by Louise Doyle LETTERKENNY woman Nikki Bradley is no stranger to climbing mountains, but she is scaling a mountain of a different nature as she takes on a gruelling canvas ahead of her general election bid. A disability advocate and cancer survivor, Senator Bradley was diagnosed with Ewing’s Sarcoma when she was 16 years of age. Advertisement She has since […]
ATU President calls for constraints to be lifted to ‘unlock potential’
By Paul McElwee PRESIDENT of the Atlantic Technological University, Dr Orla Flynn, has said that the university is currently ‘unable to deliver on our promise for the region’ because of constraints placed upon the technological university sector. Dr Flynn was addressing a conferring session at ATU’s Donegal Letterkenny campus yesterday (30th) when she made the […]
Undercover operation led to arrest in drugs case
AN undercover Garda operation led to the arrest of a man on charges of possession of illegal drugs for the purpose of selling or supplying. Oluwashina Omoniyo, who was also charged with one count of money laundering, was ordered to undertake 240 hours of community service when he appeared at Letterkenny Circuit Court. The charges […]
Weather: Today will be mostly dry
DESPITE a rather cloudy start, today will be mostly dry. There will be a few isolated patches of drizzle in coastal areas. Sunny breaks will be limited but it will stay quite mild with highest temperatures of 12 to 14 degrees in light winds. Advertisement Tonight will remain mild and overcast. It will stay mostly […]
Deaths in Donegal, Friday, November 1
The following deaths have taken place in Donegal: – Gerard Sheerin, Lifford and Ballindrait – Mary Jo Murrin, Dungloe and Killybegs Advertisement – Charlie McMenamin, Cloghan – Ann Kelly (née Glackin), Letterkenny – Anna Griffin, England and Frosses – Thomas Doherty, Kincasslagh – Sinead Boyce, Downings – Robert Wilson, Ballintra – Bernie Whoriskey, Burt and Leitrim – Maria […]
Mary Lou McDonald to meet Defective Block groups today
SINN Féin President Mary Lou McDonald TD will visit Donegal today Friday, November 1. While in Donegal, Ms McDonald will meet with families whose homes have been impacted by the defective block scandal and with the families of victims of the Creeslough tragedy. She will also meet with the Donegal Special Needs Parents network. Speaking […]
Letterkenny’s Dr Nuala Carr to seek a Donegal seat in General Election
Letterkenny woman Nuala Carr is to contest a seat in the General Election in Donegal on behalf of the Green Party. She was a candidate in the recent local elections but failed to win a seat for the Green Party in the Letterkenny electoral area. Dr Carr has just completed a PhD through Queen’s University […]
Parenting Column: Halloween brings happy memories of fun times
By Louise Flanagan Halloween celebrations grow year on year, with more houses displaying spooky decorations and more grown-ups opting to dress up too. Personally, I love Halloween. Before I had kids, I used to take great pride in making my costumes; a time-consuming process that resulted in scissors, superglue, staple guns and glitter scattered the […]
Glenvar resident offers reward following criminal damage to property
By Paul McElwee A Glenvar man is offering a reward to anyone with information following a case of criminal damage on his land. Colin Lynch made the appeal after finding damage to a twelve-foot sheep gate, two strainers on his property ripped out as well as damage to a stone wall which borders the land […]
Donegal in the green… a magical journey
By Brian McDaid Music was my escape growing up. A song would drift over the airwaves through an old radio where I worked as a teenager and I would make it my own. I didn’t need to know the singer or even the title, and it wasn’t even the riff that hooked me. I think […]