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Donegal event will be part of World Sand Dune Day

People in Donegal are being encouraged to participate in  'World Sand Dune Day’ which takes place on Thursday. You can join the Clean Coasts organisation to examine sand dunes at the Rinclevan Special Area of Conservation at Hornhead, at 7.00 pm. ...

20 Jun 2022 at 11:24

Local News

Burnt out tent and dozens of beer cans at protected Donegal beach

The burnt remains of a tent and dozens of beer cans were among the litter left behind in the dunes at Murvagh beach. A local resident came across the unsightly remains of the gathering or party about halfway along the access road to Murvagh ...

05 Jan 2023 at 16:32

What's On

Rescheduled sand sculpture competition to take place in Rossnowlagh

A new date has been set for the Rossnowlagh Sand Sculpture Competition. Due to the bad weather last weekend, this event which was due to take place as part of the Kindercounties Festival had to be postponed. It has been rescheduled to ...

27 Aug 2024 at 12:27

South Donegal

Stunning sand art appears on Fintra beach Killybegs

Visitors to Fintra beach outside Killybegs viewed an amazing piece of sand art yesterday (Saturday) when walking across its glorious strand. Sand art is the practice of modelling sand into an artistic form, such as a sand brushing, ...

03 Apr 2022 at 15:15

Local News

Murvagh forestry removal and dune restoration plans outlined at meeting

Full details of forestry removal as part of a sand dune restoration project at Murvagh were outlined at a public meeting in Ballintra. The meeting took place on Thursday evening in Ballintra Community Centre. Among those present ...

04 Dec 2023 at 10:35

Local News

Public meeting with Coillte representatives on woodland removal at Murvagh

People with an interest in the beach and woodlands at Murvagh are encouraged to attend a public meeting. The meeting takes place at the small car park on Wednesday, July 26 at 6pm. Representatives from Coillte and the ...

22 Jul 2023 at 17:41

Pictures & Videos

In Pictures: Rossnowlagh sand sculpture competition and beach clean

The weather was a lot kinder on this weekend than on the previous one, making for much better conditions for the postponed sand sculpture competition. Click on the arrows to see Philip Mulligan's photos of the event

01 Sept 2024 at 17:13

Local News

Do you have old photos showing Rossnowlagh’s sand dunes?

With Rossnowlagh being such a popular destination for beach holidays or day trips to the seaside, there must be countless photos sitting in drawers or photo albums. A community group which is currently working on ...

08 Aug 2024 at 16:08

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Creating sand art on Donegal beach generates great interest

A spectacular piece of artwork was etched out on Tullan Strand on Saturday, August 17 as part of the Bundoran's Big Week by the Beach event organised by Discover Bundoran. Bundoran artist John Deegan, assisted ...

23 Aug 2019 at 11:51

Pictures & Videos

WATCH: Video shows how a Donegal lolly has helped charity and baby loss awareness week

A video was released at the weekend to coincide with baby loss awareness week and which tells the story of what has now become a famous Donegal lolly. The video shows the Leitir rainbow lolly in many ...

11 Oct 2021 at 01:01

Local News

Coillte’s plans for Murvagh forest and sand dunes

Plans to remove a section of forestry as part of a dune conservation and restoration project at Murvagh have been met with mixed reactions locally. A number of people have expressed concern that one ...

23 May 2023 at 17:57

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