DONEGAL will feature heavily in a new TG4 programme looking at the busy world of agriculture shows. Beidh Aonach Amárach begins on the Irish language channel this Wednesday evening at 8.30pm. With 140 agricultural shows across Ireland, the scene is hugely popular with competitors and spectators. Every year thousands of people spend months of preparation […]
Overnight wind warning issued for Donegal
A stormy night is in store for Donegal according to the Road Safety Authority. It has issued orange and yellow rainfall warnings for several counties however it is wind rather than showers that will impact Donegal. According to the RSA, gusts along the coast could reach 110km/h overnight. “There is a yellow wind warning for […]
Can you help identify mystery Croagh Patrick climber?
A Galway husband and wife are hoping to fulfil a promise they made to a Donegal woman more than 20 years ago. Chris and Trish Gorman crossed paths with the mystery lady during a climb of Croagh Patrick in 1998. In an era before mobile phones she asked them to take a photo of her […]
New campaign to get Donegal reading during Covid
IRELAND Reads is a new campaign to get the whole country reading this month in the lead up to a national day of reading on Thursday, February 25. Donegal Libraries have teamed up with libraries nationwide, publishers, booksellers, authors and others for the campaign, which is part of the government’s Keep Well initiative and aims […]
Man who raped sleeping woman jailed for four years
A Donegal man who “sneaked” into an apartment through an unlocked door and raped a sleeping woman has been jailed for four years. Justice Alex Owens said that Desmond Leitch’s incorrect insistence that the victim was a prostitute demonstrated a lack of remorse. He said Leitch had no business entering into the woman’s apartment block […]
Politicians call for salaried Cathedral Quarter officer
FOUR Donegal TDs have written to Heritage Minister Malcolm Noonan asking him to appoint a paid officer to oversee the development of Letterkenny’s Cathedral Quarter. The move comes amid a campaign by Sligo politician Nessa Cosgrove who has been highlighting the issue of low pay within the voluntary and community sector. Ms Cosgrove has been […]
Fundraising family offering farmhouse in prize draw
A Bruckless family is offering their Donegal farmhouse in a prize draw to raise funds for Beaumont Hospital Foundation. The Gallagher sisters are fundraising in honour of their parents who passed away less than weeks apart in 2018. “Our parents were both diagnosed as terminally ill in October 2016 when Dad was 74 and Mum […]
Son resurrects old tractor in honour of his father
A forty-year-old Massey Ferguson tractor is back on the road in a poignant salute to its original owner. Raphoe man Alan Robb spent six months restoring the broken down vehicle which belonged to his father, John. John, who had Alzheimer’s, passed away in November just a week after the restoration job was complete. Advertisement The […]
Renewed appeal over murder of Andrew Burns
AN Garda Síochána have renewed their appeal for information on the eve of the 13th anniversary of the murder of Andrew Burns. On Tuesday February 12 2008, Mr Burns was gunned down at Donnyloop, Castlefinn by a number of individuals. Shortly after 7pm the 27-year-old received a number of gunshot wounds. He was later found […]
Asylum seekers to be limited to ‘in-house shop
CAMPAIGNERS have criticised plans to limit asylum seekers to an in-house shop rather than allowing them to buy goods in local stores. Up to 300 residents will move into former student accommodation on Letterkenny’s Port Road later this month. In preparation for their arrival the Donegal Asylum Seekers Support Group has been set up. They […]