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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.

When your dog visits Donegal

Dogs are another member of the family and when you’re taking a short break you may want to bring them with you. There’s plenty of places to walk and feed them and we’ve put a few our favourites below. Please keep in mind that respecting other walkers is essential so dogs should be on a leash and kept under effective control. If you do let your dog off its leash, be sure to do so in a designated area.

Dermot in Donegal for new TV Show

Following a hugely successful first series, which has reached over 3.3 million viewers in Britain, TV and radio presenter Dermot O’Leary is back on the island of Ireland this week filming for a second series of Dermot’s Taste of Ireland.