Get your groove on with Idris Ackamoor and the Pyramids


  DIG out those flairs and platform shoes as the groove and funk stylings of Idris Ackamoor and the  Pyramids roll into Letterkenny this weekend. Idris and his band will be at the Regional Cultural Centre tomorrow evening (Saturday) Advertisement Idris Ackamoor and The Pyramids feature the bandleader on alto/tenor saxophones, percussions, keyboard, and vocals, […]


Wheatus to rock Letterkenny this weekend


IT is going to be another big hitting weekend of music in Letterkenny with international superstars Wheatus taking to the stage in No 58, above the Central Bar, this Sunday night (November 25). Famous for their hit single ‘Teenage Dirtbag’ and a cover of Erasure’s classic ‘A Little Respect’ in the mid 2000s, Wheatus has […]


No reprieve for Bunbeg Post Office


AN Post has announced plans to push ahead with the closure of Bunbeg Post Office. It had been hoped the facility would get a reprieve due to the sizeable community opposition to the move. However it was confirmed this morning that the Bunbeg office will shut as part of a restructuring programme by An Post. […]


Scaffolding firm unearths unexpected link in Rathmullan


A storyline that could be straight out of ‘Who Do You Think You Are’ has been unearthed during latest efforts to save Rathmullan Abbey. Phase two of plans to resurrect the 16th century abbey as a tourist attraction began in August and are now nearing completion. The second phase centred on the building’s chimney which […]


Garda investigating claims of ‘officer’ on quad bike


GARDA are investigating reports that one of its officers was driving a quad bike on some of Letterkenny’s busiest roads. Photos, understood to have been taken on Sunday, show a man in Garda uniform making his way along the Circular Road close to Letterkenny University Hospital. There is no confirmation that the driver is a […]


Letterkenny businessman not guilty of human trafficking


A Letterkenny businessman man has been found not guilty on a charge of human trafficking, after a three- and- a half day trial at Sligo Circuit Court. 40-year-old Sorin Kirpcai, Fortwell Court, Letterkenny, was one of two Romanian men charged with trafficking another Romanian man for exploitation to work in a car wash in Sligo […]