Gardai lift cordon following overnight incident


AN area of Letterkenny sealed off by Gardai overnight has reopened.  The incident, believed to be a serious assault, occurred outside a night club on Letterkenny’s Lower Main Street in the early hours of this morning. It is understood at least one person has been taken to Letterkenny Hospital. Advertisement The area was sealed off […]


Disability should be central to Area Plan – Kavanagh


FINE Gael councillor Jimmy Kavanagh is calling for the issue of disability to be put front and centre of the new Letterkenny Area Plan. “ There is an opportunity now in the process of devising the new plan to make disability a central part of that plan,” said Councillor Kavanagh. “This is something I have […]


Council urged to inspect hydrants after gorse blazes


A west Donegal councillor is calling for a full audit of fire hydrants after it emerged emergency service personnel were unable to access one during last week’s gorse catastrophe. Councillor Micheal Mac Giolla Easbuig has made a number of proposals in the wake of the devastating blazes, including that all hydrants be inspected. “Firefighters at […]


Stunning Tory Island hotel up for sale


A once in a lifetime investment opportunity has arisen on Tory Island in the form of the stunning Harbour View Hotel. The 14-bedroom hotel has been placed on the market with a price tag of €400,000 and is being sold following the retirement of its owners, Sean and Patricia Doherty. Gareth McLarnon, selling agent with […]


Donegal musicians back calls for Eurovision boycott


TWO prominent Donegal musicians have added their voices to calls for Ireland not to send an entrant to next month’s Eurovision Song Contest. Thousands of high profile names world-wide, including Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters, Brian Eno and filmmakers Ken Loach and Mike Leigh, have signed a petition backing an appeal from Palestinian artists for a […]


Harald Mór hitting the right notes in west Donegal


A German musician with deep roots in Donegal is rounding up the county’s finest trad artists for a CD in aid of the charity Doctors Without Borders. Harald Juengst has lived between Ranafast and his native Duisburg for over 40 years and has built up strong musical connections in west Donegal, to the point where […]


Dublin commuters enjoying Denise’s poetry in motion


A poem by a Donegal writer has been catching the eye of drowsy commuters on Dublin’s DART transport system. Denise Blake’s work ‘And They All Lived Happily’, a poem looking at the little white lies parents sometimes have to tell their children, has been placed on display as part of a project by Poetry Ireland. […]


Last of gorse blazes in West Donegal extinguished


WEST Donegal remains on high alert today despite the last of a series of devastating blazes being extinguished. Donegal County Council says that a notice of ‘high fire risk’ will remain in place until tomorrow afternoon. In the early hours of this morning firefighters extinguished the last of the extensive blazes that gripped Annagry, Belcruit, […]


Councillors vote to strip colleague of committee posts


INDEPENDENT Councillor John O’Donnell is to be stripped of all positions he holds on council committees. The decision was taken at a specially convened meeting in Lifford this morning. A recent report by the Standards In Public Office Commission found that Councillor had “not acted in good faith” when he told an undercover reporter he […]