Independent TD says royal visit money could have been better spent
A Donegal TD says the money spent on the visit of Prince Charles to County Donegal would have been better spent on a targeted promotional campaign for the county. Independent Deputy Thomas Pringle was reacting to news that more than €15,000 was spent by the government on the Donegal visit.…
Over €15,000 spent on Royal visit to Donegal
More than €15,000 was spent by government on the visit of the Prince of Wales to Donegal earlier this year. A further €43,000 was spent on the visits of the US vice president Joe Biden, French President Francois Hollande and European Council President Donald Tusk. Figures from the Department…
Sligo visit impresses royal couple enough to want to return to the north west
The Prince of Wales says that the west and north west made such an impression on him last year that he and his wife had to return. Prince Charles made the comments in a short speech he made at Letterkenny Institute this evening at the end of his trip to…
Locals welcome royals to Donegal town
The brief visit of the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall to Donegal town today has come to an end. The royal couple are currently back at Letterkenny IT this lunchtime before visiting Glenveagh National Park and Gardens this afternoon. Earlier, crowds of people as well as school…