Commercial rates waiver to continue until March


THE Government has announced a further waiver of commercial rates which will apply to specified business categories in the first quarter of 2021. This three-month waiver has modified criteria from the 2020 scheme and accordingly is a separate, standalone waiver scheme. A 100 per-cent waiver will be applied to all businesses, for a three-month period […]

Used over 400 horseshoes for magnificent cross


  A NINE foot tall Celtic Cross sculpture made out of horse shoes has been attracting admiring glances in recent days. The artwork has been created by William McCracken in his shed at the rear of his home in Ardagh, St Johnston. Advertisement A welder and fabricator with Fleming Engineering in Derry, William stumbled upon […]

Spanish property buyers to recoup €3 million


UP TO twenty Donegal homebuyers who were caught cold by the Spanish property market crash are expected to recoup much of the €3m they paid for holiday homes that were never built. A ruling in Spain’s supreme court in December 2015 opened the way for hundreds of Irish people to claim directly from the banks […]

Former parish priest jailed for two years


A former parish priest has been sentenced to two years imprisonment after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting a teenager over thirty years ago. Eamon Crossan had plied his 13 year old victim with alcohol before carrying out the assault at the Parochial House in Kincasslagh on a date between 1984 and 1985. In a letter […]

Bishop ‘deeply saddened’ innocent child endured abuse


Yesterday in Letterkenny Circuit Court, a former priest of the Diocese of Raphoe, was sentenced to two years imprisonment for the sexual abuse of a minor in 1985. He was a priest in the diocese from 1976 and was removed from ministry immediately on reception of the complaint in 1998. The Gardai and HSE/ Tulsa […]

Donegal fashion designer launches Aphrodisiac and Greed


YOUNG Donegal fashion designer Dominic Sweeney has launched a new fashion label ‘Aphrodisiac and Greed’ in France. Dominic Sweeney and co-founder Maëva Picart launched their 35 day pre-order crowdfunding campaign at ulule.com yesterday. Speaking to the Donegal News from Paris, Dominic said seeing his label on t-shirts was the culmination of years of hard work. […]

Some people ‘easing up’ after getting the jab


  DONEGAL people who have had their first Covid-19 vaccination has been urged to keep following the guidelines, amid concerns some may be letting their guard down too soon. Dr Anthony Breslin, Director of Public Health for the North West, was responding to reports that some people who have received jabs in recent weeks had […]

Man hands over €10k in court following vicious attack


A man has handed over 10,000 euro in court to another man who he viciously attacked causing “serious and lasting damage” to the injured party. Anthony Cantwell of Gortlarry, Carndonagh, had pleaded guilty to assault causing harm to Andrew Davenport on Stephen’s Night, 2017. Cantwell had pleaded guilty to assault causing harm to Andrew Davenport. […]