THERE was a different look to the annual Ardara Poor Farmers Auction which took place on Tuesday night. The event, which is traditionally held in Teague’s Bar, was moved to Brockagh Mart this year with all bids coming in online. Advertisement A total of €31,220 was raised on the night with all proceeds going […]
Record number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Donegal
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 150 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Donegal. That’s almost double the previous biggest single day total – 85 – which was reported yesterday. There have been 828 new cases in Donegal over the past 14-days. Of the cases notified today; Advertisement 853 are men / […]
‘NI holidaymakers behind Donegal’s rising Covid rates’
Dear Editor The ever increasing number of Covid infections, including that of the variant strain, can be attributed, I believe, to the vast number of Christmas holidays makers from both Northern Ireland and Great Britain that have come to our shores and to the large numbers of uninhibited family gatherings. We have seen to our […]
Charity Walk with M.E. in Donegal on St Stephen’s Day
COMMUNITIES across south-west Donegal will come together to take part in a major fundraiser, ‘Walk with M.E.’, for Downstrands Family Resource Centre and the Kevin Bell repatriation trust on St Stephen’s Day. The ‘Walk with M.E’ event has been organised by John Ross Molloy who lost his older sister Mary Ellen in a horrific car […]
Letterkenny man ‘gutted’ he is unable to come home
A LETTERKENNY man working in Scotland, who hoped to return home for Christmas, says he was ‘gutted’ when he heard about this week’s travel ban between Ireland and the UK. Mickey McCarron had been looking forward to seeing his parents Tony and Rosie and family members in the Oldtown. It’s the first time in twenty […]
Career included many changes in Donegal ETB
When Jim McGlynn completed his Leaving Certificate Examinations in 1977 his goal, like many of his peers of that time, was to get a secure, permanent and pensionable job. The attractions of a dependable salary, pension entitlements and the chance of promotion with one employer drew the young Glenfin man towards the Donegal Vocational Education […]
Donegal man named President of Irish Australian Chamber
THE newly elected President of the Irish Australian Chamber of Commerce is Dungloe man David Greene. A qualified solicitor, Mr Greene (35) works as a political advisor for the Minister for Transport and Main Roads in the Queensland State Government. Speaking to the Donegal News from his Brisbane home this week, Mr Greene admitted that […]
Nativity crib in Letterkenny damaged
A young male was captured on CCTV punching his fist through a sheet of perspex glass damaging the nativity crib in Letterkenny. Gardaí in Letterkenny have launched an investigation into the incident of criminal damage at Market Square on Saturday, December 19, at 11.30pm. The nativity crib at Market Square was attacked and the side […]
Dozens of cars seized in Donegal under new legislation
OVER 130 unaccompanied drivers in Donegal have had their vehicles seized in the two years since new motoring legislation came into force. The road traffic laws – which make it an offence for the owner of a vehicle to knowingly allow an unaccompanied learner or an unlicensed person to drive their vehicle – were enacted […]
Bundoran RNLI launched to assist man trapped on rocks
A man aboard a small boat which ran aground on rocks off Inis Saimer island in Ballyshannon was rescued yesterday by volunteers from Bundoran RNLI with assistance from officers from Inland Fisheries Ireland. The first call for help came from the man on the boat who had placed an emergency call to the Irish Coast […]