Thousands of euros spent fixing Ballindrait water leaks


IRISH Water is forking out thousands of euros to repair leaks on a pipeline it says it cannot afford to replace. Residents in Ballindrait have endured years of misery due to repeated ruptures to their water supply. At least one family with young children has resorted to collecting rain water in a barrel due to […]


McHugh ’empty chaired’ by Lifford campaign group


MINISTER Joe McHugh has been ‘empty chaired’ after failing to turn up at a meeting to discuss the future of Lifford hospital. Representatives from across the political spectrum, including councillors, TDs and senators, attended the meeting in Lifford’s Social Centre. But Mr McHugh was a notable absentee and the Friends of Lifford Hospital campaign group […]


Full wake and funeral details for Mary Ellen Molloy


PEOPLE are being invited to form a vigil as the body of Ardara woman Mary Ellen Molloy is returned to her home in the early hours of New Year’s Day. Mary Ellen died in Australia on December 20 when a tree fell on the taxi she was travelling in with friends. The 26-year-old’s body will […]


Siobhán gets best wedding proposal Ever(est)


A Killygordon woman is on top of the world following a proposal with a difference from her fiancée. Siobhán Dolan from Crossroads and boyfriend Stephen Coyle from Strabane now live and work in the United States. But they decided to commit to one another at the very roof of the world. Stephen had decided that […]


Donegal crash victim to be laid to rest on Sunday


SHAUN Kelly, the Lifford man killed in a crash on St Stephen’s Day, will be laid to rest on Sunday. Mr Kelly died when his car struck a tree near Porthall. A father-of-two, the 33-year-old was the sole occupant of a blue Vauxhall car which left the road between Porthall and Rossgier at around 12.30am. […]