Task Sky Atlantic, Monday, 9pm The Newsreader BBC2, Thursday, 9pm Rob And Rylan’s Passage To India BBC2, Sunday, 9pm. Advertisement The Records Show RTE1, Sunday, 6.30pm. Mark Ruffalo has been playing the Hulk for so long that for a few minutes his character in Sky Atlantic’s new drama Task feels a bit strange somehow: he […]
The Third Degree: Helping the next generation of musicians
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Hi Richard, thank you for doing this interview. Could you tell us a little bit about yourself please? I’m originally from the BelfastLisburn area. I started playing guitar and writing songs at the age of 13, having been shown my first few chords on the guitar by my sister. I played in various bands over the […]
Granddaughter’s pride at opening of new Kay McNulty Data Centre
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By Paddy Walsh JUST over a century since the young Kathleen Rita McNulty left her native Creeslough with her family for a new and, as it turned out, remarkable life in the United States, her grand-daughter stood in front of the facility at Letterkenny ATU that bears her grandmother’s name. Behind her on the window, […]
Largest ever intake of students highlights growing demand on Errigal College
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By Róise Collins AS Letterkenny’s population grows, so does the demand for inclusive education and at the centre of it all is Errigal College. With surging enrolments, a growing demand for co-education and a forward-looking STEM programme, their future is bright but it depends heavily on the delivery of a new school building. Advertisement In his […]
Paddy Diver: From campaigner to health guru
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by Louise Doyle PADDY Diver is regarded as a community hero. His name has long been synonymous with tireless campaigning for the thousands of people in Donegal whose lives have been affected by living in homes built with defective concrete blocks. The Inishowen man led an ‘army’ to the country’s capital in 2021 to call for […]
Donegal author Joanne debuts AI Playbook at Las Vegas Conference
“AI is the biggest workplace transformation since the Internet, but it isn’t about coding, it’s about communication.” That’s the message from Downings native and Harvard Kennedy School graduate Joanne Sweeney, who took to the stage in Las Vegas last week to share insights from her new book, AI Playbook. Fresh from delivering a keynote at […]
Success of Relay for Life Donegal celebrated at presentation event
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By Paddy Walsh SERVICES and initiatives that benefit from Relay for Life Donegal received a massive boost this week when it was announced that €222, 831 was raised from the event held last May. It brings the total generated since Relay got underway in the county 2012, to over €2 million – an astonishing figure […]
Rúnaí Mairéad says ‘slán’ after 32 years
By Aoife Doherty GAELSCOIL Adhamhnáin rúnaí, Mairéad Uí Fhearraigh is set to retire this week. Mairéad, a Ranafast native, has been living in Letterkenny for the past 36 years. Advertisement During this time, Mairéad has been a vital cog in the machine at the busy Gaelscoil Adhamhnáin. Mairéad has worked there since the school first […]
Renewed call for Letterkenny musician to be honoured
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by Louise Doyle FRESH calls are being made for the council to identify funding so that the performance area in Letterkenny Town Park can be named after a legendary Donegal musician. Ted Ponsonby, from Oldtown in Letterkenny, was a founding member of The Rascals during the 1970s. He was widely known throughout the country for […]
Tommy and his school pals all set for another reunion
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By Paddy Walsh It was a vaguely familiar face that caught Tommy Ronaghan’s attention in the Oasis Bar in Letterkenny around a quarter of a century ago. “I met this guy a few times there and thought I knew him,” he recalls. Advertisement “I eventually asked him who he was and found out he was […]