MANY families in Donegal are no better off now than they were during the recession according to a Donegal branch of St Vincent de Paul. Last year the 66 Donegal conferences/branches of the organisation disbursed more than €150,000 to people in the county to help with the purchase of food and heating, illness poverty and […]
Rev David Latimer to hold book signing in Letterkenny
ONE of Ireland’s foremost Presbyterian clerics will be in Letterkenny this Sunday with his new book which charts his friendship with the late Martin McGuinness. Rev David Latimer’s book, A Leap of Faith, details the camaraderie that sprung up between the former IRA commander and himself and how their relationship helped shaped the peace process. […]
Letterkenny Trad Week – It’ll be anything but bodhran!
THE Donegal News is proud to be the official media partner of Letterkenny Trad Week 2019, which is presented by the Regional Cultural Centre and An Grianán Theatre. The week-long festival – January 19 to 27 – features a great mixture of new talent on the rise, stalwarts of Irish and other Celtic traditional music, […]
Funding boost for Local Sports Partnerships
FINE Gael Councillors Terence Slowey and Martin Harley have announced more than €100,000 funding for Local Sports Partnerships to promote participation across the county. “This €105,000 funding is a huge boost to the county as the money will go to promote sport and physical activity among people with disabilities, disadvantaged communities and people who are […]
Mick Blake tackles issue of clerical abuse in new song
LETTERKENNY singer Mick Blake is attracting praise from survivors of Ireland’s mother and baby homes for tackling the thorny issue in his new single. The Fallacies of Men is written from the point of view of an ageing priest who, on nearing his death bed, questions whether he could have done more to protect those […]
Why buy a 191? Seamus McLaughlin has all the answers
WHY BUY A 191? Firstly, petrol is making a come back although it won’t suit everyone. Back in 2008 car buyers began choosing diesel engines overnight after Ireland’s motor tax system changed in favour of low-emission engines. Advertisement “At the time, diesel engines scored better than petrol ones. But now that petrol emissions have dropped […]
Canada’s cannabis smokers rolling up to sample Donegal
FOR decades Donegal has been getting the thumbs up from Canadian tourists but it is now proving a hit with the country’s pot smokers too. It is some weeks since the North American country moved to decriminalise cannabis and suppliers have been struggling to keep up with demand. A strain of the narcotic that smokers […]
Inishowen campaign groups react to Moville arson attack
WE in Fáilte Inishowen and Inishowen Together awoke yesterday to dark, alarming news of the arson attack on the Caiseal Mara hotel in Moville. A family were in there, in their beds – perhaps whoever sent fire through the windows did not think of that. Whatever it was that the perpetrator or perpetrators thought they […]
Moville hotel extensively damaged in overnight fire
A hotel in Moville which had been due to take in 100 refugees later this month has been badly damaged in an overnight blaze. Gardai in Buncrana say they are investigating all circumstances surrounding the fire that occurred at the Caisleann Mara hotel on Moville’s Foyle Street this morning at around 4.30am. A man in […]
Get your groove on with Idris Ackamoor and the Pyramids
DIG out those flairs and platform shoes as the groove and funk stylings of Idris Ackamoor and the Pyramids roll into Letterkenny this weekend. Idris and his band will be at the Regional Cultural Centre tomorrow evening (Saturday) Advertisement Idris Ackamoor and The Pyramids feature the bandleader on alto/tenor saxophones, percussions, keyboard, and vocals, […]