Fears over fire threat raised three years ago


A FORMER Donegal councillor has revealed he raised concerns three years ago about the risk of fire at land which ignited close to a Letterkenny shopping centre. A gorse fire swept across the Ramelton Road site on Tuesday afternoon, reaching close to the town’s Aldi car park. Large plumes of black smoke could be seen […]


Donegal man keeping ancient art of boat building alive


“We may have all come on different ships, but we’re in the same boat now” Martin Luther King Jr ESCAPING into a boat and disappearing on the ocean is something we have all dreamt of at one time or another. For Donegal man Élan Broadley it is more than a dream, it is a way […]


Grant boost for Donegal Airport welcomed


DONEGAL Airport has been given a lift following the allocation of a €22,500 grant. The funding is in respect of updating the air traffic control navigational charts. Welcoming the news, Leas Cheann Comhairle Pat the Cope Gallagher TD said it was vital that the airport was funded as it played an important role in Donegal’s […]


Organisers say all systems grow for Weedstock 2017


THE founder of the Donegal Cannabis Social Club has revealed plans are underway for the group’s third ‘Weedstock’ festival. Candice Faulkner said next month’s festival is about “bringing all cannabis activists throughout Ireland together”. First held in Donegal in 2015, Ms Faulkner has stressed that the festival will be held in a ‘top secret location’ […]