BY PADDY WALSH It’s a Thursday night on San Francisco’s Valencia Street and in a tiny office space, a handful of stairs away from the stage on which ‘The Murder Capital’ have just performed, Gabriel Blake is reflecting on the band’s U.S. tour which is drawing to a close. Just fifteen minutes previously the Irish […]
War of Independence flying column monument to be unveiled
BY RÓISE COLLINS A monument honouring Paedar O’Donnell’s flying column that fought in Donegal during the War of Independence is to be unveiled in Ballymacool Park this weekend. Pat Doherty will be the guest speaker at the event being held on the outskirts of Letterkenny. Ballymacool is significant as this is where the IRA flying […]
Self-Care Wellness Fair to take place in Letterkenny
BY DIONNE MEEHAN A Self-Care Wellness Fair is set to take place in The Silver Tassie Hotel on May 28, from 1pm to 4pm in a bid to showcase the services available in Donegal that promote mindfulness. The fair was organised by Letterkenny woman, Claire Coughlan, to help guide people on their self-care and wellness […]
RNLI crew member Sharon passes out as a coxswain
BY DIONNE MEEHAN AFTER many months of training and assessments, Árainn Mhór RNLI volunteer crew member Sharon O’Donnell recently passed out as a coxswain and is now the first woman in Ireland to take command of the Severn class all-weather lifeboat. Sharon O’Donnell, who is an early educator, passed out on April 4 on the […]
Letterkenny gears up for new Irish language festival
BY RÓISE COLLINS A new Irish language festival, An Focal Beo, is set to kick off in Letterkenny next week. Irish language development co-ordinator for Letterkenny, Bairbre Uí Chathail, said the festival is a celebration of the richness, the imagination and the beauty of the Irish language. The festival has been created for people of […]
Gaoth Dobhair producer’s film to be shown in cinemas this weekend
BY LOUISE DOYLE A FILM to be shown in Donegal cinemas this weekend about a teenage girl who died giving birth at a religious shrine almost four decades ago gives the young woman back her voice, its writer has said. ‘Ann’ has been produced by Gaoth Dobhair man Ferdia Doherty, who now lives in Chicago, […]
Mixed bag of weather for bank holiday weekend
DONEGAL is set for ‘a mixed bag’ weather-wise this weekend, according to Met Éireann. Speaking to the Donegal News, Meteorologist Liz Walsh said: “There’s a signal for showers on most of the days with a spell of more persistent rain possible on Sunday. Current projections show a lot of cloud overall but it will probably brighten up with […]
Gardaí plan bank holiday road blitz
BY LOUISE DOYLE GARDAÍ have warned motorists of a crackdown on motoring offences across Donegal ahead of the bank holiday weekend. A high-visability Garda operation will be in place throughout the county with checkpoints, speed checks and patrols. Advertisement The Garda warning comes in advance of the May bank holiday weekend when there is likely […]
Inland Fisheries Ireland welcomes conviction for the possession of a record 16 illegal salmon nets in Donegal
Two men have been convicted of possessing 16 illegal salmon nets near the River Drowes in Co. Donegal. Philip and Eoghan McCluskey of Bundoran, Donegal, received fines and costs totalling €6,000 in relation to the offence, which occurred on the 25th July 2021 on the Drowes River, Magheracar, Bundoran. Among the items in the father and sons’ […]
More than €1.8m for school books
MORE than €1.8m in payments is being made to Donegal primary and special schools this week to provide free books. Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine and Donegal TD, Charlie McConalogue confirmed the landmark funding package yesterday. The package, secured in Budget 2023, will see free schoolbooks provided in all primary schools and special schools, in […]