Lauren Wall delves into the archives to bring you the news and images from yesteryear If you have a photograph you would like published, send it to [email protected] September 25, 1976 Advertisement Big weekend of visiting anglers THIS should be a big weekend of activity for Cloughaneely Sea Club personnel as they act as hosts […]
CHANNEL HOPPER: The Late Late – Still not sure what it’s supposed to be
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By: Paul Bradley The Late Late Show – RTÉ1, Friday, 9.35pm Strictly Come Dancing – BBC1, Saturday, 6.15pm Advertisement Apocalypse – Channel 4, Sunday, 9pm Neagley – Amazon Prime Secrets Of The Bayeux Tapestry – BBC2, Sunday, 8pm Well, it’s that time of the year again already, and so we have another inevitable season of The […]
‘I’m still coming down from the high’
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An 18-year-old Donegal singer is still coming down from the weekend of a lifetime after he was selected by none other than famous musician Tinie Tempah to play on the main stage in Stradbally. Only one week after receiving his leaving certificate results, Rian McCauley took to the Three main stage at the Electric Picnic […]
100th birthday celebrations for Donegal man Brian Kelly
FAMILY members and friends gathered in Dublin recently to share in the 100th birthday celebrations of a proud Donegal man. Brian Kelly was born in Tievockmoy, Stranorlar on September 11, 1926, the third child of John Kelly and Elizabeth (Sarah) Jane Cunningham. The family moved a short time later to Magheracorran, Convoy and Brian attended Broadpath […]
Donegal remains one of the cheapest counties to buy a home
The most expensive home sale on the register so far this year is a house on Coliemore Road in Dalkey, recorded at €14,956,300 in June, new figures have revealed. A typical second-hand home in Dublin cost two and a half times as much as one in Donegal or Longford. Housing assistance experts at Felons site analysed […]
FRESH TAKE: Pride and passion still alive and well within local journalism
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There’s no shortage of predictions about the future of newspapers, or suggestions that local print is slowly becoming a thing of the past. More broadly, the media industry is often spoken about in terms of pressure, disruption and an uncertain future. But the work recognised at the Local Ireland Media Awards in Mullingar last week […]
Passing of a highly respected former Gaoth Dobhair teacher
THERE has been deep sadness at the passing of Máire Coll, a teacher whose long years in education were spent largely in schools of her own parish in Gaoth Dobhair Máire (née McGee) of Magheraclogher, Bunbeg passed away at Letterkenny University Hospital on Thursday last. A highly respected and dedicated teacher, she was held in […]
Families encouraged to apply for household benefit package
Older people and other eligible households across Donegal are being encouraged to check if they qualify for the Government’s household benefits package. The package provides valuable assistance with energy costs and includes a free television licence. The household benefits package provides financial support of up to €420 per year per household towards electricity or gas […]
‘There’s something special about Dolly’
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When asked about the late Dolly Parton, Margo O’Donnell speaks with the kind of fondness that is reserved for the most special people in our lives. Both known as ‘Queens of Country’ in their own right, Dolly and Margo’s enduring friendship began in the late 1990s. The two remarkable women first bonded over their rural […]
Letter to Editor: It’s time to shout stop
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Those of us in advanced years will remember the journalist John Healy who wrote a book No One Shouted Stop (The Death of an Irish Town), published in 1968, decrying the lack of public outcry against the economic and social decline of the west of Ireland at a time of mass poverty and emigration. Today […]