Rev. Alison Gallagher, is running the Walled City Marathon in Derry on Sunday June 4th to raise funds to construct a new church and community hall in Moville, a town overlooking Lough Foyle on the Inishowen peninsula. In a city built in two valleys, she is taking on this difficult challenge to raise funds […]
Freedom of Donegal to be conferred to Seamus Coleman
Coleman started his football career with St. Catherine’s. He joined Sligo Rovers in 2006 and then moved to England to sign for Everton in January 2009
Use of weapons in violence against women on the rise
WEAPONS are being increasingly used in acts of intense violence against women in Donegal, it has emerged. The grim fact was revealed recently by Service Manager of Donegal Women’s Domestic Violence Service (DWDVS), Dr Marie Hainsworth. Dr Hainsworth was speaking to the Donegal News in the wake of the publication of the national Women’s Aid […]
Work starts on €2m refurbishment of Government Offices
The Office of Public Works (OPW) is currently undertaking a refurbishment of Government Offices at High Road, Letterkenny
Friend is keeping Danielle’s motto alive through music
A LONGTIME friend of a Donegal woman murdered in India is planning on keeping his pal’s legacy alive by celebrating her life motto. Ben Taggart is triumphing the life expression of his good friend, Danielle McLaughlin, in a song he has penned about her using her favourite expression – ‘make sure you win’ – in […]
McHugh lashes back over SF’s ‘Monty Python’ remarks
DONEGAL TD Joe McHugh has hit back at Sinn Féin Senator Padraig Mac Lochlainn over the former TD’s comments on Minister Leo Varadkar. Mr McHugh described Mr Mac Lochlainn’s intervention in the race for the Fine Gael leadership as “ill-judged and riddled with fiction” and said the Sinn Féin man would be “better suited ending […]
Donegal students refused access to SUSI grants
Thousands of students from Donegal have been refused access to eligible student grants they should be entitled to. Deputy Pringle was speaking to Minister Burton in the Dáil this week raising the plight of 2,400 Donegal students who are attending the North West Regional Regional College in Derry city on level 5 QQI equivalency […]
Crosses to come down as part of council crackdown
DONEGAL County Council could be on a collision course with churchgoers after vowing to remove religious symbols as part of a crackdown on illegal advertising. Dozens of small wooden crosses bearing the words ‘Jesus Saves’ have turned up on lampposts and telegraph poles throughout the county in recent days. The signs give no indication as […]
Rory Gallagher Festival line up confirmed
THE full line up for this year’s Rory Gallagher Festival in Ballyshannon has just been confirmed and it is quite simply rock-tastic. Running from June 1 until June 4, the festival has something for everyone – whether you are genuine fan of the great man or just someone looking for a few good tunes in […]
Do you know Catherine Hayes Osbourne?
Donegal County Museum and the Royal Signals Museum are seeking any information, memories, photographs or to make contact with relatives of Catherine Hayes Osborne, Milford, Co Donegal. Catherine Hayes Osborne was a member of the British Women’s Army Auxillary Corps (WAAC) during the First World War. She became a “Hush WAAC”, a nickname given to […]