by Louise Doyle DONEGAL County Council has spent almost €25,000 on a Dublin-based solicitor who had been keeping a ‘watching brief’ on legal proceedings against a local councillor, we can reveal. Information released to the Donegal News through a request under the Freedom of Information Act shows Donegal County Council has paid €24, 848.50 on attendances […]
Lennon Festival returns next week
The highly anticipated Lennon Festival returns on Thursday, July 4, for its 53rd year bringing with it major events, acts and unbelievable atmosphere.
PARENTING COLUMN: A brush with Scarlet fever
Out of nowhere, the rash got brighter and crept down her arms and across her belly.
Fresh appeal on assault in Donegal earlier this month
Gardaí say the alleged assault took place at approximately 3.30am on Sunday the 2nd of June, at Maginn Avenue in the town.
The Donegal man mentored by acclaimed pianist
by Kate Heaney PERMISSION to practise on the Loreto Letterkenny’s Steinway piano, in advance of a 15-year-old getting ready to sit a Royal Irish Academy of Music exam, changed the life of a Milford teenager from which he has never looked back. Gerard O’Donnell, pictured right, was practising his pieces on the piano as people milled […]
From a Donegal sunset into a Yorkshire dawn
by Paddy Walsh SIX and a half years after there had been a warm welcome in the hills for them, two clerics, Rev David and Heather Houlton, are preparing to take their leave off their parishes and their home in Letterkenny. The Church of Ireland community along with representatives from other denominations and local schools […]
Local hero rescues man from house fire
THE heroic actions of a young Ballyare man saved the life of an elderly man when he entered the burning house at Corkey Manorcunningham to rescue his grandfather’s neighbour. Kealan Dolan put aside his own safety after he noticed smoke coming from the elderly man’s house eight days ago. He jumped from his jeep and […]
A Letterkenny bus route is now wheelchair accessible
Expressway Route 64 (Galway-Letterkenny) service has become wheelchair accessible at some major stops along the route, including Letterkenny
Probe following death of man in Donegal garda cell
AN investigation is underway after a man was found dead the cell of a garda station in Donegal
Errigal engagement: Evangeline says YES to Patrick at the summit
LETTERKENNY man Patrick Hegarty has mustered the courage to propose to his girlfriend, Evangeline Vieira-Miller, at the summit of Errigal Mountain, and thankfully she accepted. Patrick, who moved to Australia in 2004 at the age of nine, has been traveling across Europe for the past year with his new Australian fiancée, Evangeline. The pinnacle of […]