RUNNERS and walkers are being encouraged to pull on their trainers this Thursday evening for the ever popular Errigal College 5k. Registration for the fun 5k race and walk takes place in Errigal College at 5pm and the event then starts at 6.30pm in the nearby St Conal’s car park. The route of this year’s […]
Donegal anti-abortion campaigner begins hunger strike
A DONEGAL Independent election candidate has started a hunger strike outside the Dáil demanding that Leo Varadkar and the Oireachtas Committee on abortion watch a video of a termination before discussing a referendum any further. Tim Jackson from Ballybofey wrote to Leo Varadkar and Senator Catherine Noone, chairwoman of the committee, last week requesting the […]
Seamus Coleman: Taking those important baby steps
While the horrific leg injury has keep Coleman out of football for the past six months it did afford him the rare opportunity to lead a ‘normal’ life.
Electricity breakthrough ‘so simple it’s baffling’
A self-confessed “physics junkie” has developed a mechanism which he says could revolutionise the way electricity is generated. Energy and how it is created has been a passion of Chris Devine’s for decades. Now, from the garage of his Rossgier home, he believes he may have come up with a way of slashing household power […]
Debate to ask ‘What did the Council ever do for us?’
A DEBATE will take place in Letterkenny on Urban District Councils and Town Councils as part of Culture Night.
Kilcar, the home of both football and Hole-ball
Footballers from a previous generation took centre stage in Kilcar as they engaged in a game of holeball along the village’s main thoroughfare.
Donegal says a fond farewell to Eamon ‘Brock’ Martin
ONE of Lifford’s most colourful characters, Eamon Martin, has passed away. Mr Martin, better known to friends and the wider community as ‘Brock’, ran a tyre depot and souvenir shop in the border town for decades. He captured national headlines for his 46 year running battle with the planning authorities over the expansion of his […]
Google urged to map the changing face of Donegal
A COUNCILLOR is calling on the local authority to notify Google and all other e-mappers of changes to local road layouts. Cllr Michael McBride said he was prompted to table the motion at a sitting of Letterkenny Municipal District on Monday following a mix-up in the summertime which led to an appointment running late. The […]
Donegal among top AirBnB destinations
IT comes as no surprise that Donegal has featured three times in the top 15 trending summer destinations for Irish travellers, according to Airbnb. According to data from bookings on the site from June 1 and August 31, 2017, Buncrana and Ballyshannon were among of the most popular holiday destinations. Coming in ahead of the […]
Eight schoolchildren hospitalised following bus crash
EIGHT schoolchildren have been taken to hospital following a crash near St Johnston.