{"id":255140,"date":"2026-01-20T23:42:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T23:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/255140\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T23:42:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T23:42:08","slug":"i-dont-think-failte-ireland-understands-the-importance-of-festivals-in-donegal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/255140\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I don\u2019t think F\u00e1ilte Ireland understands the importance of festivals in Donegal\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A local councillor has said that F\u00e1ilte Ireland doesn\u2019t understand the importance of festivals in the county due to the lack of funding received.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sinn F\u00e9in Councillor John Shemais \u00d3Fhearraigh made the claim in reference to the \u20ac49,000 tourism funding Donegal was allocated.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think F\u00e1ilte Ireland understands the importance of festivals in Donegal,\u201d he said. \u201cThe funding of \u20ac49,000 is not much; it is worth pushing for an increase.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>F\u00e1ilte Ireland is the National Tourism Development Authority responsible for the long-term growth of tourism in Ireland through investment and infrastructure. Funding allocations from the tourism body are intended to enhance and promote events across the county, boosting tourism numbers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>READ NEXT:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.donegallive.ie\/news\/glenties-md\/1993348\/not-humane-as-donegal-patients-undertake-long-journeys-for-medical-care.html\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018Not humane\u2019 as Donegal patients undertake long journeys for medical care<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Glenties MD Councillor and party colleague Brian Carr concurred by stating that with the volume of festivals in the county, it divides the funding.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Donegal has numerous events throughout the year, such as Earagail Arts Festival, Rory Gallagher Festival, Sult, Sea Sessions, Summer Sessions and many more.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Funded by the Local Democracy Reporting Scheme<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A local councillor has said that F\u00e1ilte Ireland doesn\u2019t understand the importance of festivals in the county due&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":255141,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1485,30206,15148,61,60,43,3415,6306],"class_list":{"0":"post-255140","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ireland","8":"tag-donegal","9":"tag-donegal-county-council","10":"tag-failte-ireland","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-sinn-fein","15":"tag-tourism"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=255140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255140\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/255141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=255140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=255140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=255140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}