AS CLOSE to 100,000 households were without electricity in the west and southwest of Ireland following one of the worst storms in 16 years, a crew from the Donegal ESB assisted their colleagues down the country.
Angler rescued at Malin Head
A LATVIAN man fishing off Malin Head on Monday evening became trapped by the tide and had to be winched to safety by the Coastguard helicopter.
Report: Donegal defeat Roscommon by nine points in challenge
DONEGAL continued the blow off of the winter cobwebs with a useful nine-point win over Roscommon in Convoy.
Michael Murphy says Donegal are ready for 2014
MICHAEL Murphy will play his first Dr McKenna Cup game in four years on Sunday-week and the Donegal captain insists that the Tir Chonaill men want to hit the ground running in 2014.
New courthouse is ‘poor urban design’ – architect
LETTERKENNY firm claims design of new courthouse detracts from ‘already fragile part of’ Cathedral town.
Tributes and memories of Frankie Kennedy and the winter school
TODAY (Friday), December 27, marks the opening of the last ever Scoil Gheimhridh Frankie Kennedy. Although the torch is being passed on to a new group of organisers who will over the winter school, it will be a bittersweet event for everyone involved.
Susan’s Christmas Day baby dash
YESTERDAY (Thursday) proud mum, Susan Flinter from Convoy was happily nursing her new born daughter, Kailee (7lb 2oz) at Letterkenny General Hospital after a bit of a drama on Christmas Day.
DJ Daithi’s annual St Stephen’s Day Reunion at The Central
EVERY year on St Stephen’s night well-known DJ Daithi takes to the decks at The Central niteclub in Letterkenny to welcome home all friends, old and new, who’ve been flung across the globe, and reuniting them with those who’ve stayed.
Heike (75) speaks of terrifying ordeal
AI have described the attempted robbery at the home of a 75-year-old woman near Kerrykeel at the weekend as ‘nasty and despicable’.
Bundoran RNLI urges safety over Christmas holidays
BUNDORAN RNLI has urged water users to exercise common sense and safety over the Christmas holidays as stormy conditions continue to make sea conditions treacherous along the coast of south Donegal.