A Bruckless family is offering their Donegal farmhouse in a prize draw to raise funds for Beaumont Hospital Foundation. The Gallagher sisters are fundraising in honour of their parents who passed away less than weeks apart in 2018. “Our parents were both diagnosed as terminally ill in October 2016 when Dad was 74 and Mum […]
WOMEN’S VOICES FROM THE PAST – Revolutionary Times
Donegal County Museum, the Regional Cultural Centre and the Museum and Heritage Service of Derry City and Strabane District Council have commissioned and produced a series of six short video pieces which highlight the experiences of women during the Revolutionary Period (1919-1923). These videos provide snapshots of the period, exploring the stories of women during […]
Son resurrects old tractor in honour of his father
A forty-year-old Massey Ferguson tractor is back on the road in a poignant salute to its original owner. Raphoe man Alan Robb spent six months restoring the broken down vehicle which belonged to his father, John. John, who had Alzheimer’s, passed away in November just a week after the restoration job was complete. Advertisement The […]
LYIT to be location for Donegal’s vaccination centre
LETTERKENNY Institute of Technology has been confirmed as one of 37 vaccination centres across Ireland for the COVID-19 Vaccination Programme. These centres will support the vaccination of the general population in a safe and efficient manner. While currently vaccines are being administered in healthcare settings and by GPs, many people will be offered their vaccination […]
Donegal woman has key role in bringing jobs to Ireland
THE director of IDA Ireland, the government inward investment agency for the Australian and New Zealand market, is Letterkenny woman Kathryn O’Shea. The eldest daughter of Aidan O’Shea and Janet Gaynor, Kathryn first moved to Sydney in 2012 to complete a masters degree. When she saw a vacancy to work in the IDA office in […]
What happened the Creeslough man who left school early?
THE founder of an Irish pharmaceutical services company, which has begun trials on a new Covid-19 nasal spray vaccine is Donegal man Cathal Friel. Mr Friel (57) from Creeslough was a finalist in the International category as part of the EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2020. He left school after his Junior Cert to work […]
‘It’s not champagne we’re selling here’
A Donegal businessman has expressed his dismay after been hit with high post-Brexit charges on goods bound for Glasgow. Since the start of the year consumers have been asked to pay up to one-third extra in customs duties, VAT and additional delivery charges once they arrive in the UK. “It’s unsustainable and the price will […]
Walk in memory of Mary Ellen raises €33,000
THE ‘Walk with M.E.’ fund-raising event for Downstrands Family Resource Centre and the Kevin Bell repatriation trust on St Stephen’s Day has raised €33,215. The ‘Walk with M.E’ event was organised by Ardara man John Ross Molloy who lost his older sister Mary Ellen in a horrific car accident in Australia just a few days […]
Council tenants left to live in dire conditions
FURIOUS residents living in Council houses in Letterkenny say they feel abandoned by the local authority as they have been left living in dire conditions. Significant cracks in walls, severe damp, and insect infestations are just some of the complaints from residents living in the Glencar area who have this week lodged an objection with […]
Renewed appeal over murder of Andrew Burns
AN Garda Síochána have renewed their appeal for information on the eve of the 13th anniversary of the murder of Andrew Burns. On Tuesday February 12 2008, Mr Burns was gunned down at Donnyloop, Castlefinn by a number of individuals. Shortly after 7pm the 27-year-old received a number of gunshot wounds. He was later found […]