The Eye ON DONEGAL
Development on Waterloo Place The former Bike Shop on Waterloo Place has been purchased by local plumber Trevor Bustard. The premises, which overlooks the River Eske, has a panoramic view of the castle and Donegal’s famous bridges and was previously the “Bike Shop” where Pat Boyle ran a busy shop for many years.
Talking to The Eye, Trevor said he is presently clearing out the building and hopes to create an apartment upstairs but has not finalized his plans for the ground floor yet. Options he is considering include developing it into a shop or a quaint little coffee house by the river. “This is one of my favourite streets in the town - it has such character - and my late father Norman had a great love for Waterloo Place. When I look out the window upstairs I can see the three
bridges, the castle and the churches - it is amazing. We have started to clear out the building and plan to start the project in the new year,” Trevor commented.
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• Church of Ireland Annual Christmas Sale • Inver Craft Fair • Christmas Tree Festival
INSIDE: • AVS production of ‘Beauty and the Beast’ The former “Bike Shop” which will soon be redeveloped. Below: Just one one the views from Waterloo Place. Photos: Louise Histon
• Dunkineely Community Centre open day
New Look Aldi
Orla Battles and Emer Curran, store assistants, hold Paschal the Parsnip and also Kevin and Katie Carrot with their children Chantenay, Jasper and Baby.
Food Support at Donegal Town Family Resource Centre
A very important free food provision programme is operated by the Family Resource Centre on Upper Main Street where people young and old who need help with food supplies can call into the centre and the staff there will be only too happy to help. The Fund for European Aid to the most Deprived (FEAD) is an EU-wide programme to help people take their first
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steps out of poverty and social exclusion. Talking to The Eye, Kathleen McHugh, Family Resource Centre Manager, said, “I would like to encourage families and anybody in the area who need support with basic food supplies to come into us and we will provide them with whatever is available from our food store in the Centre.” Continued on Page 3
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Photo page inside of the refurbished store.
Christmas Starts on the Diamond
Adam, Natalia, Antoni and Katarzyna Dora enjoy the music on the Diamond as Christmas begins in Donegal Town See photo spread on centre pages