AN innovative new project aimed at giving young people hands-on experience of a car before they get behind the wheel has been launched in Letterkenny. District Judge Paul Kelly officially cut the ribbon on The Garage Project at Pinehill Industrial Estate on Tuesday evening. Garage is a six week course that enables teenagers to get […]
Video of dying brother ‘will haunt family forever’
THE family of a man who died of a drug overdose at a house party in Donegal have revealed how his final moments were captured in a “very disturbing” video. James Devlin passed away on May 26 2018 after spending the night partying with four friends in Ballybofey. An inquest held last week into Mr […]
Donegal man Thomas Clyne wins €38,000 on RTE gameshow
A furniture delivery driver from Donegal has made his dad very proud by scooping him a cool €38,000 on the gameshow Winning Streak. Thomas Clyne from Ballyshannon, collected the loot on Saturday night while playing for his father, Tom Clyne. As well as his parents, Tom and Ena who have been married for 48 years, […]
Damien Dempsey is bustin’ into Donegal this April
DRESSED in his trademark Grandad shirt, jeans and boots, Damo strides to the microphone. With a shake of his shoulders, he closes his eyes and glances skywards as if to summon the celestial drums. And it works as his broad Dublin frame fills with crackling energy. With a smile, a nod and a quick “Y’alroight” […]
Quota in Donegal confirmed just below 13,000 votes
THE quota in Donegal has been confirmed as 12,866 votes. Only two candidates, Pearse Doherty and Padraig MacLochlainn, have reached the figure so far. Things have slowed here at the Aura Leisure Centre to allow for discussions over disputed ballots. A first count is expected some time between 6pm and 7pm.
Counting under way in Donegal
COUNTING has commenced in Donegal following yesterday’s voting. Boxes were opened at 9am and Letterkenny’s Aura Leisure Centre is already busy with candidates, supporters and media in attendance. Thirteen candidates are vying for five seats in Donegal and the first result is expected in around 7pm this evening. Advertisement According to last night’s exit polls, […]
Busy morning at Donegal’s polling booths say officials
TRADITIONAL voting patterns have been thrown to the wind by Saturday polling, according to officials at Donegal’s electoral stations. Normally those manning the polling stations can predict quiet periods and busy spells. But not today with officials reporting a steady stream of people all morning as opposed to the pre-work, lunch hour and post-work rushes […]
Garvan is bringing them home to Mother Ireland
BRINGING THEM BACK HOME…A Letterkenny man is using intimate knowledge of his home country to design holidays for high-end American clients.
Cat shot in face near Lifford
RESCUERS of an injured cat found near Lifford were horrified when x-rays revealed that the cat had been shot in the face. Two volunteers from Donegal charity Animals In Need (AIN) spotted the cat whilst they were carrying out routine Trap/Neuter/Return of feral cats in the area. Named Tamara by her rescuers, it turned out […]
Intercultural Platform hits out at ‘racist’ candidate
A Donegal intercultural organisation has slammed what it describes as “racism and hate speech” by one of the county’s election candidates. The Donegal Intercultural Platform has stopped short of naming the male candidate but does accuse him of using “ignorance, scare-mongering and lies to create fear and spread anti-‘foreigner’ and anti-migrant hysteria”. “It is deplorable […]