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RTE man proud of Donegal roots
02.04.07
RTE environment
correspondent, Paul Cunningham was delighted when he
was invited to give a keynote speech in Inishowen.
That’s because his father and mother both hail from
Donegal and it gave him a chance to catch up with
the relatives.
The affable Dublin-born journalist, who is a first
cousin of Agriculture Minister Mary Coughlan, was in
Redcastle on Thursday to give a keynote address at
the Inishowen Energy Fair, organised by Inishowen
Rural Development Ltd (IRDL) and Inish
Communications.
After delivering his speech ‘The Role of the Media
in Addressing the Information Gap on Energy Issues’
Cunningham mingled with the crowd attending
workshops and visiting the stands at the event
venue, the Carlton Redcastle Hotel. |
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He told
InishowenNews.com he loved getting back to his
parents’ native county. “My father is Con Cunningham
from Teelin and my mother is Mary Coughlan from
Frosses. My mother’s late brother was Cathal
Coughlan, father of Minister Mary Coughlan,” he
explained.
He also explained how he had visited Derry on
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colleague, RTE reporter
Tony Connelly, who hails from Culmore.
Meanwhile, IRDL chairperson, Anthony Doogan and
Trish Hegarty of Inish Communications said they were
delighted with the large turn-out for the event
which was part of the European energy project
COMPARES.
The project “aims to feed out information on saving
money through energy
efficiency and on using
renewable energy sources”.
For more photos from the Inishowen Energy Fair
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