GAOTH DOBHAIR musician Catriona Ní Ghribín has been awarded the coveted TG4 Gradam Ceoil Bursary Award for Traditional Music. The successful recipients of the bursary were presented with the award at City Hall, Belfast by the Lord Mayor, Tina Black. They received a tour of the building and Catriona even got a chance to try […]
Donegal groups roll in behind A5 campaign
POLITICIANS and groups in Donegal representing businesses and students have lodged submissions to the A5 pre inquiry public meeting, calling on the government not to renege on the commitment it made on the major infrastructure project more than a decade ago. Sinn Féin TDs Pádraig MacLochlainn and Pearse Doherty, Atlantic Technological University (ATU) and Letterkenny Chamber of Commerce have […]
Community meeting to be held in Letterkenny
A LETTERKENNY community meeting is set to take place on Monday, May 8, in the Letterkenny Community Centre at 8pm. In attendance will be Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue T.D., Cllr. Ciaran Brogan, Cllr. Donal ‘Mandy’ Kelly, Cllr. Donal Coyle and Senator Niall Blaney. Key points being discussed on the night […]
Event to mark World Migratory Bird Day at Glenveagh
To mark World Migratory Bird Day on Saturday, May 13, ChangeMakers Donegal, has organised a Walk & Talk event with Aengus Kennedy of NatureNorthWest at Glenveagh National Park. People can expect to learn more about birds such as the Willow Warbler, from Africa, which spend the summer in Ireland and take such epic journeys over […]
2.5 magnitude earthquake detected in Donegal
A 2.5 magnitude earthquake was detected in Donegal during the early hours of this morning, officials from the Irish National Seismic Network (INSN) have confirmed. The INSN, which is operated by the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS), said the tremor was detected 5km below ground near Glenveagh National Park, at approximately 1.30am. The INSN […]
Donegal beauty therapy lecturers nominated for awards
Two Donegal Beauty Therapy lecturers from North West Regional College (NWRC) have been nominated for a Vocational Training Charitable Trust (VTCT) excellence award. Vanessa Canning, from Manorcunningham, and Noelle Boyle from Donegal Town, who both teach Nail Technology at Strand Road campus, are in the ‘Tutor of the Year’ category which recognizes educators who have gone […]
‘Sometimes you just get strength to keep going’
By Diarmaid Doherty IT was shortly after passing the 5k mark during Sunday’s North West 10k road race that Austin Cullen began to think that he might not be able to continue. Advertisement He was feeling pain in his bad leg and when he removed his prosthetic leg, he could see that the bottom of his […]
Pringle slams Government over wind farm guidelines
Independent TD for Donegal, Thomas Pringle, has slammed Government for failing to publish wind energy guidelines, 10 years after the process began. The deputy also raised the investigation, not yet completed, into the 2020 bog slide at Meenbog, which may affect planning applications in the area. Addressing the Tánaiste in the Dáil on Thursday, Deputy […]
Donegal County Council awarded grant funding of €9,251,000 for Fort Dunree
Donegal County Council (DCC) has been awarded grant funding of €9,251,000 for Fort Dunree, Co. Donegal under Fáilte Irelands, Capital investment scheme Platform for Growth. This will be supported by €3.2 million match funding committed by Donegal County Council providing a total Project value of €12.5 million investment. The transformational tourism project at Fort Dunree is […]
Public Consultation to inform a Mid-term Review of the Regional Airports Programme
Minister of State, Jack Chambers, has today launched a public consultation to inform a Mid-term Review of the Regional Airports Programme 2021-2025. This Programme supports Ireland’s smallest airports, those that operate scheduled services and handle fewer than 1 million annual passengers (on average over the preceding two years). While the Programme targets funding at safety […]