SCIENTISTS say Hobnobs are the best biscuits for dunking following a new study. The oat biscuit came out on top when it was compared with digestives, rich teas and shortbread. The British Medical Journal reports that out of the four biscuits, the oat biscuit maintained its integrity better when being dunked in a standard cup […]
Very busy week for Mountain Rescue team
FOLLOWING an increased number of call-outs this week Donegal Mountain Rescue have issued advice on how to stay safe this festive season. Donegal Mountain Rescue are a voluntary organisation and charity that provide an emergency response, remote environment and extreme terrain search and rescue 24 hours a day and 365 days a year. With the […]
Gardaí renew appeal before 50th anniversary of bombings
Gardaí are renewing their appeal for information ahead of the 50th anniversary of the Donegal, Cavan, and Monaghan bombings. In tonight’s episode of RTÉ One’s Crimecall Gardaí will make an appeal to the public for information about the night of December 28, 1972, when three bombs exploded after 10pm in three separate border towns – Pettigo in Donegal, […]
Council publishes its gender pay gap report
Donegal County Council has today published its 2022 Gender Pay Gap Report which shows that on average men and women working for the local authority are paid equally. The gender pay gap is the difference in the average hourly wage of men and women across a workforce and employers with more than 250 employees in […]
Body of Private Seán Rooney arrives back in Ireland
THE body of Private Seán Rooney has arrived back in Ireland following an overnight flight from Beirut. The 23-year-old’s family were waiting at Casement Aerodrome in Baldonnel to be reunited with his remains this morning. Pte Rooney, from Newtowncunningham, died while carrying out UN peacekeeping duties in al-Aqbieh in southern Lebanon. He was killed after being shot […]
Bus Éireann announces Christmas and New Year Timetables
BUS Éireann has announced its Christmas and New Year timetables and the company is advising customers to note changes to normal schedules and with demand expected to be high, to book in advance. Normal services will operate up to and including Friday, December 23. On Christmas Eve, services finish earlier than normal. City, Town, Commuter […]
Homeless to get meals thanks to Megan’s Christmas food appeal
A young Kincasslagh woman has expressed her delight at the response to her recent Christmas food appeal for the Capuchin Day Centre in Dublin that will now see several hundred people getting meals thanks to the generosity of people in her locality. Megan Ward, 25, who works at the Randox Research and Product Development facility […]
Remains of Private Seán Rooney to be repatriated from Beirut
THE remains of Private Seán Rooney will be brought home today by the Irish Air Corps CASA aircraft. There will be a solemn UN ceremony held to honour Pte Rooney in Beirut Airport prior to his departure, following which he will be brought to Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel. His remains will be reunited with his family […]
Caitlin’s heartbroken classmates treated to a special day out
THE heartbroken classmates of little Caitlin Strain, who passed away a few weeks ago, have been treated to a very special day out. Caitlin (9) lost her brave two-year battle with a brain tumour in November. The beautiful and vibrant youngster was a much-loved pupil of St Aengus’ National School in Bridgend, where she had […]
Donegal mother and daughter duo help judge Junior Eurovision Song contest
A Donegal mother and daughter braved the frost for a very special trip to Galway last weekend. Brí Carr and her daughter Caela were specially selected to sit on the Ireland judge’s panel for the 2022 Junior Eurovision Song Contest but had to keep it secret until the live show last weekend. The event took […]