THE Donegal woman heading up Mary’s Meals in Ireland has described the charity’s move into poverty-stricken Yemen as a “momentous day”. Patricia Friel from Ramelton is Executive Director of Mary’s Meals Ireland, an organisation that now feeds children in 20 of the poorest countries in the world. Patricia began volunteering with the charity nine years […]
Council to discuss dogs on county’s blue flag beaches
DONEGAL’S canine fraternity has blasted plans to ban dogs from blue flag beaches during peak summertime hours. Donegal County Council will table proposals this week that could see such a prohibition come into force. The move comes following a directive issued by An Taisce. The heritage charity has written to all local authorities advising that […]
Glenswilly writer’s new play to debut this week
A local playwright’s debut work exploring the exhilarating highs and heart-wrenching lows of the Donegal Rally takes centre stage in Letterkenny this week. Patrick Quinn’s ‘Revved’ runs for four nights at An Grianán Theatre from Wednesday. A former St Eunan’s College student, 25-year-old Patrick studied at Queen’s University before training at the Royal Welsh College […]
Top Donegal rally team revving up for the new season
A LETTERKENNY based rally team has grown to become one of the biggest and most professional rallying outfits in the country. Run by Philip Case out of the Carrygally Business Park, Lismonaghan, the PCRS team has built a strong reputation in Ireland and the UK over the past sixteen years. In more recent times, the […]
Win a field in the Donegal Gaeltacht for £1
A FIELD is to be raffled on St Patrick’s Day to provide funds to build hurling and camogie facilities in Derry. Na Magha CLG have acquired the two-acre field outside Doochary and is selling tickets to win the ‘pound field’. Club officials are asking gaels to support the only surviving hurling club in Derry city […]
Challenge looming for church as priest numbers dwindle
A Donegal priest says a major challenge is looming for the Catholic church as the number of people turning to the priesthood continues to dwindle. Fr John Joe Duffy revealed that when he signed up for the National Seminary at Maynooth in 1995 there were close to 200 students. Today that figure stands at just […]
Brothers seriously injured in workplace accident
TWO Gortahork brothers were seriously injured in a workplace accident in Burtonport on Wednesday afternoon. The incident happened at around 3.30pm on the site of the new €4 million Burtonport Harbour Redevelopment project. It is understood both men fell from a height. Emergency services were quickly on the scene and the brothers were taken by […]
Gardaí investigating woman’s death in Kilmacrennan
GARDAI are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a woman in Kilmacrennan. Gardaí were alerted to the incident outside a private residence at approximately 8.20pm last night. The body of the woman has been taken to Letterkenny University Hospital where a post-mortem will be conducted. The Garda Press Office advised that no foul play […]
Diffing track owner backs calls for greater regulation
THE owner of a legal ‘diffing’ track says he fully supports calls for stricter regulations. Diffing, a form of drifting where cars perform manoeuvres such as donuts, was brought into sharp focus during the summer when hundreds of modified vehicles gathered in Letterkenny during what traditionally would have been Rally Weekend. Their well-publicised antics, which […]
New Principal named at Pobalscoil Ghaoth Dobhair
SEOIRSE Ó Dochartaigh has been appointed as the new Principal of Pobalscoil Ghaoth Dobhair. A native of Ardara, Seoirse has spent nineteen years as a staff member teaching Geography. He will succeed the current principal, Seamus Ó Briain, who has spent over seventeen years teaching in Pobalscoil Ghaoth Dobhair, a dozen of whom as Deputy […]