FUNDING of €4.5 million has been allocated for 24 active travel schemes in Donegal which will provide walking and cycling infrastructure across the county. Among the projects set to receive funding in 2024 include an active travel scheme for the Kilmacrennan Road in Letterkenny which has been granted €665,000. Convent Road in Letterkenny has received […]
Plans well underway for new walking and cycling hub
A walking and cycling hub planned for Donegal is expected to be up and running by the start of the summer. The Active Inishowen Project – a collaboration led by Donegal Sports Partnerships in conjunction with Inishowen Development Partnership and local community groups and organisations – has been tasked with establishing a walking and cycling […]
Opinions Sought from Buncrana & Carndonagh Residents
The second phase of a public consultation process, regarding the Buncrana to Carndonagh Greenway Project, is about to get underway. The initiative aims to provide an attractive trail between Buncrana and Carndonagh, mainly to be used for recreational purposes by pedestrians, cyclists and people with impaired mobility. Donegal County Council, with the support of Transport […]
Donegal is well suited for cycling holidays
MARTIN Birney has spent the past few months exploring the highways and byways of Donegal on a bicycle. A qualified cycling coach, Martin (65) has been putting together cycling holidays in Mallorca, France and Italy for more than twenty years through his company, SportActive. At this time of year, the Ramelton native would usually be […]
McLaughlin becomes a “Man of the Rás” for ninth time
“I was feeling so good and wasn’t having to wait for the alarm clock to wake me”
CYCLING: Coutdown to Poison Glen Tour 2016
The 2016 Four Masters Poison Glen Tour is set to take to the roads of Donegal on Sunday 3rd April.
Battle on to conquer Donegal’s most scenic coastal road
Cyclists set to battle it out to conquer Donegal’s most scenic coastal roads this summer, all within a 60 hours time limit.
Philip Deignan out injured for a month
LETTERKENNY cyclist Philip Deignan is set to be out of the saddle for a month after breaking his elbow on the final day of a training camp yesterday
Tragic Derry cyclist is named
THE cyclists fatally injured in yesterday morning’s collision with a van in Inishowen has been named locally as Adrian Mullin (42) from Derry City.
Young Gaoth Dobhair cyclist three time Irish Champion
At the National Youth Cycling Championship in Westport, young Gaoth Dobhair cyclist, Adam McGeever, Knockastolar, Bunbeg won three gold medals.