Delap and Derry ready to face Cockhill


DERRY City Reserves star Adrian Delap has a busy football schedule at the moment, but that’s just the way he likes it. The 18-year-old joined Derry at the start of 2016, after excelling for Letterkenny Rovers’ youth team. He has been making steady progress, and as well as starring for the club’s Under 19 and […]

Bishops’ pilgrimage begins in Gartan


THE Bishop of Derry, Dr Donal McKeown, and the Bishop of Derry and Raphoe, Rt Rev Ken Good, have begun a three day joint walk from St Columba’s birthplace at Gartan to St Augustine’s Church in Derry. St Augustine’s is believed to be the site of a sixth century monastery founded by Saint Columba and […]

Youthful Gaeil Fhánada on the rise again


2016 was not a year that the Gaeil Fhánada senior team will look back at with any great fondness, but their fortunes look set to change this term. Last year, Fanad exited the Intermediate Championship at the group stages and at one point were lingering dangerously close towards the Division 4 trap door. They survived, […]

FIVE MINUTES WITH… Pauric McMenamin


Name: Pauric McMenamin Age: 22 Occupation: Student Team: Red Hughs If you were throwing a party and you could invite anyone in the world, dead or alive, who would you ask around? James Franco would keep the party going. Where do you like to go out to celebrate after a big victory? Brownes is normally […]

Falcarragh to go country for poignant fundraiser


THEY will be pulling on their cowboy boots in Falcarragh tomorrow night for a very special fundraising concert. Megan Ó Rodaigh has put together the evening of music in memory of her aunt Winnie who sadly passed away just before Christmas. Tomorrow night, Aras Begley Hall will spring to life in Winnie’s memory with a […]

Guilty plea to arson of Convoy Orange Hall


TWO men pleaded guilty before the Circuit Court sitting in Letterkenny on Wednesday to separate charges, one for the arson of the Convoy Orange Hall and the other for criminal damage to the door of the Presbyterian Church in Convoy on the same date.