FILMING for the Emmy award-winning U.S. travel series ‘Bare Feet with Mickela Mallozzi’ has been taking place in County Donegal in recent days for the show’s seventh season. The series, which attracts over 2 million viewers per episode on Public Broadcasting Service, and reaches millions more via the PBS app and website, will bring the […]
Donegal bags major international conference
IN what’s seen as a major coup, Donegal is set to host the world’s largest travel blogger conference next year. The Travel Blog Exchange TBEX event will take place in September next year, according to an announcement made this morning in San Sebastian, Spain. The travel blog community includes tens-of-thousands of bloggers, writers, photographers, YouTubers, Instagrammers, […]
Donegal drivers face possible drug & alcohol tests
DONEGAL gardaí are reminding drivers that drug and alcohol tests will be conducted at checkpoints around the county this bank holiday weekend, as part of An Garda Síochána’s Bank Holiday Road Safety plan. Starting today, drivers involved in serious crashes will face mandatory drug testing. Minister Jack Chambers insists drug driving is “reckless” and says […]
Flight from hell – Letterkenny man describes ordeal
A YOUNG Letterkenny man has described the terrifying and chaotic scenes aboard his Qatar Airways flight that temporary plunged from 35,000 feet last weekend, injuring six passengers and six crew. IT specialist Aidan Hanley and his girlfriend Sarah, were flying from Doha to Dublin when their plane hit an air pocket and fell hundreds of […]
Looming Donegal childcare crisis – Taoiseach intervenes
40% of childcare facilities across County Donegal may have to cease operating due dangerous buildings, creating an unprecedented crisis, those working in the vital sector are claiming. Childcare managers are planning to highlight their concerns through protests as people cast their votes in the local and European elections on Friday of next week. “Letterkenny Community […]
Fascinating Olympic Games expo at Donegal County Museum
A NUMBER of rare Olympic Games posters dating from 1896 to 2024 have been put on display at the Donegal County Museum. On loan from the private collection of Paul Foley, this is the only exhibition of its kind in Ireland. Organisers suggest Olympic posters are not only a piece of art but they provide […]
Section of N14 closed due to single-vehicle incident
A driver has been taken to Letterkenny University Hospital after a lorry left the road near Drumoghill this afternoon. Gardaí confirm a section of the Letterkenny to Lifford road is currently closed and diversions are in place. Work is underway to lift the Heavy Goods Vehicle from a field after it left the N14 at […]
Creeslough explosion: Gardaí working on file for DPP
Gardaí in Donegal continue to prepare a file for the Director of Public Prosecutions with respect to the October 7, 2022 Creeslough explosion. A woman and a man in their 40s, arrested yesterday morning as part of the ongoing investigation, have been released without charge. In total, four people have been arrested in connection with […]
Donegal wins again at National Enterprise Awards
ANOTHER Donegal company has picked up a National Enterprise Award, marking the second consecutive year a business from the county has triumphed at the ceremony in Dublin’s Mansion House. Based in Quigley’s Point, Living Green, supported by the Local Enterprise Office, is an established business offering diverse, environmentally conscious, and health enhancing products that promote sustainable […]
Donegal company’s digital successs recognised
DONEGAL company adaptafashion.ie has been named as one of just 21 businesses selected to receive a customer digital support package as part of Google’s ‘You’re The Business’ initiative. You’re the Business is a digital upskill programme that delivers on-demand training online, e-learning courses, and other resources to SMEs in Ireland. In addition to the training, […]