By Louise Flanagan The first week of August marked World Breastfeeding week, a global campaign to raise awareness and promote the benefits of breastfeeding. Alas, my own breastfeeding experience was short-lived. I’m glad I tried but overall, I found it hard and the pull of the bottle was too much for me to resist. (Not […]
Let’s talk about ‘Kneecap’
There’s no doubt that everybody’s talking about the movie Kneecap at the moment. It premiered on Thursday night and is currently running at Century Cinemas, Letterkenny as well as around the country, the UK and beyond. What is the big deal and what is everybody saying about it? Well in order to find out just […]
Mayor hosts special reception for Gabriel Dolan
The Mayor of Derry City and Strabane District, Councillor Lilian Barr, held a special reception on Wednesday in the Guildhall for well known Lifford businessman Gabriel Dolan. The reception was organised in recognition of Gabriel’s significant contribution over the years to the Strabane/Lifford Business Community. Gabriel was joined at the special ceremony in the Mayor’s […]
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.
65,000 smart meters installed across Donegal
ARE you a lark or an owl? Either way you can save money on your energy bill. Your tendency to wake early in the morning or not sleep until late at night is called your chronotype, but whether you are one or the other you can use it to your economic advantage by saving money […]
From Letterkenny to Cambodia to vaccinate dogs against rabies
by Dionne Meehan A LETTERKENNY woman is preparing to travel to Cambodia this October to volunteer with Mission Rabies. Emer Tinney will be vaccinating dogs against this deadly disease in rabies hotspots throughout the country. Advertisement Setting up a GoFundMe page this week to help make her volunteer trip possible, Emer said every nine minutes one […]
Rachael Darragh’s Olympic dreams end in group stage
Rachael Darragh’s Olympics debut has come to an end this afternoon as she was defeated in her second and final group game in the Badminton Women’s Singles. A huge task came in the second game as she faced former Olympic Gold medallist Carolina Marin from Spain. And it was the Spaniard who took the victory […]
2024 READERS SURVEY
We want to hear from you! The Donegal News has been part of the local community since 1902 and have continued to change and evolve over that time. Our readers are at the heart of everything we do, we have launched a short survey to help us to continue to serve our audience and we’d […]
Tribute: Andy McGovern – a man who lived a remarkable life, and was loved by so many
The death of Andy McGovern (81), Glencar Irish, Letterkenny took place last Thursday, July 4 peacefully in Donegal Hospice, surrounded by his loving family. Andy was born in Ballymagovern, Co. Cavan on June 4, 1943 the youngest of eight children born to Patrick and Margaret McGovern. He first came to Letterkenny in 1962 to work […]