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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

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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, there is ...

01 Jun 2024 at 11:05

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

Where do I begin? Well, let’s begin with a funny Tweet/X which was doing the rounds recently: Obviously, it’s not the Real Donald Trump, even though the account reads @realDonaldTrump. Mind you, the real Real thing is capable of this nonsense: ...

03 Aug 2024 at 10:51

It Occurs To Me: The real concerns of ordinary people

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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 areas? ...

10 Aug 2024 at 13:37

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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, ...

29 Jun 2024 at 11:04

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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 then ...

25 May 2024 at 11:10

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

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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

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It Occurs To Me: The electric car debate

Don’t be alarmed by the accompanying photo! Spotted the ‘yock’ in Ardara some time ago and couldn't resist a wee photo. I was somewhat concerned a few years ago that the phrase “Suckin’ Diesel, sir!” would no longer be ...

13 Apr 2024 at 11:00

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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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It Occurs To Me: Jack Cooney and Kilcar

I was delighted to run into Jack Cooney last weekend, along with son Brian, and he was fulsome in his praise of the CLG Cill Chartha centenary commemorations. Jack’s wife, Elaine Byrne is from Doonin in Kilcar ...

17 Aug 2024 at 11:05

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It Occurs To Me: Rory’s winning matches

Big Danny from Doocharry hugged me so hard, I had to count my ribs afterwards! Eoin from Letterkenny was caught between us, but he survived and commenced hugging everybody available! The setting was The Irish ...

15 May 2024 at 14:55

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It Occurs To Me: Many memories in Bruckless graveyard

I had occasion last week to visit the St Joseph and St Conal graveyard last week, firstly to say a prayer at the grave of Aidan O’Donnell, and then at the grave of my first cousin, 12 year-old Christy Byrne, ...

15 Jun 2024 at 10:57

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