MORE than 500 people attended the funeral of singer Bridie Gallagher who was laid to rest in her native Creeslough on Wednesday.
New world record for Ivan Scott
KILMACRENNAN man Ivan Scott has set a new lamb shearing world record and claimed another world championship in New Zealand.
On Monday he shore 744 lambs in eight hours, beating by two sheep the previous world record.
Creameries sale cleared
THE Competition Authority has given the go-ahead for the multi-million euro sale of the Donegal Creameries milk business to the Connacht Gold
Letterkenny’s dramatic slide in national litter league 'puzzling'
THE latest Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL) survey stated that the approach roads to Letterkenny are “the worst in the country”.
Donegal faces ‘awful price’ in suicides
A Priest and counsellor has warned ‘an awful price will be paid’ if the government continues with harsh cutbacks in the mental health sector.
Freemasonry’s Donegal history highlighted
THE Provincial Grand Librarian for the Province of Antrim and Curator of the Freemason Museum in Belfast visited Letterkenny on Wednesday to share some of the history of the organisation with the County Museum.
Drink driving detections down on last year
THE head of the Garda Traffic Corps in Donegal has welcomed a decrease in the number of drink driving detections over the Christmas period from last year.
Protests across county on Sunday
THE public has been asked to come out on Sunday and support protest meetings against increased fuel prices and household charges in towns across Donegal.
TDs and Senators pensions revealed
DONEGAL’S 11 former TDs and Senators will collect annual pensions amounting to more than €400,000 in 2012 even after the pension reductions brought in during 2010.
Man recovering from Letterkenny assault
A MAN was recovering in Letterkenny General Hospital yesterday (Thursday) after he was attacked and seriously injured following a “domestic incident” at a house in Letterkenny.