A KILLYGORDON woman who allowed a dog to starve until it weighed under two stone has been banned from keeping animals for five years.   Katy McMonagle of Lissmullyduff, Killygordon, was convicted at Letterkenny District Court yesterday of failing to adequately feed a dog, fined €10 and disqualified from keeping animals until 2022.   […]

      THE ISPCA has welcomed a jail term handed down to a Donegal man who kicked a dog up and down a street before setting it alight.   Christopher Foy (27) of Mountcharles was sent to prison for 18 months and banned for life from keeping animals following the brutal attack.   The […]

A LETTERKENNY cancer charity has hit back at questions over its financial dealings. The Good and New Cancer Charity was the focus of a report in a national newspaper which claimed the organisation had accrued profits of €400,000 in the past two years. The charity has described the article as “disappointing” and said that any […]

A post mortem examination is expected to take place this morning following the death of a pensioner in a house fire. The blaze broke out at around 4pm yesterday afternoon at a house in The Illies area of Buncrana. It is understood the victim was in her 90s and lived alone. Advertisement The area was […]

    THE Wild Atlantic Way has been wowing audiences around the globe in Star Wars: The Last Jedi.   To celebrate the film’s Irish connections, Tourism Ireland has released a fun, irreverent promotional film about holidays along the Wild Atlantic Way, featuring Mark Hamill – aka Luke Skywalker.   Tourism Ireland’s new film features […]

A DVD examining the history of Letterkenny’s religious buildings is now on sale.   The film, compiled by local history Johnny McCollum, was officially launched in the Station House Hotel last Monday night.   Among the contributors to the 65 minute documentary were Fr Eamonn Kelly, Rev Stewart Wright and Alan Speer who between them […]