To mark the beginning of Bowel Cancer Awareness Month, BowelScreen, Ireland’s national bowel cancer screening programme, is reminding people to complete the simple at-home test that could save their life. BowelScreen, part of the National Screening Service, offers a free at-home test to people aged from 60-69. The test involves taking a small sample of […]
COVID-19 vaccinations continue in Donegal
COVID-19 vaccinations will continue to be administered in Donegal. Despite the closure of COVID-19 Testing Centres in the county, COVID-19 vaccination clinics and pop up clinics are continuing throughout the county. Primary doses of COVID-19 are available for those aged 6 months to 4 years, those aged 5 to 11 years and those aged 12 […]
Date confirmed for Strabane Lifford Half Marathon
THE 2023 Strabane Lifford Half Marathon has been confirmed for Sunday June 11 with registration now open. Elected members of Derry City and Strabane District Council ratified the decision during the latest meeting of its Business and Culture Committee. The eighth staging of one of the most popular events on the north west’s athletics calendar […]
The Vengaboys are coming…to Gaoth Dobhair
AS unusual as it sounds, The Vengaboys are coming…to west Donegal. The Europop dance outfit enjoyed huge commercial success in the late 1990s with hits including Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!, We’re Going to Ibiza and We Like to Party. The passing of time has done little to dampen the appetite for the colourful Dutch quartet […]
Protest held in Stranorlar over delayed school projects
FRUSTRATED students and teachers from Gaelscoil na gCeithre Máistrí, Donegal Town gathered outside of Scoil Mhuire, Stranorlar as Minister for Education Norma Foley arrived for the schools official opening. The protest is in response to the government decision to pause funding for school construction projects across the country. Across the country 58 school projects going […]
EVICTION NOTICE: ‘Where will these people go?’
EIGHTY eight eviction notices are set to be served to homes in Donegal today (Saturday) as the eviction ban comes to an end. Recent figures from the Residential Tenancies Board confirm that 88 eviction notices were served in Donegal up to September last year and these notices are due to come into effect when the ban […]
THE THIRD DEGREE: Stand-up comedy, enjoying retirement and hopes for the future
In this week’s edition of The Third Degree, Paul Bradley catches up with Andy McGranaghan, Ze Funnie Man, about the world of comedy, enjoying retirement and his plans for the future. Hi Andy, many thanks for agreeing to do this interview. How are you? All good Paul, thanks for the invite. You retired recently from the […]
Four ‘unforgettable’ concerts coming to An Grianán Theatre in July
Earagail Arts Festival teams up with TG4 and Aniar TV again in 2023 to present four unforgettable concerts at An Grianán Theatre in July. FOUR concerts featuring some of the finest artists across the traditional music genre will be filmed during Earagail Arts Festival 2023 and are now on sale! Aniar TV make a welcome […]
Government urged to keep cross-border opportunities at heart of new tertiary office
Independent TD for Donegal, Thomas Pringle, has urged Government to ensure the new National Tertiary Office keeps cross-border opportunities between Atlantic Technological University and third-level institutions in the North as an integral part of its work. In an exchange with Minister Simon Harris in the Dáil, Deputy Pringle said: “I think it is a very […]
Major progress on Lifford hospital
MAJOR progress has been made on Lifford’s new purpose built hospital. It has emerged that the HSE has been granted funding to carry out a feasibility study of the proposed site and when completed this will allow for a full capital submission to be submitted to the Department. The new Community Nursing Unit would consist […]