A west Donegal councillor is calling for a full audit of fire hydrants after it emerged emergency service personnel were unable to access one during last week’s gorse catastrophe. Councillor Micheal Mac Giolla Easbuig has made a number of proposals in the wake of the devastating blazes, including that all hydrants be inspected. “Firefighters at […]
Stunning Tory Island hotel up for sale
A once in a lifetime investment opportunity has arisen on Tory Island in the form of the stunning Harbour View Hotel. The 14-bedroom hotel has been placed on the market with a price tag of €400,000 and is being sold following the retirement of its owners, Sean and Patricia Doherty. Gareth McLarnon, selling agent with […]
Donegal musicians back calls for Eurovision boycott
TWO prominent Donegal musicians have added their voices to calls for Ireland not to send an entrant to next month’s Eurovision Song Contest. Thousands of high profile names world-wide, including Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters, Brian Eno and filmmakers Ken Loach and Mike Leigh, have signed a petition backing an appeal from Palestinian artists for a […]
Wind warning issued ahead of Storm Hannah
A WIND warning has been issued for Donegal ahead of the arrival of Storm Hannah which is set to bring gusts of 90 to 110 km/h. Met Eireann said it will become very windy on Friday night and into Saturday morning with a yellow wind warning in place from 11pm on Friday night to 9am […]
Harald Mór hitting the right notes in west Donegal
A German musician with deep roots in Donegal is rounding up the county’s finest trad artists for a CD in aid of the charity Doctors Without Borders. Harald Juengst has lived between Ranafast and his native Duisburg for over 40 years and has built up strong musical connections in west Donegal, to the point where […]
Dublin commuters enjoying Denise’s poetry in motion
A poem by a Donegal writer has been catching the eye of drowsy commuters on Dublin’s DART transport system. Denise Blake’s work ‘And They All Lived Happily’, a poem looking at the little white lies parents sometimes have to tell their children, has been placed on display as part of a project by Poetry Ireland. […]
Another Donegal person set to appear on Winning Streak
A GRANDMOTHER from Newtowncunningham will be the latest Donegal person to make an appearance on the National Lottery Winning Streak TV game show on RTÉ One this weekend.
Heroism of volunteers in tackling gorse fires praised
“I witnessed for myself the Trojan efforts being put in by local farmers, business owners and others who brought in water tankers.”
Last of gorse blazes in West Donegal extinguished
WEST Donegal remains on high alert today despite the last of a series of devastating blazes being extinguished. Donegal County Council says that a notice of ‘high fire risk’ will remain in place until tomorrow afternoon. In the early hours of this morning firefighters extinguished the last of the extensive blazes that gripped Annagry, Belcruit, […]
Raphoe family face deportation
THE COMMUNITY in Raphoe are rallying around a mother and her three children who are facing deportation. Qiuying Liu and her children Neal, aged nine, Michael, aged seven and Bruce, aged five, have been sent letters telling them they are to be deported to China. Ms Liu, who runs the Chinese takeaway, Wok Inn, […]