Controversial scheme to go ahead despite objections


A CONTROVERSIAL social housing development for Ballybofey is to proceed despite 26 submissions of concern from local residents. The scheme, which will see 19 homes built at a site in Trusk Road in a mix of two and three bedroom two-storey houses, was given the green light after the approval of a Part eight planning […]


Eighteen confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Donegal today


There have been no new deaths reported to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre today. There has now been a total of 1,792 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland. As of midnight Monday, 21 September, the HPSC has been notified of 334 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 33,444* confirmed cases of COVID-19 […]


Pandemic helps mother-of-two tackle her ‘bucket list’


LUCY Rodgers is a special educational needs (SEN) teacher who had always had an interest in creating a children’s book. The changes brought about by the coronavirus gave her the opportunity to turn that dream into a reality and the net result is ‘Sadie and Matty Bouse’. The story is about a girl named ‘Sadie’ […]


Twenty-one cases of Covid-19 reported in Donegal today


There have been no new deaths reported to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre today. There has now been a total of 1,792 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland. Advertisement As of midnight Sunday, 20 September, the HPSC has been notified of 188 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 33,121 confirmed cases of […]


Island’s female population in training for new GAA team


ARRANMORE’S female population is turning the negative of Covid-19 into an opportunity to establish a women’s GAA team on the island. Arranmore has a long and successful soccer tradition but is less well known for its Gaelic football prowess. With the coronavirus allowing more people to work from home, a group of women on the […]


Hopes high that Gweedore hotel will be restored


  ONE of the west Donegal’s best known hotels, the Ostan Gweedore, overlooks the ‘Bád Eddie‘ shipwreck resting on Magheraclogher bay. Over recent years both sites, which have become synonymous with the region, have fallen into a state of disrepair and locals and visitors alike are hopeful that their futures can be preserved. Advertisement And […]


Edel has her needles at the ready for Culture Night


DONEGAL fashion designer Edel MacBride will impart some of the secrets of the trade when she hosts a special online knitting master class this evening. Edel owns a sustainable fashion company in the heart of Donegal, specialising in all areas of knit and crochet since 1987. Her online class, broadcast on her Facebook page at […]