A teenage golfer who grew up playing in Dunfanaghy will be swinging his clubs in the United States next year after securing a college scholarship. Luke Kelly is from Belfast but has played for Dunfanaghy Golf Club since he was ten. The now 18-year-old has been offered a four-year scholarship at Oakland University in Michigan […]
Appeal for help to find missing Donegal man
A DONEGAL woman has issued an appeal for help following the disappearance of her brother. Kevin Quinn was last seen during the early hours of Monday November 22 and his sister Amanda Kirwan has posted an appeal on Facebook asking anyone with information about his whereabouts to get in touch with her. Kevin is described […]
Music, chat and more at Ulster Scots night
A night of chat, music and more is promised at Monreagh Community Hall, Carrigans, on Wednesday night. It’s “A Night of Ulster Scots” and it features several special guests, including poet and storyteller Ian McCracken, musicians Stuart Buchanan and Martin McGinley, and the ‘flaxman’ himself, Colm Clarke. It starts at 7pm, and all are welcome. […]
Donegal woman leads campaign for more women in politics
A DONEGAL woman is leading a campaign to get more women involved in politics and assist them in running in the 2024 local elections. Dr Michelle Maher is Programme Manager with See Her Elected, a campaign set up in response to the low number of women elected in rural Ireland. Speaking to the Donegal News […]
Extension of hot school meals programme
THE HOT School Meals Programme has been extended with ten additional Donegal schools set to benefit. Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue TD welcomed the announcement this morning which will enable many more Donegal students to receive a hot meal everyday. Outside of Dublin, Donegal has received the biggest allocation of funded […]
Celebrations as two ‘Little Blue Heroes’ graduate
The event took place in Ionad Naomh Pádraig, Dore and present were their extended families.
Major flooding coming to a road near you
A leading climate research group has produced a series of maps detailing the harsh reality of how Donegal could be impacted by rising sea levels.
‘We’re not the big bad wolf’ – Donegal farmers
The agriculture sector accounts for 37 per cent of all emissions, according to new EPA data.
Budget 2022 set to be one of the most challenging
DONEGAL’S councillors have been warned that next year is shaping up to be one of the most challenging in recent history. Rising costs and dwindling income streams have left the local authority struggling to match the budget delivered in 2021. “The expectation must be that we can only do next year what we have done […]
Laurentic Forum to be hosted virtually
THIS year’s Laurentic Forum’s will be hosted virtually over three days this week. The theme of the event is ‘Sustaining Coastal Communities’, and takes place online, due to Covid-19, on Tuesday to Thursday. The Laurentic Forum has grown organically from the bottom up as a community led initiative since 2006. It was then when Don […]