By Sean Sweeney Planning for retirement is not simply about building a pension fund, it also means deciding how that money will provide an income once working life ends. One option many people encounter is an Approved Retirement Fund, commonly known as an ARF. Advertisement An ARF allows you to retain ownership of part of […]
The Way We Were
July 19, 1975 Council Chairman calls for enquiry into dole abuses There were further allegations surrounding the abuse of social welfare payments when Letterkenny Urban Council met this week. Advertisement There has been considerable controversy over the dole payments for several weeks, and from around Donegal there have been reports of some signing for the […]
‘Fresh look’ needed at road works delivery in Donegal
A “fresh look” at the delivery of road works is needed in Donegal, it has been claimed. Fianna Fáil Cllr Ciaran Brogan made the comments at the July plenary meeting of Donegal County Council. He asked for a review of the Roads & Transportation Directorate in light of the “massive area” of road works across […]
Adam’s on the right track
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Adam Speer came across this old bridge while he began to look at the possibility of adding a few extra ice baths to his fitness gym facility at Speer Performance on the Rockhill road outside Letterkenny. The old bridge would be more familiar with steam than ice when it was last in use nearly 80 […]
The fascinating history of Oldtown
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By Paul Bradley Long before Letterkenny existed as a town there was Oldtown (or “the Auldtown”). In fact, as you might guess from the name, it was a very early place of settlement, probably going back 4,000 years, with people drawn to a landscape very different to today’s: the Swilly estuary extended almost as far […]
Creeslough reunion to recall the memories of emigrants in London
NOWADAYS when we think of emigration, we think of the many young people who have emigrated to locations such as Australia, the Middle East or America but for generations of Donegal emigrants, the destinations of choice were the cities of Glasgow and London. In the mid 1980s, when Ireland was deep in recession, many local people […]
Council urged to allocate homes to Donegal Domestic Violence Services
DONEGAL County Council is being urged to set aside safe housing for victims of domestic violence. A recent meeting of the council heard that vulnerable women accessing domestic violence services are staying with abusive partners because they have nowhere else to go. Cllr Gerry McMonagle brought a motion to the July plenary meeting calling on […]
Online video of alleged attack was chilling and disturbing in many ways
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A video circulating online appearing to show a teenage girl being pulled to the ground by her hair and kicked by another girl has understandably caused distress and anger across the North West. I watched the footage of the alleged incident in Strabane several times in quick succession, struggling to believe it was real. The […]
Letterkenny Busking Festival tunes up for a return in August
THE Annual Letterkenny Busking Festival returns to the Main Street this summer with an amazing variety of acts. On Saturday, August 22, the highly anticipated 11th annual Letterkenny Busking Festival competition is set to make a triumphant return. Since its beginning in 2015, this vibrant festival has attracted talented buskers and performers from various genres, […]
Donegal local festivals allocated over €42,000 funding
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Donegal festivals have been allocated funding under the Small Scale Local Festivals & Summer Schools Scheme 2026. Local TD, Pat the Cope Gallagher, has welcomed the announcement by the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media of funding approvals, with Donegal securing €42,197.50 across a range of local cultural events. The scheme supports […]