“The new cafés will allow people from the more rural areas of Donegal to have a space to support their well-being over a cup of tea, chat and a laugh.
Former Garda in Morris Tribunal awarded Scott Medal
He was among 15 serving and retired members of An Garda Síochána who were formally recognised for their bravery in rescuing a kidnapped businessman.
Donegal Boardwalk Resort near Carrigart sold
THE Donegal Boardwalk Resort of nearly 30 holiday homes has been sold for a sum in excess of its €3.8m guide price. The multi-million euro resort in Carrigart is made up of 27 villas and a bar/restaurant complex on 45 acres, much of which is still undeveloped. The new owners are Melcorpo, a Dublin-based development […]
Protest at Irish Consul over defective block scandal
SCOTS friends and relatives of Irish homeowners, who are victims in a scandal over defective concrete brickwork causing their houses to crumble, staged a protest outside the Irish Consul, in Edinburgh today. They are backing a massive campaign in the Republic of Ireland – where thousands of people are facing financial ruin and homelessness […]
Herron wins one of most sought after guitars in world
A TALENTED Donegal guitar player is looking forward to showing off his new Rory Gallagher Signature Stratocaster when his band takes to the stage in Cork this weekend. Kevin Herron of up-and-coming indie-rock trio Rowan won the guitar – worth €5,300 – in a competition which coincided with the release of the Hot Press Rory […]
Calling all former St Eunan’s College students
ST Eunan’s College has launched a new Alumni Association as the Letterkenny school celebrates 115 years of education in Donegal. The College was formally opened in July 1906 and the first students, along with their teachers and President, Dr Edward Maguire, took up residence in September 1906. Today, the College has a student population of […]
Restoring vintage tractor to help charity’s cancer bus
A Donegal man is putting to use his passion for agricultural machinery to raise money for a cancer charity that is close to his heart. Billy Bustard from Donegal Town purchased a Massey Ferguson 35 six months ago. Over the last number of weeks and months he stripped the tired old machine down to the […]
Former boat builder now operates on smaller scale
A skilled craftsman who served his time in the BIM boatyard in Killybegs in the early 1970s is using his expertise and creativity to build model fishing trawlers. Frankie Kennedy is now working on a model of the Rós Inbhir, a 50-foot trawler built in 1953 in Killybegs Boatyard. It will be a present for […]
Readjusting to a new way of living under Taliban rule
The Donegal-born leader of the World Food Programme in Afghanistan, Mary Ellen McGroarty says that there is an ‘uneasy calm’ in the country at present. While more than 100,000 people managed to escape the country’s uncertain future since the Taliban took the Afghan capital Kabul a month ago, those left behind are grappling with a […]
HSE vaccination clinic at LYIT to close within days
THE Covid vaccination centre at Letterkenny Institute of Technology will close in the coming days but the HSE is preparing to open a new centre in the town. The last appointments at the LYIT vaccination centre will take place in early October, six months after the first vaccinations were administered there in March. Some 93,000 […]