PICTURE SPECIAL: Manor goes ‘Old Skool’ for charity
ALL roads led to Manorcunningham last Sunday for Sallybrook Commercial Centre’s charity Old Skool Sunday in aid of ‘Breaker Breaker’ and the Donegal branch of MS Ireland.
Minister McConalogue confirms opening of €20 million scheme for suckler farmers
DONEGAL minister, Charlie McConalogue, has confirmed that the 2024 Beef Welfare Scheme announced last month is open for applications. The Beef Welfare Scheme will support farmers in meal feeding suckler calves before and after weaning, and in vaccinating against clostridial diseases and/or calf pneumonia. Meal feeding will be paid at a rate of €35 per […]
Donegal entries sought for the 2024 National Organic Awards
BORD BIA is calling on Donegal organic food and drink producers to enter this year’s National Organic Awards. Set to take place on Thursday, October 7, the National Organic Awards, held in association with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, celebrate the achBievements of the increasing number of organic growers, producers, and manufacturers […]
Letterkenny firm launches digital voucher platform for small businesses
A Letterkenny based start-up has launched what has been described as ‘a cutting-edge web platform’ designed to empower small businesses and sole traders to compete on an equal footing with the big stores and the multi-nationals when it comes to issuing vouchers. Founder of Gojas, the company behind the venture, Patrick McArt said he got […]
Letterkenny Busking Festival: A springboard for superstars
Before she became a household name on New Year’s Eve 2023 by performing at Jools Holland’s ‘Hootenanny’ show on BBC Two, Muireann Bradley performed at Letterkenny Busking Festival. Asked if she would be performing this year Toni Forrester CEO of Letterkenny of Chamber of Commerce laughed ‘We were thrilled to have Muireann last year but […]
MAG calls on minister to meet homeowners
THE Mica Action Group have called on Housing Minister, Darragh O’Brien to meet with owners of defective block homes here in a public forum, when he visits the county. Over a year ago the minister’s secretary replied to correspondence from MAG saying the minister would be in Donegal towards the end of last year but […]
Gaoth Dobhair couple celebrate 60th wedding anniversary
GAOTH Dobhair couple Frances and Noel Hamer recently celebrated their 60th diamond wedding anniversary. They were married in the former St Francis Church in the Gorbals area of Gasgow, on June 27, 1964. Surrounded by their family, the couple enjoyed a special blessing in their home by Fr. Brian Ferry PP., Derrybeg.
A weekend to remember for Letterkenny’s Clare O’Donnell
By Eoin McGarvey The curtain came down on the 2024 Mary from Dungloe Festival on Sunday night when pharmacy technician Clare O’Donnell from Letterkenny was announced as the 57th winner of the Mary title. Born and bred in Letterkenny, Clare, 26 is a daughter of Gerard and Iris O’Donnell and was delighted to be representing […]
Man jailed for raping new mum beside her baby
By Isabel Hayes and Eimear Dodd A MAN who raped a woman as she slept in bed beside her partner and her newborn baby has been jailed for eight years. Shaun O’Donnell (34) was found guilty by a jury of one count of rape and one count of sexual assault at a home in Donegal on March […]