Blue Lights, BBC1, Monday, 9pm Advertisement How Are You? It’s Alan (Partridge) BBC1, Friday, 9.30pm Perfect Pub Walks More4, Wednesday, 9pm The Hack, VM1 Thursday, 9pm Wayward Netflix Police shows on telly often get more attention than they really deserve – cough*Line Of Duty*cough – but it’s only now, in […]
Kieran O’Donnell honoured by his beloved Drumoghill FC
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LAST week was a memorable one for Kieran O’Donnell as his beloved Drumoghill Football Club renamed their grounds in his honour. Once a blow-in, the Ardara native moved to the area almost 60 years ago following a land exchange arranged by the Land Commission. Coming from a farming background in a primarily Irish-speaking area, the […]
Weekend events mark completion of first phase of Brian Friel Centre
LAST weekend, a series of events in Glenties marked the 10th anniversary of playwright Brian Friel’s passing and celebrated the completion of Phase One of the Brian Friel Centre, including the restoration of The Laurels, the childhood home of Friel’s mother. Organised by the Brian Friel Trust, the weekend programme featured a range of cultural […]
Dealing with head lice – a parenting headache, but it’s not the end of the world
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Few parenting rites of passage are as universal as discovering your child has head lice. One minute you’re packing lunch boxes and signing permission slips, and the next, you’re peering at your kid’s scalp with a flashlight and questioning your life choices. Now that we’re back into the swing of school, the inevitable spread of […]
Woman who stole from piggy bank avoids jail
A WOMAN who stole more than €3,000 from her young niece and nephew by raiding both their bank accounts and a piggy bank has avoided being jailed. Nicola McFadden (29) Ballintemple, Falcarragh, previously pleaded guilty to all charges when she appeared before Judge Ciaran Liddy. The court previously heard McFadden stole various amounts of cash at […]
Weather: Dry start to the day with sunny spells developing later
TODAY will be dry with any drizzle patches near coasts clearing by afternoon. A few sunny spells will develop later. Highest temperatures of 11 to 13 degrees. Advertisement Tonight will remain dry with clear spells and scattered patches of mist and fog. Lowest temperatures of 6 to 9 degrees.
Deaths in Donegal, Friday, October 10
The following deaths have taken place in Donegal: Eamonn Martin, Fanad Margaret Bonner, Annagry Advertisement Oliver Allen, Muff Sr Helen McGinty, Donegal Town, Letterkenny and Balbriggan Charlie Logan, Raphoe Michael Friel, Kerry and Clonmany Angela Callaghan, Burt Francie McAteer, Milford Henry Patterson, Dunfanaghy Mary B Ferry, Derrybeg Eileen McDermott, Roscommon and Clonmany Eamonn Martin, Fanad […]
Creeslough falls silent on the third anniversary of tragedy
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ON Tuesday afternoon, Creeslough fell silent as families, friends and loved ones gathered to mark the third anniversary of the tragedy that changed their lives forever. The tight-knit village still trembles from the magnitude of the explosion on October 7, 2022, and each year brings another powerful aftershock that ripples through their community. They stood […]
Horses on public roads subject to the rules of the road
THERE are no specific bye-laws prohibiting horse riding on greenways, trails or public roads, Cllr Fionan Bradley has been informed. However, under the Control of Horses Act, 1996, a person in charge of a horse in a public place must keep the horse under control and must not allow the horse to cause a nuisance […]
Kyle McDermott remembered on first anniversary of his death
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FAMILY and friends have been remembering a Donegal man on the first anniversary of his death. Kyle McDermott (24), who was originally from Burt, died in Altnagelvin Hospital in Derry following an altercation on the Victoria Road area of Ballymagorry village, near Strabane, on October 7, 2024. Daniel Patrick Hanna (24) of Victoria Road, Strabane, has been charged […]