Letterkenny Cricket Club honoured at Mayor’s Reception


Letterkenny Cricket Club were honoured at a Mayor’s Reception held at the Public Services Centre, Letterkenny last evening. The award is in recognition of the Club’s continued success since its establishment in 2019. In this short timespan the Club has grown to over 100 members and recently secured promotion to the Premier League for the […]

Ramelton artist to host landmark exhibition and poetry anthology in Kerry


A RAMELTON-based artist will host a landmark exhibition and poetry anthology in Co Kerry in early February, confronting Ireland’s institutional legacy. ‘The Architecture of Containment’ confronts one of the most urgent and unresolved legacies of the Irish State: the physical, social, and psychological architectures through which lives were controlled, silenced, and contained. Hosted and funded […]

Donegal receives over €200,000 in funding for heritage projects


Donegal has received a significant allocation of over €200,000 in funding for heritage projects across the county. Under the Built Heritage Investment Scheme eight projects will receive over €130,000 and eight thatched buildings under the Historic Thatched Buildings stream will receive almost €80,000. Donegal Projects Funded in 2026 Advertisement Built Heritage Investment Scheme (BHIS) Local […]

Top of the class: James Cassidy honoured at DCU Scholars Awards


Dublin City University has recognised undergraduate students for their academic achievement in last year’s Leaving Certificate at the DCU Scholars Awards which were held  in The U Student Centre, Glasnevin Campus on Thursday. The students were recognised for achieving more than 600 points in the Leaving Certificate exams.  Among the students to be honoured was […]

Ministers urged to visit parts of Donegal without basic water services


DONEGAL TD Pearse Doherty has called on government ministers to visit Donegal and see first-hand the impact that a lack of access to public water is having on local communities. Deputy Doherty was criticising the lack of investment and accountability from government on the issue. Speaking to Minister James Browne and Minister Cummins in the Dáil yesterday, […]

Overnight water restrictions to remain in place for Lough Mourne supply


UISCE Éireann is advising customers on the Lough Mourne Public Water Supply that overnight water restrictions will remain in place while work continues to stabilise supplies and replenish local reservoirs. The restrictions – which came into force at the end of last week – are operating nightly from 10pm to 8am the following morning, in […]

Donegal HSE Home Support Health Care Assistants to strike in February


SIPTU members working as Health Care Assistants (HCAs) in the HSE Home Support Service across Donegal will engage in strike action on February 13 and February 20, in a dispute arising from their employer’s failure to honour national agreements on terms and conditions. SIPTU Organiser, Ciaran Sheridan, said: “The failure of the HSE to honour agreed […]

Weather: Dull day ahead with scattered outbreaks of rain


TODAY will be a generally dull day with outbreaks of rain and drizzle spreading northwards, with just limited bright spells. Highest temperatures of 5 to 9 degrees. Tonight will be mostly cloudy and dry with just some outbreaks of rain and drizzle. Advertisement Breezy with moderate to fresh east to northeast winds. Lowest temperatures of […]

Talk on the mysterious drowning of Bella Brooks


THE next meeting of the Ballybofey, Stranorlar and District Historical Society will take place in the Henderson Hall (F93 XV29) Stranorlar on Monday, January 26 at 8pm. This month’s special guest speaker is Rev Raymond Blair and the talk is entitled ‘The mysterious drowning of Bella Brooks in 1876.’ Rev Blair will examine the historical […]