A Donegal County Councillor accused of assaulting two men during a night out in Letterkenny has been found not guilty. Independent Councillor John O’Donnell had earlier been cleared of punching Emmett Gallagher in the Sultan Takeaway during the early hours of February 23 2015. Following a trial that lasted five days at Letterkenny Circuit Court, […]

A career which began with a three month summer job in 1989 at a small local hotel has seen a Donegal woman rise to the pinnacle of the Irish hospitality sector. Deirdre McGlone, Managing Director at Harvey’s Point Hotel, has been honoured as a ‘thought leader’ in tourism and hospitality by the prestigious All-Ireland Business […]

A Donegal man stabbed 17 times in a frenzied attack suffered such horrific injuries that ambulance personnel were unable to tell if he was male or female. Kristian Shortt spent several days in intensive care after being set upon by Kenneth Broe on a night out in Letterkenny. Broe, of Alderwood Green, Springfield, Tallaght, will […]

OVER 100 tonnes of waste have been removed from five scenic sites across Donegal as part of the 2018 Anti Dumping Initiative. Under the scheme Donegal County Council secured just over €69,000 to clean up what would be described as sites with a history of illegal dumping as well as funding to support community clean-up […]

MANY families in Donegal are no better off now than they were during the recession according to a Donegal branch of St Vincent de Paul. Last year the 66 Donegal conferences/branches of the organisation disbursed more than €150,000 to people in the county to help with the purchase of food and heating, illness poverty and […]