AN English author who penned her debut novel in the Burtonport home left by her late grandfather has won a major literary prize. Jessica Andrews lifted the £10,000 Portico Prize for ‘Saltwater’, a story of a girl from Sunderland who feels like an outsider when she goes to university in London. The Portico Prize is […]

THREE Donegal locations are celebrating after being named winners at the CIE Tours International Awards. Now in their 30th year, the Awards for Excellence recognise the best hotels and tourist attractions across Ireland based on feedback from over 25,000 customers throughout the year. Each winner achieved a customer satisfaction rating of over 92 per-cent from […]

THE Balor Arts Centre, Ballybofey has announced an early contender for biggest gig in Donegal this year. Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott of The Housemartins and The Beautiful South fame will play Ballybofey as part of a five date Irish tour in April. As frontman of The Housemartins Paul Heaton was the voice of some […]

GARDAI investigating the discovery of a man’s body in Letterkenny on Sunday evening do not believe the circumstances to be suspicious. The male, who was in his 30s, was found deceased in an alley at Riverside View on Lower Main Street at around 5pm. A post mortem is scheduled to take place today but the […]

A DONEGAL woman has collected a cool €28,000 on Winning Streak. Denise Moss from Castlefinn appeared on the show on Saturday night and was overjoyed with her €28,000 cash win. Denise revealed how her husband Martin roared the house down two Saturday evenings ago when he was watching Winning Streak and heard his wife’s name […]

DONEGAL County Council has this morning passed a motion supporting a new stadium for Finn Harps. A motion was brought forward after the stadium development was excluded from a round of Government funding it was expected to be added to recently. There was some shock when Minister Shane Ross made his announcement regarding Large Scale […]

GARDAI are continuing to probe the circumstances surrounding a man’s death at a block of flats in Letterkenny. The male’s body was found late yesterday at Riverside Apartments on the town’s Lower Main Street. The area was sealed off and forensic officers brought in to examine the scene. A Garda spokesperson said a post mortem […]

DONEGAL politicians used the Dáil printer to produce almost 300,000 items such as newsletters, posters, greeting and sympathy cards at a cost of over €8,400 since its introduction. The Oireachtas print facility hit the headlines late last year when it emerged that the printer cost a total of €2 million and did not fit in […]