still a ...

20 Jul 2024 at 09:19

LetterkennyLive

It Occurs To Me: Frothing and bursting bubbles!

The seasoned Derry supporter beside me was incandescent with rage. Although from a soccer-dominated city, he’s a lifelong GAA head. The Gareth McKinless sending off put the tin hat on it, and he sunk his heads in his hands and ...

25 May 2024 at 11:10

It Occurs To Me: Plan for Donegal goes off the rails

LetterkennyLive

It Occurs To Me: Jack Cooney and Kilcar

Eamon Ryan has long been accused of not being in touch with rural Ireland and his latest pronouncement only adds to that perception. “This is an important day for the island of Ireland. This is not just the first All-Island ...

24 Aug 2024 at 16:50

Local News

Frank Galligan's It Occurs To Me: Famous folk from Donegal

Names, like places, can evoke memories, for good or ill. Reading Inishowen historian Sean Beattie’s superbly researched book, “Famous Folk from County Donegal” certainly turned back a personal clock for me, albeit in a ...

08 Dec 2025 at 07:31

LetterkennyLive

It Occurs To Me: RTÉ and Donegal

A friend tried GAA Go in the forlorn hope of watching Dublin v Galway. It stopped, started, and buffered. So in anger and desperation, he switched to Galway Bay FM, and it was an absolute cracker. Presenter Ollie ...

06 Jul 2024 at 10:31

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