LOCAL Enterprise Week 2025 wrapped up on Friday, leaving Donegal businesses inspired and equipped with new ideas, connections, and strategies for growth. With over 20 events hosted by the Local Enterprise Office Donegal and its partners, the week provided an invaluable platform for learning, networking, and innovation. Throughout the week, key sectors such as digital, […]
Man to stand trial over causing death by dangerous driving
A MAN is to stand trial charged with dangerous driving causing the deaths of two teenagers in Donegal almost eight years ago. Garda Pauline Doherty gave evidence of serving two Books of Evidence on Ricky Fagan at Monday’s Letterkenny District Court. Fagan is charged with dangerous driving causing the deaths of teenage friends Nathan Fullerton […]
Quirky new Donegal project celebrates the rare beauty of red hair
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By Róise Collins A PROJECT celebrating the rare beauty of red hair will take place in the Donegal Gaeltacht in the coming weeks. The quirky initiative is the brainchild of Gortahork-based visual artist Maria Gasol. A native of Spain, Maria’s interest in red hair began with its rarity in her home country. “In fact, I […]
Cór Ailigh to sing at Mass on Sunday broadcast live on RTÉ 1
Tá Seachtain na Gaeilge linn agus tá áthas an domhain ar Chór Ailigh, Leitir Ceanainn a fhógairt go mbeimid ag glacadh páirte san aifreann gaeilge a chraolfar Dé Domhnach 9 Márta ar RTE 1 ó stiúideo RTE i nDomhnach Broc. Is ceiliúradh a bhéas ann ar an aifreann gaeilge a bhíonn ar siúl ar an gcéad […]
Donnan is off to the US to discover Elizabethtown
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By Paddy Walsh IN the vicinity of the Pennsylvanian borough of Elizabethtown – once twinned with Letterkenny and now about to be again – there are a large number of dance venues including the Delaware Ballroom, the Green Door, Rick’s Place and the Havana Dancing Club and many more. Enough there for a man who […]
Obituary: How Margaret Fox made Letterkenny her home
WHEN Margaret (Peg) Fox and her husband John first came to Letterkenny from England back in 1971, they’d intended to stay here for only a few years. They’d moved over from Stockport when John took up a new position as Production Manager with Oatfield Sweets. But when he began to consider a move back to […]
PARENTING: Sometimes the most difficult question of all to answer is ‘Why?’
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By Louise Flanagan The way that Trump and his crony JD Vance barked at Vladimir Zelensky last weekend was a televised atrocity. Like anyone else with a brain cell, I was truly horrified to watch such a display of bullying and bigotry unfold – and in the Oval Office, of all unfathomable places. My kids […]
Convoy man smeared blood on prison cell door
A MAN smeared blood on a prison cell door after being arrested for his own safety, Letterkenny District Court heard this week. Gardaí were on patrol on August 8, 2024 passing a junction in Drumkeen when they saw a person stagger out from the junction. Sergeant Jim Collins told the court that Neil Peoples, (26), Drumkeen, […]
Charlie Harvey: A life of family, faith and a commitment to his community
A man of unwavering faith, dedication to family and a tireless commitment to his community; this was the portrait of Charlie Harvey painted by Monsignor Kevin Gillespie at his funeral Mass in St. Eunan’s Cathedral on Sunday.As family, friends, neighbours and members of the wider community gathered to bid farewell, they remembered a man who, […]
Deaths in Donegal, Saturday morning, March 8
The following deaths have taken place in Donegal: Leon Kelly, Lifford Susan Curran, Carrigart Advertisement Gemma McVeigh, Cavan, Donegal and Fermanagh Deirdre O’Donnell, Surrey and Letterkenny Sean Furey, Ardara and Letterkenny Marion Darcy, Bruckless Leon Kelly, Lifford The death has taken place at his home of Leon Kelly, 42 Beechwood Grove, Lifford, F93 KW6P […]