On this weekâs Business Matters, Ciaran OâDonnell will be talking coaches, tours and cruises with James McGinley, owner of the McGinley Travel Group based in Magheraroarty.
And for the weekly Backing Business segment, Ciaran will be checking in with Michael Tunney, Head of Enterprise at the Donegal Local Enterprise Office.
On this week’s Business Matters, Ciaran O’Donnell talks to Joe Devenney, co-founder of Crolly Distillery which produced its first casks of single malt whiskey last year, and Letterkenny Community Centre’s Management Committee Chairperson, Philip O’Kennedy, who speaks about the ambitious redevelopment plans for the well-known facility on Pearse Road.
Joining Ciaran for the Backing Business segment is Michael Tunney, Head of Enterprise and Economic Development at the Donegal Local Enterprise Office.
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Donegal TD Joe McHugh with Minister for Rural Development, Heather Humphreys. They have confirmed that Donegal is to get €21 million under the Rural Regeneration Programme, the biggest allocation of any region in the State.
Donegal allocated €21m in Rural Regeneration funding Posted: 7:00 am April 19, 2021
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DONEGAL is to receive over €21 million under the Rural Regeneration Programme – the largest allocation of any county in the State.
The package will see Carndonagh receive €9.5 million and Ballybofey/ Stranorlar supported to the tune of €9.7 million. Burtonport has also been successful and will get €2 million, following its receipt of funding of €3.1 million to improve infrastructure around the mainland harbour and amenities in Árainn Mhór in late 2019.
The cheddar is hand-made without the use of any artificial flavours, colours or preservatives.
The Cunninghams have a medium-sized herd of Charolais cross Limousin, as well as a flock of horned mountain ewes. They knew that getting into dairy farming wasn’t going to be a viable option, so they began to look at alternatives. Read More
“We asked around and got in touch with a dairy farmer, based just outside Donegal town. He milks a herd of Holstein Friesians which graze on the summer grass of the shores and he was happy to supply the milk for us,” says Noreen.