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, […]
Romanian men in fraud investigation refused bail
TWO Romanian men have been remanded in custody after appearing before a special sitting of Letterkenny District Court on Thursday afternoon.
Councillors vote to strip colleague of committee posts
INDEPENDENT Councillor John O’Donnell is to be stripped of all positions he holds on council committees. The decision was taken at a specially convened meeting in Lifford this morning. A recent report by the Standards In Public Office Commission found that Councillor had “not acted in good faith” when he told an undercover reporter he […]