Weather: Today will be breezy with scattered showers 


TODAY will be breezy with scattered showers and some sunny spells. Highest temperatures of 12 to 14 degrees with a moderate to fresh and gusty breeze. Tonight there will be clear spells and scattered showers, merging into longer spells of rain in the northwest. Advertisement Lowest temperatures of 5 to 8 degrees with moderate to […]

Letterkenny native John Bradley dies in Coventry


THE death has taken place in Coventry of John Bradley, formerly from Bomany, Letterkenny. John had been living in England since moving away from the town in the mid-1960s. Married to Dolores (née Donoghue), a native of Oldtown, Letterkenny, he was a regular visitor back to the town where he was very well known. After […]

Parenting: Home shouldn’t be a place of added stress at exam time


By Louise Flanagan The Leaving Certificate and Junior Cycle exams are looming large on the horizon. As a secondary school teacher, I’ve heard many parents say they feel as though they’re doing the exams again themselves, what with the LC or JC having consumed the whole house. While we can’t take the tests for them, […]

Donegal rivers benefit from major Loughs Agency improvements


Major investment along Deele, Finn and Reelan Rivers AS part of its Fisheries and Angling Improvement Strategy, the Loughs Agency has delivered a range of enhancement works across the Foyle catchment in Donegal, focusing on improving fish habitats and supporting sustainable angling. With over €200,000 invested in projects across Donegal, the Loughs Agency and local stakeholders […]

Manor woman was ‘well-loved’ member of the community


Susie Hamilton is the seventh person to die on Donegal’s roads this year By Dionne Meehan DONEGAL’S latest road victim, Susie Hamilton, is being remembered as a “well-loved” and “respected” member of her local community. Ms Hamilton (74), from Manorcunningham, tragically lost her life when the car she was driving collided with a van on […]

The Way We Were


Caolagh Grimes delves into the archives to bring you the news and images from yesteryear. If you have a photograph you would like published, send it to editor@donegalnews.com. MAY 24, 1975 Advertisement HALF MILLION POUND BRIDGE OVER MULROY BAY ‘UNREALISTIC’ A bridge over Mulroy Bay which would connect the peninsulas of Fanad and Rosguill, would […]

Evelyn’s Easter chick plan hatches €2,160 for Donegal Hospice


WHAT began as a simple late-night idea by an east Donegal woman has developed into an Egg-cellent success! One night, Evelyn Oliver woke up with a plan – to knit Easter chicks stuffed with Cadbury’s Cream Eggs and sell them to raise funds for Donegal Hospice. The idea quickly took flight, with friends and family […]