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Given that it’s our summer food special, there was really only one recipe I could make this week — the eponymous summer pudding. This is an old recipe that has been created in kitchens for many decades. Originally it was served in health spas in the 18th century. Bread was thought to be healthier than sweet pastry and the fruit was known to give patients a boost. The lightness and tartness have helped the dessert prevail as a good after-dinner treat when temperatures are high and something more filling would be too much. You can, of course, serve it with…

Ella Terry Sweeney, a rising star from Glen, has received a nomination for Ireland’s Best Female Singer in the amateur Irish musicals scene. This prestigious Association of Irish Musical Societies (AIMS) nomination recognizes Ella’s performance as Princess Fiona in the Letterkenny Music and Drama Group’s production of Shrek the Musical last December. Ella, 19, a former Loreto Milford student and the daughter of John Paul Sweeney and Sarah Terry-Sweeney, found playing Princess Fiona both challenging and enjoyable. “Fiona’s such a versatile character. She’s very different from any other kind of princess role. She’s very goofy. She’s very outspoken, very headstrong,”…

Tragically, Susan Hamilton, a mother of four from Manorcunningham, passed away at the scene of a road traffic collision last night. The incident involved a head-on collision between the car she was driving and a van. News Source

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The entire burial site of the Tuam babies will be forensically sealed off and monitored around the clock, as specialist teams prepare for Ireland’s first exhumation of a mass grave next month. In an email sent Friday evening to the Tuam Babies Family Group, which includes many relatives of those buried at the site, the Director of the Intervention said his team is “still on track to begin the excavation of the site in the second half of June” — although a start date has not yet been confirmed. Daniel MacSweeney who was appointed to oversee the exhumation two years…

The woman who tragically died in a road collision involving a car and a van in County Donegal last night has been identified locally. The deceased has been named as Susan Hamilton, a resident of Manorcunningham. Ms. Hamilton was 74 years old and a mother of four children. Sadly, this incident marks the seventh road fatality in Donegal this year. The collision involving Ms. Hamilton occurred at Bunlin Bridge on the Milford to Cranford Road at approximately 7:30 pm. Ms. Hamilton was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident. Her remains have been taken to Letterkenny University Hospital for…

Martin Harley, a jockey from Donegal, Ireland, celebrated a significant victory in a $1 million race held in Australia. Harley steered Cool Archie to a thrilling late win for trainer Chris Munce. The horse, with odds of 6/1, delivered a powerful finish to secure the Group 2 BRC Sires’ Produce Stakes title at Eagle Farm, Brisbane. This triumph earns Harley a share of the substantial $1 million Australian Dollar (approximately €566,000) prize, a well-deserved reward for the experienced 35-year-old. This achievement is particularly remarkable considering Harley’s recovery from a serious injury sustained during a race in Australia back in January…

A light aircraft has crashed into a residential building in western Germany, resulting in two fatalities, according to police reports. The incident occurred as the plane was approaching an airport.The crash took place around midday on Saturday in Korschenbroich, a town near Monchengladbach and close to the border with the Netherlands.The aircraft impacted the building’s terrace, causing a fire that significantly damaged the house.Authorities confirmed that two individuals, including the 71-year-old female pilot, died in the crash, as reported by German news agency dpa.Investigators are currently working to identify the second victim.It has been determined that two of the three…

Hamas said on Saturday that it had submitted its response to a proposal presented by Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, to mediators, the most concrete sign of progress towards a ceasefire since March. The Palestinian group said in a statement that under the deal, it would release 10 living hostages and 18 bodies in return for Israel’s release of Palestinian prisoners. The response included a demand for an end to the war, which had previously been a red line for Israel. The Hamas response appears close to a previously reported version of the deal, which specified that the…

Kazeem Balogun will be sentenced later this year after pleading guilty to drug-related offenses in Letterkenny. Balogun, whose addresses are listed as Meadowbank, Long Lane, Letterkenny, and Tyrrelstown, Dublin 15, appeared in Letterkenny Circuit Court. The charges against Balogun include drug-dealing, aiding and abetting a Misuse of Drugs Act offense, and two counts of conspiracy related to money laundering. Balogun admitted to possessing cannabis with the intention of unlawfully selling or supplying it on August 16, 2021, at Meadowbank, Long Lane, Letterkenny. The 26-year-old also pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting an offense under the Misuse of Drugs Act, stemming…