Bundoran’s LGFA club awarded top prize


Lidl Ireland has announced the winners of its club fundraising initiative that took place earlier this year. Donegal’s Bun Dobhráin LGFA Club were awarded a top prize of €20,000 from the retailer as part of the initiative which called on communities to support their local clubs by scanning their Lidl Plus app at the checkout […]


Former LYIT president to stay on at Atlantic University


THE former president of Letterkenny Institute of Technology has admitted there were days when he wondered if Atlantic Techological University would ever get over the line. Paul Hannigan spoke to the Donegal News at an official launch event held at the Port Road campus on Monday. On whether there was ever a time when he thought the project might […]


Donegal author launches second book


WEST Donegal author John Joe McGinley has launched his second book examining the Irish and the global political influence they have wielded over the decades. ‘The Irish in Power’ tells the story of some of the USA’s most flamboyant and influential Irish American politicians. It relates the tales of the men and women whose ancestors left […]


‘This is the time for the west to step forward’


DOZENS of people gathered at Craoibhín Community and Enterprise Centre to hear how Termon is leading the way in Ireland’s remote working revolution. CoWork Plus is an initiative that offers office space where people can operate without having to commute. But attendees at the project’s launch heard how the Termon centre has become more than […]


‘This one’s for you grandad’


A Ramelton woman awarded a bursary for excellence in agricultural studies has dedicated it to her late grandfather. Catherine Grier, a student at Gurteen College in Tipperary, is the first female ever to receive the Irish Holstein Friesian Association (IHFA) grant. The 21-year-old deaf student’s detailed knowledge and in-depth understanding of dairy farming impressed the […]