MEP Nina Carberry this week hosted a joint delegation from the Irish Farmers’ Association and the Ulster Farmers’ Union during their visit to the European Parliament in Brussels. The group included Donegal IFA member Christine Friel. Carberry brought the delegation on a guided tour of the Parliament and outlined her work across key committees. Advertisement […]
Errigal College students enjoy trip to Brussels
THREE students from Errigal College got the chance to represent Ireland last week at the European finals of the Girls Go Circular competition in Brussels. The Girls Go Circular project aims to equip 40,000 schoolgirls aged 14-19 across Europe with digital and entrepreneurial skills by 2027 through an online programme about the circular economy. This […]
Young Rathdonnell rider sets international bar high
Looking forward to 2017, Gavin explained that he now has to step up to the next level as he is no longer eligible to complete as a ‘Young Rider’
Donegal’s newly-elected TD’s must not ‘rest on laurels’
‘We say to our five TD’s that those with cancer and their families face a tough journey every day in so many ways, and this has to change.”
Exclusive: “Heysel, for me, was the night football died”
A Killea man, Kevin McFadden, recalls the horror of the Heysel Stadium Disaster in 1985…
Video: Killea man speaks of Heysel horror, 30 years on
Chris McNulty hears from Killea man Kevin McFadden, 30 years after he attended the ill-fated European Cup final of 1985 at Heysel Stadium, Brussels
Cllr Ó Domhnaill welcomes new EU plans to improve broadband
A DONEGAL County Councillor has welcomed a new multi million EU funding programme’s plans to improve broadband in the county.
Maverick Ming rides anti-EU horse in Brussels bid
LUKE ‘Ming’ Flanagan TD has confirmed his intention to seek a seat in the European elections, but ‘he’s no friend of Europe, at least not in its current form’.