GEOGRAPHY students at the Royal and Prior Comprehensive School in Raphoe received a letter in the post this week from broadcaster and natural historian, Sir David Attenborough. The 94-year-old documentarian, whose work includes: Life on Earth, Planet Earth and his most recent documentary, A Life on Our Planet, wrote to the students as part […]
Death of John Joe Doherty in Sydney
THE death occurred after a short illness on Sunday evening of John Joe Doherty, Sydney, Australia and formerly from Ray, Manorcunningham. John Joe (84) spent his early days as a butcher in Patterson’s Butcher’s Shop in Main Street, Letterkenny, before travelling with his girl-friend Rose McGarvey from Termon to Australia in 1958. The couple married […]
Crash outside of school raises fresh safety concerns
A CRASH yesterday afternoon, which resulted in a woman being taken to hospital, has sparked fresh safety concerns at Magherabeg in Manorcunningham. The two-vehicle collision happened shortly before 3pm on the busy Letterkenny to Derry road, a stretch of road that has become notorious for accidents. Gardai and the ambulance service attended the scene and […]
Peadar O’Donnell book back in print after 83 years
A book by prominent Donegal writer and activist Peadar O’Donnell is available in print again after being out of circulation for over 80 years. First published in 1937 by Methuen, ‘Salud! – An Irishman in Spain’ is the only first hand account by an Irish writer of the opening months of the Spanish Civil War. […]
Gardaí issue fresh appeal over Lifford assault
A year on from an incident where a man was assaulted in his home in Lifford, gardaí have issued a fresh appeal for information. The aggravated burglary and serious assault took place at a house on the Coneyburrow Road one year ago today, November 18 2019. At approximately 7.35pm on the evening of Monday November […]
Council pay out almost €19m under Restart Grant Schemes
ALMOST €19m has been paid out in grant funding to businesses across Donegal this year under Restart Grant Schemes. The grant, administered by Donegal County Council, is to help businesses with the costs associated with the Covid-19 pandemic. To date, over 4,000 individual grant payments to the value of €18.6m have been paid since the […]
Multi-agency meeting held over Ballybofey landslide
A cross border multi-agency meeting was held yesterday afternoon to co-ordinate the response to the landslide at the Meenbog Wind Farm near Ballybofey. Hundreds of cubic metres of peat and debris entered into a stream and on to the Mournebeg River which has been described by Donegal County Council, in a statement this afternoon, as […]
Lotto winner surfaces six days before ticket expires
A Donegal lotto winner has come forward to claim their prize of more than €100,000 days before it was due to expire. National Lottery headquarters issued an urgent appeal recently for the owner of the €120,000 ticket to come forward. The lucky docket was purchased in Ballyshannon in August and was due to expire next […]
‘If a 6 year old kid can do it, why can’t rest of us?’
A LEADING public health specialist has warned that people need to ‘knuckle down’ if Donegal is to get out of Covid-19 lockdown in December. Donegal, Derry and Strabane continue to top the 7-day lists although cases numbers have been falling for much of the past three weeks. Dr Anthony Breslin, Specialist in Public Health Medicine […]
Major honour for Stranorlar-born priest’s work abroad
A DONEGAL born Missionary has been recognised with the Presidential Distinguished Service Award for the Irish Abroad 2020. Stranorlar native Fr Kevin O’Hara of the St. Patrick’s Missionary Society received his award last week in the category of Peace, Reconciliation and Development. Sr Pat Murray also received a similar award in the same category The […]