IT HAS been a fantastic few weeks for our Country Girl, Lisa McHugh, as she picked up a big award and announced her Grand Ole Opry debut.

A Donegalman vying for stardom in the music industry has just returned from a successful visit to California to further his career. Deane James Connaghan from Mountcharles attended an Independent A&R company’s Road Rally in Los Angeles from November 3 to 6.

AHEAD of a big year in which he will be celebrating his 20th anniversary as a professional artist, Tommy Fleming is coming to An Grianán Theatre Letterkenny for a night with strings ‘a bit of class’.

Following the release of her debut album, A New Dawn, rising star Jacqui Sharkey is about to launch a new single in her first solo concert at An Grianán Theatre.

Suicide, paedophilia, abortion and illicit affairs as well as new love between old friends, sexy newcomers and affairs of the heart are among a host of real life issues set to feature in the new season of Ros na Rún, the TG4 flagship drama, which returns to our screens next week.

Popular Donegal singer/songwriter Rory Gallagher has taken his experience of battling with depression and the help he found to overcome it as an inspiration for a new song which will raise awareness and much-needed funds for a charitable organisation that supported him.

Next week a talented young woman from Letterkenny will become only the second actor from Donegal to take to a stage as part of a select few in a National Youth Theatre production.

After taking a few years off from singing, a well-known Rosses singer Pauline Glackin makes a welcome return and is about to release her seventh album to date.