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Broadcasters in conversation at annual Allingham Festival

Veteran broadcaster and Irish language enthusiast John Creedon will be interviewed by fellow broadcaster and media consultant Seán Perry on Sunday 9 November at 2:30 in the Abbey Arts Centre, Ballyshannon.

400 international travel creators visit Donegal for TBEX Conference

Over 400 international travel creators visited Donegal last week as part of the TBEX conference, generating significant economic and promotional benefits that will have a lasting impact on tourism in the county as well as amassing a social media reach of over 3.7 million people while the event was taking place.

RUMBLE IN THE HILLS, RISING STARS | Professional boxing returns to Donegal

The Hills of Donegal will see its latest professional boxing bonanza in October with some of Ireland’s brightest young stars set to shine. Rumble In The Hills, Rising Stars, promoted by Sheer Sports Management, will take place in the Aura Leisure Complex on October 18.

Donegal to become global centre for travel content creation!

From Tuesday 9th to Friday 12th of September the entire county of Donegal will be the hub for over 400 content creators from across the globe as they attend the annual TBEX Europe conference which will be held in Letterkenny.

Author interviews and Creative Writing Workshop for Allingham Festival

Irish author Donal Ryan, winner of the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction, will share his observations on contemporary society and the writing life in an interview at the 2025 Allingham Festival. His novel Heart, Be at Peace revisits the characters of The Spinning Heart as a small Irish community faces the contemporary challenges of social media, drugs, and illegal industries.