DONEGAL’S mother and baby homes and an industrial school in Bundoran have provided inspiration for a Belfast author’s latest book. Jim McVeigh’s latest work ‘Stolen Faith’ tells the story of a girl from the Falls Road who is forced to give birth in Tuam’s infamous Bon Secours home following a brief affair with an American GI. Inspired […]
Letterkenny artist comes face to face with himself
LETTERKENNY man Macola Vonga got the shock of his life when he came face to face with himself during a visit to Dublin. Macola was on a visit to the Royal Hibernian Academy’s annual exhibition when he spotted his portrait, recently painted by fellow artist and friend Philip Mackey. While he had been given sight […]
Rare and threatened leopard fish caught off Donegal
A very rare leopard fish has been caught off Donegal’s coast. The fish, also known as a spotted wolf fish, swims in deep water across parts of the Arctic Ocean and the North Atlantic between northern Russia, Scandinavia and Nova Scotia. The 5.9 kilogram specimen was landed in Greencastle by the Donegal fishing vessel MV Foyle […]
UK Tote explains delay in Lifford stadium reopening
THE UK Tote Group’s product director has confirmed that Lifford greyhound stadium is on course to reopen later this year. Jamie Hart’s comments quash speculation that plans to recommence racing at the track have derailed. It is over a year since a business consortium made the surprise announcement that it had purchased the stadium. Advertisement […]
Pop-up vaccination clinics in Buncrana
TWO Covid-19 pop-up vaccination clinics will be held in Buncrana tomorrow and Saturday. The clinics will be held in the Exchange Inishowen, Castle Avenue, Buncrana, from 11am to 5.45pm for those aged 12 years and over for dose one, dose two and booster vaccines. Those 65 years and over who are eligible for a second […]
Two Donegal students win Texaco art awards
TWO Donegal students have won top prizes in this year’s Texaco Children’s Art Competition. In the 12-13 years age category, Kerri Doherty (13), a pupil at Abbey Vocational School, Donegal Town, won third prize for her artwork entitled ‘In Memory of Granny’. Kerri’s work was described by final adjudicator Professor Gary Granville as “a loving […]
Neeson ‘Taken’ by plight of Ukranian refugee children
UKRANIAN children settling in south Donegal have received a visit from Hollywood royalty. Liam Neeson and Ciarán Hinds are among the cast of ‘In the Land of Saints and Sinners’ which is currently being shot in Glencolmcille and surrounding areas. When they became aware of the Ukranian children adjusting to life in Donegal after fleeing […]
Spears now available via Video on Demand on Amazon
SPEARS, the latest feature film from Donegal filmmaker Gerard Lough, is now available through Video on Demand. Released earlier this year, Spears has received strong reviews from many quarters. ‘Lough has written and directed a film that this reviewer feels will become a cult classic’ wrote June Butler in Film Ireland. She praised the “powerful […]
Council issues alert as work to begin at two junctions
DONEGAL County Council staff will be carrying out work at two Letterkenny junctions over the next few days. Traffic loops and traffic lights are being installed at Pearse Road/Justice Walsh junction and traffic management will be in place. The work is scheduled for 8am to 7pm today (Monday) and again tomorrow. Advertisement “It is advised to […]
Triple header at Balor’s Ghostlight Sessions
THE Balor Art Centre’s monthly original live music night The Ghostlight Sessions returns this Saturday night with a line-up that theatre manager Conor Malone considers one of the very best in its five year history. Headlining the night is Ciaran Lavery – an artist described by Conor Malone as “Quite simply one of the most […]