COUNTING has commenced in Donegal following yesterday’s voting. Boxes were opened at 9am and Letterkenny’s Aura Leisure Centre is already busy with candidates, supporters and media in attendance. Thirteen candidates are vying for five seats in Donegal and the first result is expected in around 7pm this evening. Advertisement According to last night’s exit polls, […]
Busy morning at Donegal’s polling booths say officials
TRADITIONAL voting patterns have been thrown to the wind by Saturday polling, according to officials at Donegal’s electoral stations. Normally those manning the polling stations can predict quiet periods and busy spells. But not today with officials reporting a steady stream of people all morning as opposed to the pre-work, lunch hour and post-work rushes […]
Garvan is bringing them home to Mother Ireland
BRINGING THEM BACK HOME…A Letterkenny man is using intimate knowledge of his home country to design holidays for high-end American clients.
Cat shot in face near Lifford
RESCUERS of an injured cat found near Lifford were horrified when x-rays revealed that the cat had been shot in the face. Two volunteers from Donegal charity Animals In Need (AIN) spotted the cat whilst they were carrying out routine Trap/Neuter/Return of feral cats in the area. Named Tamara by her rescuers, it turned out […]
Donegal gardaí clamping down on drug-drivers
“The operation is ongoing and checks will continue on drivers. I appeal to road users not to be driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs.”
Intercultural Platform hits out at ‘racist’ candidate
A Donegal intercultural organisation has slammed what it describes as “racism and hate speech” by one of the county’s election candidates. The Donegal Intercultural Platform has stopped short of naming the male candidate but does accuse him of using “ignorance, scare-mongering and lies to create fear and spread anti-‘foreigner’ and anti-migrant hysteria”. “It is deplorable […]
Double success for Letterkenny clubs at national finals
ST EUNAN’S and Letterkenny Gaels GAA club are celebrating after capturing historic All-Ireland Scór na nÓg titles at the INEC, Killarney last weekend. The current Donegal and Ulster and All Ireland champion in recitation/storytelling Síofra Harvey’s powerful rendition of Bandraoi Loch an Dúin saw her claim the ultimate accolade much to the delight of her […]
Consultant to take protest to front gates of LUH
I’ve been unsuccessful in persuading Saolta /HSE to fund staffing for the ASU. This is not a political demonstration”
Punters gamble on Grainne Gallanagh for Glitterball
DONEGAL’S Grainne Gallanagh has hot-footed her way up the betting to win Dancing With The Stars after she impressed judges and viewers alike with her performance to ‘Unstoppable’ by Sia on Sunday’s latest instalment. The Buncrana-born model had started the weekend as a relative outsider, but judge Julian Benson described her latest performance as her […]
Dashcam footage sought after fatal crash in Inishowen
GARDAI are appealing to anyone who may have been travelling on the Muff/Moville road between 3am and 4.30am this morning to get in touch. A man in his mid-30s was killed when his vehicle was involved in a single car crash at Three Trees, Quigley’s Point, at approximately 4am. Emergency services and the Coast Guard […]