Today marked the first day without the afternoon flight at Donegal Airport – a service that local cancer care campaigners and politicians have been advocating tirelessly to reinstate. A new PSO schedule has been adopted, replacing the previous schedule of morning and afternoon departures from Donegal, and lunchtime and evening return flights from Dublin, with […]
Packie Keeney inaugurated as Donegal Person of the Year
By Eoin Mc Garvey in Dublin The Donegal Association in Dublin never fail to impress and Saturday night was no different when the ballroom in the Bonnington Hotel was packed for the presentation of the 2025 Donegal Person of the Year award to Ardara native Packie Keeney. Born and raised in Ardara, and later making […]
Termon road reopened following afternoon collision
Gardaí and emergency services responded to report of a single-vehicle road traffic collision in Termon this afternoon. The collision, involving a car, occurred at approximately 3.40pm. A man and a woman were conveyed to Letterkenny University Hospital as a precaution. Advertisement A garda spokesperson confirmed that there were no other injuries reported and the road […]
Donegal Irish Red Cross volunteers celebrated with Long Service Awards
DONGEAL Irish Red Cross volunteers were among 28 people across the country to be recognised for years of service to their communities. The 28 volunteers from Donegal, Clare, Cork, Limerick, Louth and Dublin were recognised at an event in Mansion House, Dublin for giving more than 50 years’ service. They were awarded with Long Service […]
Donegal coders to travel to Canada to represent Ireland
THE Cully Coders, an all-girl robotics team from Cully, just outside Donegal Town, have achieved outstanding success at the FIRST LEGO League 2026 Unearthed All-Ireland Final in Dublin. They will now travel to Canada in June to represent Ireland. The five girls, aged between 11 to 14 years old, earned the Champions Award, the top […]
The Way We Were
Ava Maguire delves into the archives to bring you the news and images from yesteryear. March 27, 1976 Annagry factory beats British and continental firms for £170,000 contract Advertisement GPE, the Plastics Engineering Company with headquarters in Annagry, has been awarded a contract for the manufacture of the effluent discharge pipeline for the giant Ashai Textile […]
Bishop Niall Coll shares Easter message of hope
BISHOP of Raphoe, Niall Coll, has shared a reflective Easter message highlighting how hope endures even in a world marked by conflict and unspeakable human suffering. At a moment when overreach of power and bitter invective seem to dominate public life, and when violent rhetoric and devastating wars scar so many parts of our world, […]
Number of Donegal drivers caught without insurance far below national average
A TOTAL of 292 car insurance offences were recorded in Donegal in 2025, with 8,776 offences recorded on the county’s roads since 2003. Analysis of new CSO stats by CompareInsurance.ie found there was one insurance offence for every 418 driving licences in Donegal last year – far below the national average of one in 363. […]
Court hears how man urinated on woman’s underwear and in laundry baskets
A MAN is to be served with a book of evidence to appear at Letterkenny Circuit Court on a series of charges including urinating on a woman’s underwear and damaging a mattress and bed clothing in the same manner. Christian Blanc made no reply to each of the seven charges put to him before a […]
South American descendant returns to Letterkenny bearing gifts of heritage
A DEEPLY symbolic homecoming took place in Letterkenny, when a descendant of the Gallagher family arrived from South America, bringing with him gifts and a powerful story rooted in history, migration and enduring family ties. The visitor’s lineage traces back to a Gallagher ancestor who emigrated during the Great Irish Famine in the mid-19th century. […]