BY SEÁN P. FEENY
Moya Brennan was one of the very first people to be featured in People Like You – hard to believe, that’s nearly five years ago and so it was high time to catch up with her again as she launched her new album with friend and long-time collaborator Cormac de Barra.
BY SEÁN P. FEENY
The Earagail Arts Festival’s exciting programme was officially launched on Saturday, June 11 and the popular event, now in its 23rd year, has a wide array of entertainment on offer from July 9 to 24 all over County Donegal.
BY KATE HEANEY
A GOVERNMENT Report on unfinished housing estates made a series of recommendations which will affect Donegal’s 133 unfinished housing developments.
The 3,560 residential properties in the county referred to in the report include incomplete housing estates at Lisnennan, Foxhills, Bracken Lea, Errigal View, Fairways and Killylastin in the Letterkenny area.
Other estates include Lennon View, Coylin Court, and Lennon Grove (Ramelton), Grey Rocks, Glendallon Heights (Milford) and The Pines (Churchill).
“It might not have been the greatest spectacle in the world, but it’s all about the win – and that’s not just in Ulster, or just in Donegal, that’s all throughout the Championship.”
Donegal captain Michael Murphy speaks to Chris McNulty ahead of this weekend’s Championship clash with the Breffni men in tomorrow’s Donegal News.
BY KATE HEANEY
THERE was an air of relief outside the Loreto Secondary School in Letterkenny at lunch time on Wednesday as Junior and Leaving Certificate candidates emerged from their first examinations.
The Donegal News spoke to students who seemed generally pleased with the content of both higher and pass level English papers in both exams.
OVER 13 years 307 people have died on Donegal roads – six per cent of the national total. 1,184 road users were seriously injured. But it’s getting better.
An Analysis of road deaths in Donegal between 1996 and 2009 given at a Donegal Road Safety Plan launch dramatically illustrated how speed and late-night weekend driving contributed to the statistics.
GARDAI in Buncrana are investigating an armed robbery at Bridgend Post on Wednesday afternoon when a large sum of money was taken at gunpoint.
Two men entered the premises shortly after midday, threatened staff with a fire arm and left with a sum of money.
LATER this month a new television promo for national Irish language broadcaster RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta will be filmed right here in County Donegal and they want you to join them.
Gleann Cholm Cille was chosen as the winner of a competition run by the station to find a location in which to record their upcoming TV promo which will be shot there on June 30
BY SEÁN P. FEENY
Letterkenny based mother-of-two is living proof that there is a life out there for people who care for loved ones and this weekend she will be kicking some ass in the name of her fellow carers in Donegal and all around the country.
Celine McGee has dedicated most of her life caring for her daughter Nadine (13) who was born with the condition spina bifida. “Nadine has had 17 major operations, but in recent years her health has been generally good and it left me with some time to spare for myself,” she said.
The official programme for this year’s 44th Mary from Dungloe International Festival has just been announced and what a line up they have in store this year with Indie rockers The Coronas being one of the star attractions of the festivities.