Schreiner University senior Autumn Tate says she was looking for a summer job to help with her college expenses, when First United Methodist Church’s Spencer Thomas suggested she talk to
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To extend or not to extend? That is the question many homeowners ask themselves as their families outgrow the space on offer. This is the quandary that John and Monica O’Donnell from Faha, Co Waterford, found themselves in during the early 2000s.
Their children were fed up sharing bedrooms and the house they were living in was no longer fulfilling their needs, so they thought that building on was the best option. That was until John went out for a drive and came home with a new vision.
“I went past this site, and I knew it and the owner very well. I said to Monica over a cup of tea when I got back: ‘I wonder would he sell that plot of land to us?’ Then we thought, no, if he wanted to, he would have sold it by now.” But there was only one way to find out, so John contacted the landowner and asked him straight out.
Donegal woman with close links to Derry receives major award in New York
Congratulations to Buncrana s Jane McCarter O Dowd
New York Irish Centre s Woman of the Year, Donegal s Jane McCarter O Dowd, with her husband, Rob, dad, John, and mum, Breda.
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The New York Irish Centre (NYIC) inaugural Woman of the Year Award has been scooped by Buncrana émigré, Jane McCarter O Dowd.
Jane, who previously worked at the Playhouse in Derry, was also the Centre s first Arts and Cultural Director, a position she held for eight years before leaving in 2019 to join The Ireland Funds team.
The Buncrana woman attributed her NYIC success to her formative drama experiences at Scoil Íosagain and Scoil Mhuire in Buncrana, under the tutelage of Sinead McLaughlin and Patricia Tinney Doherty.