Eoghán Bán returns for visit of Tyrone 


Eoghán Bán Gallagher is back in the Donegal squad for Saturday’s All-Ireland SFC Group 1 opener against Tyrone in Ballybofey. The Killybegs man hasn’t featured since the league campaign due to injury. However, he has been named among the substitutes as Donegal return to action following their dramatic Ulster Final win over Armagh. Another notable […]

All set for Relay For Life charity event


By Paul McElwee FINAL preparations are underway ahead of this weekend’s Relay For Life charity event. Taking place over 24 hours at the grounds of ATU Letterkenny, the Donegal Relay For Life, whose ambassadors are our own Daniel and Majella O’Donnell, will begin at 4pm on Saturday. Advertisement It is the largest cancer fundraiser across the […]

Terry Ponsonby to be laid to rest on Tuesday 


By Dionne Meehan  A LETTERKENNY businessman, who passed away suddenly in Spain last week, will be laid to rest in his hometown on Tuesday. Best known for owning the popular local take-away ‘The Friars Rest’, Terry Ponsonby was a much-loved figure in the Cathedral Town and beyond. Advertisement The heart-breaking news of his sudden death […]

Weather: Dry start to the day but will become cloudy and wet 


AFTER a dry start with sunny spells, it will become cloudy and wet with outbreaks of rain or drizzle moving through the afternoon and evening. There will be mist and hill fog too. Highest temperatures of 14 to 19 degrees. Advertisement The rain will clear early tonight but it will stay cloudy with patches of […]

Local schoolboy receives a special surprise on his Communion day


THE grandson of a local man, who recently passed away in Spain, experienced a moment of joy on the morning of his First Holy Communion when a yellow Mustang unexpectedly appeared at his home. In the weeks leading up to the big day, Terry Ponsonby, a well-known businessman from Letterkenny, had been secretly planning the […]

Eighteen arrests for driving under the influence


by Louise Doyle GARDAÍ in Donegal have raised serious concerns in the wake of the number of people arrested in the Division in the last week on suspicion of driving while under the influence of alcohol or drugs. In all, 18 people were detected by gardaí in the one-week period from Tuesday of last week to Tuesday […]

Letterkenny’s new B&Q store to open next week


LETTERKENNY’S brand new B&Q store will open next week – creating 35 new jobs in the process. The new store will be located at the site of the former Homebase premises at Letterkenny Retail Park. It opens for business on Friday, May 30. Staff members who were formerly employed by Homebase and have since transferred […]

Tributes paid to Dunkineely man killed in road collision


By Paul McElwee A Donegal man, who had been living in Galway for a number of years, lost his life in a three-car collision in Galway at the weekend. Father-of-two from Dunkineely, Aiden McNern, who was in his 40s, had been travelling on the outskirts of the city on Sunday afternoon when he was involved […]