KASIA Wach from Scoil Mhuire gan Smál in Letterkenny is this year’s overall winner of the Primary Schools Road Safety Art Competition, coming out on top from almost 900 entries. Kasia’s winning art work will feature as an advertising hoarding promoting Road Safety in Finn Park for the 2019 season. Alongside Kasia’s winning entry, category […]
Retired Donegal farmer collects Euromillions 500,000
An 84-year-old retired Donegal farmer and cancer survivor has picked up a EuroMillions Plus cheque for €500,000 from National Lottery headquarters.
Donegal grandmum scoops €28,000 on RTE game show
A Letterkenny grandmother has become the latest Donegal contestant to scoop a fortune on the hit RTE show Winning Streak. Teresa Shiels racked up a tidy €28,000 on the National Lottery programme on Saturday night. Her big win comes hot on the heels of Killygordon man Gerard Muldoon’s appearance on the same show. He took […]
Imagine – after 60 years John Lennon quits tobacco
A VERY happy John Lennon, met with his HSE Tobacco Cessation Advisor Fiona Boyle last week and is over the moon to be coming up to his first anniversary tobacco free.
Downings to feature in this week’s episode of Ár gClub
THE adventures had in 2018 by the players of CLG na nDúnaibh will be central to this week’s episode of the hit TG4 show, Ár gClub. Speaking ahead of the instalment, which airs on Thursday night at 8pm, a spokesperson for TG4 revealed, “The Comórtas Peile na Gaeltachta weekend has finally arrived for CLG na […]
Firefighters want Brexit plan
THE DONEGAL Firefighters’ Association have spoken out about major concerns they have about cross border fire services after Brexit claiming Donegal County Council has no plan in place. Speaking to the Donegal News, Chairperson Stephen McFadden, said the Council has a “let’s see what happens” approach when it comes to planning for Brexit in terms […]
Letterkenny interior designer gets backing of Dragon
LETTERKENNY based interior designer Anne Tuohy has received the backing of former Dragon’s Den judge Theo Paphitis and travelled over to Birmingham last week to pick up an award from the business guru. Anne was handpicked by Theo as the winner of his Small Business Sunday (#SBS) award and became the first ever Irish Interior […]
Anti-abortion group pickets hospital for second week
ANTI-ABORTION activists are continuing to protest outside GP clinics in Donegal. Around a dozen protesters holding placards gathered outside Lifford Community Hospital on Saturday morning, the second time this month they have picketed the facility. ‘Love Both’ campaigner Margaret McGeehan said they chose the location after learning that a local doctor is among hundreds across […]
Host of new acts announced for Sea Sessions Festival
JUST when you thought it couldn’t get any better, Sea Sessions has added a host of acts to the line up for Ireland’s biggest beach party. Jax Jones, The Magician, Wild Youth, Hermitage Green, Sugarhill Gang with Grandmaster Melle Mel and Scorpio, Le Boom, Jerry Fish, Bitch Falcon, Trojan Sound System, DJ Hype, Boots and […]
‘Period poverty’ initiative gets first Donegal outlet
A project aimed at providing sanitary products to women in crisis has its first outlet in Donegal. Homeless Period Ireland was inspired by the gritty drama ‘I Daniel Blake’ which focuses on the flaws in the UK’s welfare systems. In it a young single mother is caught shoplifting sanitary towels and other personal hygiene items. […]