A FORMER Donegal councillor has revealed he raised concerns three years ago about the risk of fire at land which ignited close to a Letterkenny shopping centre. A gorse fire swept across the Ramelton Road site on Tuesday afternoon, reaching close to the town’s Aldi car park. Large plumes of black smoke could be seen […]

“We may have all come on different ships, but we’re in the same boat now” Martin Luther King Jr ESCAPING into a boat and disappearing on the ocean is something we have all dreamt of at one time or another. For Donegal man Élan Broadley it is more than a dream, it is a way […]

DONEGAL Airport has been given a lift following the allocation of a €22,500 grant. The funding is in respect of updating the air traffic control navigational charts. Welcoming the news, Leas Cheann Comhairle Pat the Cope Gallagher TD said it was vital that the airport was funded as it played an important role in Donegal’s […]

THE founder of the Donegal Cannabis Social Club has revealed plans are underway for the group’s third ‘Weedstock’ festival. Candice Faulkner said next month’s festival is about “bringing all cannabis activists throughout Ireland together”. First held in Donegal in 2015, Ms Faulkner has stressed that the festival will be held in a ‘top secret location’ […]

IRISH Water is working to repair a burst main causing supply disruption in Inishowen. The burst has occurred on a mains water pipe delivering water from the Pollan Dam to South Inishowen. Crews working on behalf of Irish Water and Donegal County Council are on site and are working as a matter of priority to […]