A NUMBER of Donegal musicians have received state funding under the Music Industry Stimulus Package, to support artists recording their music. The total funding for the 2020 MISP of €1.7 million is covering support for 79 song-writing camps and 56 new album releases, as well as the 184 recording awards. Lemoncello, a collaborative project […]
Bonner to stay on for 2021 season
Bonner has now completed three years at the helm and was granted an extension to manage in 2021 in September of last year.
A Land of Giants now around the Donegal middle – Gildea
By Frank Craig John Gildea is regarded as one of Donegal’s finest ever middle men. But the former Naomh Conaill fetcher says the vertical muscle currently putting itself so impressively about around the middle third for Donegal is better than it’s ever been. Advertisement Because of the way football has evolved tactically, Donegal are now […]
Morrison determined to make swift return
By Frank Craig Conor Morrison admits that 2020 was a season that he’d targeted from way out. The juggle of tying to obtain a college degree and make a dent on the Donegal senior football team had come to an end. Advertisement Rory Kavanagh, his St Eunan’s teammate, had previously told him that when the […]
Death of John Joe Doherty in Sydney
THE death occurred after a short illness on Sunday evening of John Joe Doherty, Sydney, Australia and formerly from Ray, Manorcunningham. John Joe (84) spent his early days as a butcher in Patterson’s Butcher’s Shop in Main Street, Letterkenny, before travelling with his girl-friend Rose McGarvey from Termon to Australia in 1958. The couple married […]
Crash outside of school raises fresh safety concerns
A CRASH yesterday afternoon, which resulted in a woman being taken to hospital, has sparked fresh safety concerns at Magherabeg in Manorcunningham. The two-vehicle collision happened shortly before 3pm on the busy Letterkenny to Derry road, a stretch of road that has become notorious for accidents. Gardai and the ambulance service attended the scene and […]
Multi-agency meeting held over Ballybofey landslide
A cross border multi-agency meeting was held yesterday afternoon to co-ordinate the response to the landslide at the Meenbog Wind Farm near Ballybofey. Hundreds of cubic metres of peat and debris entered into a stream and on to the Mournebeg River which has been described by Donegal County Council, in a statement this afternoon, as […]
