RESIDENTS in the Manorcunningham area who have been plagued by water outages are at last to see an end to their misery. Households in Raymoghy, Rossbracken, Pluck and Errity’s Brae suffered a large number of water outages and regular interruption to their supply duirng Christmas and the New Year period. But, their misery has been […]
Packie and Shay delight as special guests at Donegal event in London
Irish international goalkeeping greats Packie Bonner and Shay Given were among the guests at a special event in the London Irish Centre on Thursday night organised to strengthen connections with Donegal’s diaspora. There was a packed house with standing room only as the two Donegal soccer legends enthralled an audience of over 300, with stories […]
College Bursary awarded to Dungloe student
Dungloe’s Ella McLoughlin was among a number of winners honoured at the recent 2024 Bursary and Scholarship event for equine students based at the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise’s (CAFRE) Enniskillen Campus in Co Fermanagh. She was presented with the Weatherbys Bursary at the Industry Supporters event. Over the years CAFRE’s students have […]
Funeral today of former Harps great John McDaid
THE funeral of former Finn Harps favourite John McDaid, will take place this morning (Monday). The prolific attacker, aged 59, passed away at Omagh Hospital and Primary Care Complex on Friday following a long illness. As well as playing for hometown club, Omagh Town, the former striker, father of current Linfield player, Robbie, turned out […]
Council gritters to treat main routes as temperatures expected to drop this evening
By Diarmaid Doherty With temperatures across Donegal predicted to drop tonight, Donegal County Council have confirmed that its gritting service will be put into operation this evening. All designated Donegal Winter Maintenance Routes are to be gritted from 6pm. Advertisement Met Éireann is forecasting cold weather tonight for this region, with clear spells and showers. […]
New play offers a fascinating glimpse into an alternative Ireland
What if there was no War of Independence in Ireland? No Civil War; no partition? What if Home Rule had passed and Ireland was still part of the United Kingdom? These are the intriguing questions being asked in an exciting and ambitious production of “The Alternative”, written by Michael Patrick and Oisin Kearney, being staged […]
Clannad’s Moya Brennan named Donegal Person of the Year
Moya Brennan has been named the Donegal Person of the Year for 2023. The announcement took place in Rose’s Bar, Creeslough earlier this evening. The Gaoth Dobhair singer and songwriter said she was thrilled to be chosen for the award which will be presented to her at the annual Donegal Person of the Year Gala […]
Hegarty appointed assistant manager at Derry City
By Diarmaid Doherty Derry City have confirmed the appointment of Paul Hegarty as their new assistant manager to Ruairí Higgins. The former Finn Harps manager, who has also played, coached and managed at Derry City, replaces Paddy McLaughlin who departed earlier this week. Advertisement Hegarty, from Ballindrait, actually made his Derry City debut against Finn […]
€5m funding for Killybegs: ‘A major vote of confidence’ – McConalogue
Killybegs Fishery Harbour Centre has been allocated €5,045,000 in the latest funding announcement made by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue. The Donegal facility is one Ireland’s six state-owned fish harbour centres that are to receive a total investment of €29.7 million for capital projects in 2024 and this latest allocation […]
Birthday celebrations this weekend for Letterkenny parkrun
It was eight years ago this weekend that the first group of participants took to the line for the first ever Letterkenny parkrun event. And this Saturday morning there will be an air of celebration among the runners and walkers as the popular weekly event marks its 8th birthday. Letterkenny parkrun has been a wonderful […]