Donohoe treads fine line with first budget
All eyes this week will be on Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe's first Budget which takes place tomorrow. Mr Donohoe is endeavouring to produce a balanced Budget against a backdrop of a considerable list of demands. http://www.independent.ie/business/budget/week-40-donohoe-treads-fine-line-on-first-budget-36208264.html
Anne Marie Dunphy crowned dressage national champion
Anne Marie Dunphy was crowned national champion at the Dressage Ireland championships at the Cavan Equestrian Centre on Saturday. For the second year running, Dunphy won the Grand Prix with her 16-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding Urbanus (by Ronaldo), once again beating Sandra Blake Farrell and Saint Emilion 2 into second place. Urbanus and Dunphy won […]
Topeka centenarian, Gerry Donahue, plans flight, drive in a convertible to celebrate 100th birthday
Gerry Donahue plans to celebrate her 100th birthday in style Saturday. Her son, Dennis Donahue, 75, will take her flying in his airplane in the morning, then for a drive in a 1970 Oldsmobile 98 convertible in the afternoon. Of course, she has done both of those things before. “I’ve flown with Denny a lot,” […]
Porsche Top 3 most requested cars featured in bonus video. Mark Donohue won everything in 1973.
Remember all of those Porsche Top 5 videos from this past year? The German automaker has been cranking them out to show off important pieces of its history, and also its future. You can't please everyone, though, so Porsche went back to its own well while listening to its fans to create a bonus video. […]
Hubbell, Donohue win ice dance title at US International
SALT LAKE CITY — Americans Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue won the ice dance competition at the U.S. International Figure Skating Classic on Saturday at the Salt Lake City Sports Complex, posting a score of 108.65 in Saturday’s free dance to go with the 71.15 they earned in Friday’s short dance. Kaitlyn Hawayek and Jean-Luc […]
Brigid O’Donoghue’s USSA: Granting wishes in the great outdoors
MARSHFIELD — The United Special Sportsman Alliance (USSA) is a nonprofit organization granting wishes in outdoor adventures for critically ill and disabled children and veterans. USSA operates similarly to programs such as Make-A-Wish but with a focus on the great outdoors. “We specialize in the outdoors,” explained USSA Wisconsin State Representative John Haydock, “so […]
Skibbereen flood relief works uncover ‘mystery’ boat below an old quay wall at the Marsh, archaeologist Julianna O’Donoghue and her team on the job
A ‘MYSTERY’ boat has been discovered buried under years of mud and silt on the banks of the River Ilen in Skibeereen. The remains of the boat were exposed while contractors continued the town’s flood relief work this week. ‘The bad weather and high tides have hampered us from getting a good look at what […]
Geneticists Trace an Australian Migration with Aboriginal Artifacts. Aboriginal Amy O’Donoghue is project community liaison.
A handprint, Mylar slides, a box of “cosmic crayons” from the early 20th century—these are some of the things tucked in a back room of the South Australia Museum, relics of expeditions into Australia's center. From the late 1920s through the 1970s, the University of Adelaide’s Board for Anthropological Research organized over 40 expeditions to […]
Virago is publishing journalist Caroline O’Donoghue’s debut novel, Promising Young Women
Virago is publishing journalist Caroline O’Donoghue’s debut novel, Promising Young Women, which was won in a "passionately fought" auction. The book is a "gothic, darkly witty" novel about sex, power, work and being a young woman in a man's world. Sarah Savitt, publisher at Virago, acquired UK and Commonwealth rights in the book, plus a second untitled novel, […]
WW1 Donahue, Donahye, Donoghue, Donohue, Donohoe soldiers’ photos
While searching for my 2nd great grandfather Jeremiah D Donoghue 1835-1915, I came across these 13 photos from http://archives.lib.state.ma.us that I thought you might like for your new site. If you would like to see any of them please contact Rod Thanks to Jean Smoorenburg