Jazz twins continuing series of online gigs
HUGELY talented Falcarragh twins Micheál and Conor Murray kept spirits up in the community and beyond with their popular weekly Facebook livestream from the Shamrock Lodge from October to December.
Funded the Donegal County Council in place of the cancelled third Falcarragh Winter Jazz Festival, they were joined by Armagh-born drummer David Lyttle, one of the island’s most celebrated instrumentalist, a MOBO Award nominee hailed by the national international press as Ireland’s leading jazz musician.
With a local and international following over 10 weeks, they featured several additional special guests, including acclaimed Irish singer Christine Tobin. They will return to the Shamrock for another four weekly livestreams, again funded by Donegal Country Council, before recording their debut album under a government Music Industry Stimulus Package grant.
written by Staff Writer December 10, 2020
Civic leaders from Donegal and Derry will today take part in a special seminar focusing on the benefits of cross-border collaboration, and promoting the NW City Region Model as an example of best practice for other communities and authorities located alongside international borders.
The seminar is part of a series being hosted by the Council of Europe, and will set out the learnings from the partnership approaches of Councils in the North West to key strategic issues including shared approaches to Trade & Investment, Covid-19, Educational co-operation and Tourism co-operation.
Councillor Rena Donaghey, Cathaoirleach of Donegal County Council and John G. McLaughlin, Chief Executive of Donegal Country Council will be joined by Councillor Brian Tierney, Mayor of Derry City and Strabane District Council, and John Kelpie, Chief Executive of Derry City and Strabane District Council, and a range of