A DONEGAL hotelier has said he will continue to fly the Union Flag for his British guests despite online calls for a boycott of his business. Brendan Rohan unfurled the flag outside the Corcreggan Mill near Dunfanaghy last week following the arrival of visitors from England. The Corcreggan has been in business since 1990 and […]
Young Letterkenny athlete selected on Irish squad
Anna (17), who is a Transition Year student at Loreto Letterkenny, won both the 25 metre freestyle and butterfly swimming events in Newry last weekend
Letterkenny Parish was almost €27,000 in the black
Details of the Parish Accounts, for year ended December 31, 2016, were issued by the Parish Finance Committee through the weekly newsletter
‘We can’t repeat mistakes of past when building houses’
DONEGAL County Council has been urged not to repeat the mistake it made a decade ago when thousands of houses were built but not the roads to support them. Sinn Féin’s Gerry McMonagle said that during the noughties – 2000 to 2009 – it had been a case of “development at the cost of infrastructure”. […]
Tory Island’s car graveyard to be cleared
AS many as 70 abandoned vehicles will be taken off Tory Island over the coming weeks, having accumulated over several years. Under current rules, those wishing to bring a car on to Tory must pay €40. But in a bid to head off a repeat of the vehicle graveyard which has built up, the Tory […]
Cllr calls for border towns to be ‘readied for Brexit’
TOWNS closest to the Strabane/Lifford border need to be in a position to grasp economic opportunities thrown up as a result of businesses leaving the North because of Brexit, a Donegal councillor has said. Cllr Paddy McGowan was speaking at the recent launch of the draft County Donegal Development Plan for 2018-2024 which sets out […]
Creationist roadshow in Letterkenny this Saturday
A creationist organisation with an event that teaches children how humans and dinosaurs once existed on earth together will be in Letterkenny this weekend. The ‘Prehistoric Preachers Dinosaur Roadshow’ is hosted by Creation Ministries, an organisation that preaches the belief that the world is only 6,000 years old. The fundamentalist Christian group – which describes […]
Pot luck as Ardara teenager prepares for China trip
Ronan Whyte will travel to China in early July ahead of the competition which gets underway on July 7
Donegal actress Amybeth McNulty to make Netflix debut
AN American audience will get its first glimpse of a young Donegal actress this evening as she takes the lead role in a new Netflix series. Letterkenny teenager Amybeth McNulty saw off competition from almost 2,000 auditionees to clinch the part of Anne in the eight episode drama of the same name. Based on Lucy […]
Passenger numbers on the increase at Donegal Airport
DONEGAL Airport has recorded a 17 per-cent increase in passenger numbers on its Donegal/Dublin route in the first quarter of 2017, according to new figures. Aer Lingus Regional has operated the Donegal Dublin route on a Public Service Obligation (PSO) basis since February 2015 and in this time the airline has seen consistent growth on […]