Michael Jack O’Donnell – a Donegal great


Michael Jack O’Donnell’s sad passing on Saturday afternoon will have hit hard and, hit many. Michael’s immediate family and closest friends had battled with him these past number of years as he looked to fend off life’s greatest opposition – illness. How fortunate we now were that he did manage, for a while at least, […]


Tales from the townlands of Lough Salt Mountain


By Jim Nisbet RISING regally over the Kilmacrenan countryside the slopes of Lough Salt Mountain are renowned for their breathtaking beauty, rich vein of heritage and wonderful wealth of tales. The casual traveller to Donegal would scarcely give this sparsely populated spot a second thought, paying scant regard to the abandoned broken farmsteads, tousled gorse […]


Council backs call for independent meat regulator


DONEGAL County Council has backed calls by the Beef Plan Movement for the establishment of an independent meat regulator. Councillor Tom Conaghan received unanimous support when he tabled a motion before the local authority on behalf of the campaign group. Chair of the Donegal Beef Plan Movement, John Meehan, said the appointment of a regulator […]


Remembering Terry’s Quest for victory


“TO talk of drama is to speak of the very essence of the Grand National, but in the long and compelling history of this extraordinary race there have been few finishes to match the breathtaking late, late surge by the favourite Rough Quest on whom Mick Fitzgerald seized the most spectacular of victories.” So wrote […]