Last week, she opened a gift shop ‘Harbour Road’ in Bunbeg and she’s now looking forward to experiencing life at a vastly different pace
Kind hearted Mikaela donates birthday money to charity
FOR most seven-year-olds birthday money means sweets and toys. But for one kind hearted Donegal schoolgirl it was an opportunity to give back to the hospital where she has been receiving treatment for Spina Bifida. Little Mikaela Breen from Convoy presented half the money she received for her seventh birthday to Temple Street Hospital and […]
Dancing with joy after wedding in Budapest
Catherine Gallagher, daughter of Michael Gallagher and the late Kay Gallagher, Carrick, Carrigart, married Oliver Sakka in Saint Stephen’s Basilica.
Major garda operation for Donegal International Rally
Last year, 56 people were arrested over the course of the rally weekend – more than double the corresponding figure for 2015 (23).
Special guests of Roy Keane at big Ireland match
Ronan Sweeney, from Letterkenny, sustained significant spinal injuries in an accidental fall from his bedroom window in Sligo last year
First Donegal Fine Gael TD at cabinet table since 1957
Joe McHugh takes over from Regina Doherty who will now head up the Department of Social Protection, as Chief Whip.
Deputy Joe McHugh named as new government Chief Whip
Former Diaspora Minster Joe McHugh will also be Minster for the Gaeltacht in the new cabinet
Death announced of Letterkenny businessman Teddy Blaney
Teddy Blaney was the Letterkenny Chamber’s Business Person of the Year back in 1997 and in 2008 he was entered into the Chamber Hall of Fame
Mica Action Group praised as key report is published
DONEGAL TD Joe McHugh has welcomed the publication today of the expert panel’s report on Mica-affected homes in Donegal and Mayo and says he wants the panel recommendations implemented as soon as possible. The Mica Report makes a number of recommendations and recognises hundreds of homeowners here in the county were affected through no fault […]
Major progress on Donegal bridge projects
A major progress on Tirconnail and Fintra bridge projects, between Killybegs and Kilcar, has been announced today by Councillor Niamh Kennedy. Cllr Kennedy said she was ‘delighted’ to receive confirmation of major progress on both bridge projects after months of lobbying for it. Speaking as she stepped down after years as a chair of […]