THE Regional Cultural Centre in Letterkenny is not the building, the RCC is the people. The biblical quote came to mind as Jeremy Howard, Acting Manager of the multi-disciplinary arts facility, took time this week to reflect back on a unique year. “It’s been strange alright but we’re finishing the year in a strong enough […]
Inspired by late friend to resit ‘Leaving’ Irish
A CORK-based solicitor sat his Leaving Certificate higher level Irish papers last Saturday – more than 30 years after he managed just a C grade at lower level. Flor McCarthy from Clonakilty, was inspired to take the most unusual step, which required considerable time and effort, for two reasons. “My brother-in-law and great friend Seamus […]
Man shared child abuse videos during Skype calls
A Bundoran man caught with hundreds of images and videos of child pornography will be sentenced on Tuesday. David Kelly (48) of Magheracar Cottages in Bundoran appeared before a sitting of Donegal Town Circuit Court today. Kelly has confessed to possessing more than 2,000 sexual images of children, many of them in the most serious […]
Gaoth Dobhair author in final of Irish Book Awards
GAOTH Dobhair author Eoghan Mac Giolla Bhríde has been named Love Leabhar Gaeilge Irish Language Book of the Year award winner at the An Post Irish Book Awards for his latest work Cnámh. Mac Giolla Bhríde previously won athe Prose Work Prize in the 2018 Oireachtas Literature Competition for this collection of short stories. Speaking […]
Sarah and Ted Ponsonby release first album together
LETTERKENNY musician Sarah Ponsonby says collaborating with her dad Ted on a new album was the “fulfilment of a lifelong dream”. Ted and Sarah teamed up during lockdown to record ‘Brakin’ Trad’, a collection of mainly self-penned songs. The father and daughter duo have played together on countless occasions over the years but the past […]
Long Lane and DYS team up for mural project
LETTERKENNY’S Long Lane and Donegal Youth Service are to be brightened up thanks to a collaboration between residents and youth workers. The Long Lane Area Residents’ Committee has teamed up with the local youth service to create two murals, one at the Doorway Project in the Long Lane and the other in the Donegal Youth […]
Donegal artists beat lockdown to release festive single
A group of local musicians have defied the odds to produce a poignant anthem for the festive season. ‘A Christmas Wish’ is from the pen of Letterkenny musician Joe Gibson and tells the story of how people may not be able to travel home for the Yuletide celebrations this year. In an admirable display of […]
Launch of the Colmcille 1500th commemorative year
St. Colmcille’s Chapel in Gartan is an archaeological monument that is protected under the National Monuments Acts and will undergo conservation works in 2021.St. Colmcille’s Chapel in Gartan is an archaeological monument that is protected under the National Monuments Acts and will undergo conservation works in 2021. Donegal County Council and Derry City & Strabane […]
90 per cent drop in number checked for breast cancer
THE number of women screened for breast cancer at Letterkenny University Hospital so far this year has dropped by almost 90 percent due to Covid-19. While BreastCheck services have resumed in recent weeks, the numbers screened to that point are just a fraction of the figure for 2019. Last year, 3,974 women availed of the […]
Scientist retains close links with West Donegal
A scientist who is developing antibodies which have the potential to both treat infected patients and provide protection to the “at risk” population during the coronavirus pandemic has family in West Donegal. John McCafferty is Chief Scientific Officer of IONTAS, a Cambridge biotech firm which recently announced the discovery of potent SARS-CoV-2 neutralising antibodies to […]