A €75,000 crane installed to great fanfare at a pier near Fanad over a year ago has been gathering rust because it was never connected to the electricity grid. The shocking blunder came to light during a meeting of Letterkenny Municipal District when councillors called for upgrades to be made to Ballywhoriskey Pier. The hydraulic […]
Information appeal after woman beaten in savage assault
A young Donegal woman has appealed for help in tracing the man who beat her to a pulp in a vicious weekend attack.
Calling all saints and sinners to The Warehouse…
ONE of Ireland’s best loved singer/songwriters Paddy Casey will put on a free gig in the Warehouse, Letterkenny, this Friday evening.
Donegal man spins €37,000 fortune on RTE game show
NEW dad Martin Johnston from Donegal Town got parenthood off to a great start when he scooped €37,000 in prizes, including a new car, on the RTE Winning Streak game show on Saturday night. Martin (31) wasn’t watching Winning Streak when his name was pulled out by Marty Whelan and Sinead Kennedy to appear on […]
Songwriter overcomes depression to clinch music award
Winning the competition, it was crazy. Lost Boy was just a song that I wrote in my house and I saw the competition on Facebook…
Electricity breakthrough ‘so simple it’s baffling’
A self-confessed “physics junkie” has developed a mechanism which he says could revolutionise the way electricity is generated. Energy and how it is created has been a passion of Chris Devine’s for decades. Now, from the garage of his Rossgier home, he believes he may have come up with a way of slashing household power […]
Thompson’s got some bottle
DIGGING around car boot sales in the hope of stumbling upon a dusty old bottle or two may not sound like much fun but for one Donegal man it has become almost an obsession. For nearly two decades St Johnston man Thompson Graham has been unearthing pieces of local history that few remember even existed. […]
Crowds gathering for big fundraising concert
HUNDREDS of people making their way in to Aura Leisure Centre for one of the biggest charity gigs held in Donegal in years.
Homer’s Odyssey to be aired on Donegal’s beaches
GREEK poet Homer’s epic work The Odyssey is to be brought to life like never before – on the beaches of Donegal.
Mickey Joe looking for your help with new music video
DONEGAL singer Mickey Joe Harte has put out a call for volunteers to help him with his latest music video. Mickey Joe, who represented Ireland at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2003, is looking for extras to appear in the shoot which will take place in Carrigart this evening (Monday). The video will be used […]