Fiddling in the time of coronavirus


MORE than one hundred fiddlers around the globe marked World Fiddle Day on Saturday last with the sound of Donegal tunes. While musical celebrations were low key this year, though due to public health measures to limit the spread of Covid-19, musicians took the time to offer up some tunes from their living rooms. Over […]


Churchill brothers go global and now have a ‘rally car’


TWO young Churchill brothers have kept themselves busy during lockdown by building a rally car to sit in when they play the Xbox. Eight-year-old Leon Doherty and younger brother Shay (5) built their car out of cardboard boxes and have spent the past week covering it with hundreds of advertising business cards which have been […]


Pieta House North West has effectively closed – workers


SERVICE cuts in Pieta due to funding issues are leaving some of the most vulnerable people in Donegal at risk. Staff in Letterkenny have spoken of their fears for the future of the service and have expressed concern at the knock-on effects the cuts will have on vulnerable service users of Pieta House. Advertisement Speaking […]


Look what’s just ‘appiered’ on Tory Island


A grandson of the King of Tory has started to build his own kingdom on the island off the north-west coast of Donegal. Eight-year-old Dean Cullen enlisted the help of his father Daniel last week to erect a pier out onto West Lake close to the family home. A number of his friends have since […]