by Lauren Wall A YOUNG Stranorlar teacher who suffered a life-changing brain aneurysm earlier this year has spoken about her journey to recovery. Elaine McGovern (39) was left paralysed in her left leg from the knee down following the sudden subarachnoid hemorrhage at her home in May. Advertisement The mother-of-one was rushed to Beaumont Hospital in Dublin, where she had […]
A ‘match’ made in heaven…
SOME may say newlyweds Aoife and Ryan Mortimor are a match made in heaven, and thanks to Tinder, a match is exactly how their love story began. Aoife, from Derry City, stumbled across her future husband, Ryan, a farmer from Craigbane, on the popular dating app. And, as they say, the rest is history. Advertisement […]
Weather: Dry day ahead with a mix of cloud and sunshine
TODAY will be dry and cloudy with lingering mist or fog patches at first. Clear and bright spells will develop early on with sunny spells at times too. Highest temperatures of 3 to 6 degrees in light or variable breezes. Advertisement Tonight will be cloudy to start with clearer spells developing early on with patches […]
Deaths in Donegal, Monday morning, December 29
The following deaths have taken place in Donegal: Sean Sweeney, Meath and Ballyshannon Michael McGinley, Dublin and Dunfanaghy Advertisement Rhona Coady, Buncrana Máire Coll, Crolly Patricia Slowey, Ardara and formerly Longford Sandra Miller, Carndonagh Michael Murphy, Culdaff and formerly Achill Island Dorothy Devaney, Fanad Eileen McClafferty, Letterkenny and Downings Jimmy McGuire, Raphoe Mary Sharpe, Portnoo […]
Donegal Camino 2025 makes its largest donation yet
THE fifth annual Donegal Camino has exceeded its ambitious 2025 target and will donate a whopping €153,277 to the Cancer Care West Support Centre, Donegal. In five short years the seven day walking festival has generated over €430,000 in funds. The funds raised through the seven-day walking festival enable the Cancer Care West Support Centre Donegal to provide […]
Finding Santa
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By Brian McDaid I HAVE to say I was a bit disappointed, when, after a bit of searching, I finally got his number and called it. As it dialled out, I felt a shiver go through me as I waited for the call to be answered. “Hello … hello”, came the deep voice on the […]
Hundreds of local children to benefit from annual Give A Gift Appeal
By Paul McElwee CHRISTMAS Day will be made a little brighter for local children in need this year as the annual Give A Gift Appeal came to a close last week. The appeal was undertaken by the STRIVE programme through Include Youth, a youth-led initiative supported by PEACEPLUS and managed by the Special EU Programmes […]
Fresh Take: There have always been people in need at Christmas, just not this many
Christmas carries an expectation of warmth and ease. Of busy homes, togetherness, small indulgences and a sense that, for a few days at least, worries can be set aside and ordinary rules relaxed. But for too many households now, that ease simply isn’t there. Rising costs mean paying for one thing requires holding back on […]
‘Christmas reminds us that true worth is found in vulnerability’
IN his Christmas message, Bishop Niall Coll, who will take over as the Bishop of Raphoe in late January, says the season reminds us that true worth is not found in dominance but in vulnerability. Reflecting on what Christmas represents, the St Johnston man said: “The Christmas story overturned the way the world thought about power. […]
Major Glencar housing development given green light
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A MAJOR housing development in Letterkenny – the largest in the town for many years – has been given the green light, despite numerous objections from residents. The large scale residential development consists of 260 residential units, comprising 100 dwellings and 160 apartments at Glencar Irish and Glencar Scotch. The plans, lodged by PJ McDermott in […]