Rossnowlagh Community Playground Official Opening


The Rossnowlagh Community Playground was officially opened on Monday October 17, 2022. This event celebrated the opening of the new community playground for the people of Rossnowlagh and the wider area offering opportunities for interactive play for children of varying ages and abilities. The project received funding as part of Donegal County Council’s €5.5m Local […]

Motion calling for urgent ban on energy disconnections


Sinn Féin TD for Donegal Pearse Doherty has urged TDs to back the party’s motion in the Dáil today to ensure households are protected from electricity and gas disconnections this winter. The motion would introduce a ban on energy disconnections now and provide crucial protections for people who use pay as you go meters. Speaking […]

Popular businessman to be laid to rest today


TRIBUTES have been paid to a popular Carrigart businessman who will be laid to rest today. Seamus Rogers, of Gortnabrade and who was aged in his 40s, was involved in a single-vehicle collision on the R245 Carrigart, shortly before 8am on Friday. Mr Rogers, who was the sole occupant of the vehicle, passed away a […]

Donegal inspires novel full of tragedy and romance


WHILE nursing in Dublin author Sally Hanan took her first trip to Donegal in the 1980s. Little did she know years later the county would inspire her to publish her first novel. Sally has penned ‘My Heart Went Walking’, a book set against the sweeping landscape of rural Ireland and Dublin City in the 1980s […]

Sadness as Clannad’s Noel Duggan dies


THERE is huge sadness across the county following the sudden death of Clannad founder Noel Duggan. Mr Duggan (73) died on Saturday. It is reported he was with friends in West Donegal when he took ill and died suddenly. His passing was made public on the band’s twitter account yesterday. The tweet stated: “We are […]

Funeral of father and daughter to take place tomorrow


The funerals of father and daughter, Robert Garwe and little Shauna Flanagan-Garwe will take place in Creeslough tomorrow. Robert, aged 50 and his five-year-old daughter Shauna were killed in the tragic explosion which claimed the lives of ten people last Friday. The family released the funeral details last night. Advertisement Deeply missed by a heartbroken […]

Tributes for pastoral care provided by parish priest


THERE has been an outpouring of support for Creeslough parish priest Fr John Joe Duffy, who has been a constant source of comfort to those facing their darkest days. Fr John Joe arrived on the scene shortly after the explosion at Applegreen service station on Friday and remained there, as people frantically gathered to wait […]