THE Doe Amateur Swimming Club has announced that the Bluestack Special Needs Foundation has been chosen as the beneficiary charity for their iconic Annual New Year’s Day Dip. The swim will be kicking off at 2pm on Thursday, January 1, 2026, at the Marble Hill Beach, Dunfanaghy. The beloved tradition, which is celebrating its 48th year, brings […]
Generosity shines through: Lions Club charity auction raises €20,000
THE immense generosity of members of the public and businesses across Donegal shone through once again this year, with Letterkenny Lions Club’s Annual Charity Auction raising €20,000 for the Donegal Food Response Network (DFRN). The network, established by Donegal Local Development CLG (DLDC), consists of 21 community and voluntary organisations. Each year, 100,672 food packages […]
Special event honours First Responder volunteers
by Sean Hillen MORE than 100 people packed into Ionad Naomh Fionnan, Falcarragh to pay tribute to selfless volunteers known as ‘First Responders,’ comprising ordinary people who receive basic medical training and rush to help in emergency situations. Attended by infants and the elderly alike, the ‘Light Up A Star’ event, hosted by Buíon Cheoil […]
Teacher’s road to recovery after brain aneurysm
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by Lauren Wall A YOUNG Stranorlar teacher who suffered a life-changing brain aneurysm earlier this year has spoken about her journey to recovery. Elaine McGovern (39) was left paralysed in her left leg from the knee down following the sudden subarachnoid hemorrhage at her home in May. Advertisement The mother-of-one was rushed to Beaumont Hospital in Dublin, where she had […]
A ‘match’ made in heaven…
SOME may say newlyweds Aoife and Ryan Mortimor are a match made in heaven, and thanks to Tinder, a match is exactly how their love story began. Aoife, from Derry City, stumbled across her future husband, Ryan, a farmer from Craigbane, on the popular dating app. And, as they say, the rest is history. Advertisement […]
Weather: Dry day ahead with a mix of cloud and sunshine
TODAY will be dry and cloudy with lingering mist or fog patches at first. Clear and bright spells will develop early on with sunny spells at times too. Highest temperatures of 3 to 6 degrees in light or variable breezes. Advertisement Tonight will be cloudy to start with clearer spells developing early on with patches […]
Moya Brennan opens Scoil Gheimhridh Ghaoth Dobhair
Moya Brennan of Clannad performed the official opening of this year’s Scoil Gheimhridh Ghaoth Dobhair in Teach Hiúdaí Beag, Bunbeg on Saturday evening. The Scoil Gheimhridh will run until Thursday, January 1. Moya is pictured with Aifric Nic Niallais who made a presentation to Moya on behalf of the organising committee. Photographer Tommy Curran went along […]
Fundraising curragh event supports Teach Pobail Mhuire Building Fund
CUMANN na gCurach Ghaoth Dobhair has presented a cheque for €2,100 to Fr. Brian Ó Fearraigh, P.P., in aid of Teach Pobail Mhuire Building Fund. The funds were raised through a special fundraising currach row organised earlier this year in response to the devastating fire that completely destroyed Teach Pobail Mhuire on Easter Monday. Three […]
Feature Flashback: Thanks for being a friend Ollie
The Donegal News looks back at our most popular feature stories of 2025. IT was close to the end of Ollie’s time in charge at Finn Harps when I was speaking to him in the lead-up to a game against Derry City. We’d finished our chat with me wishing him well for Friday night and […]