Sinn Féin remain optimistic about third choice candidate


Sinn Féin are remaining optimistic regarding the party’s choice to field a third candidate in Donegal. A first count is anticipated to take place soon but with the final tally figures in, it looks like Sinn Féin’s outgoing TD Pearse Doherty set to top the poll. According to the final tally Sinn Féin hold 42% […]


Pringle dismisses fifth seat battle prediction


by Louise Doyle OUTGOING Independent TD  Thomas Pringle has dismissed a prediction that the fifth seat in Donegal will come down to himself and 100% Redress Party candidate Charles Ward. “I would say those predictions are wrong, they have been wrong before,” Mr Pringle told the Donegal News. Advertisement “The fifth seat could be between […]


General Election: Fifth seat to  come down to Pringle and Ward


by Louise Doyle THE 100% Redress Party candidate in Donegal has spoken of his surprise on learning the fifth seat in this constituency could come down to himself and outgoing Independent TD Thomas Pringle. Gavan Reilly, political correspondent with Virgin Media, made the prediction as the final tallies in Donegal were concluding, with Mr Ward on […]


Letterkenny apartments are to be demolished


THE green light has been given for Donegal County Council to demolish an apartment block in Letterkenny which has defective concrete blocks, and to replace it with a new building that will consist of 12 one bed units and six two bed social housing units. Councillors have approved the proposals to demolish Block C of […]


Poem on the wall – an appreciation of musical genius


By Paddy Walsh On the wall of Mac’s Mace on Letterkenny’s High Road the beat goes on. A beat that echoed through the last six decades and continues to do so in the home town of one of music’s finest exponents. Advertisement Last Saturday, a poem written by Paul Maguire and dedicated to the late, […]


General Election: Doherty picks up 23.4% of the vote in Letterkenny


By Diarmaid Doherty Tallies for the Letterkenny boxes have been complete at the Aura Leisure Centre are indicating a strong performance by outgoing TD Pearse Doherty They show Doherty on 23.4% (2,999) of the vote with his party colleague Padraig MacLochlainn sitting on 13.6% (1,740). Advertisement Charlie McConalogue appears to have polled quite well in […]


General Election: Counting staff discover wedding ring among voting papers


By Diarmaid Doherty Counting staff discovered a wedding ring among the voting papers when they opened a ballot box at the Aura Leisure Centre this morning. A note neatly taped to the top of the box indicated that a voter’s wedding ring had dropped into their ballot box when they cast their vote on Friday. […]


General Election: Live updates from the Aura Leisure Centre in Letterkenny 


1.49am Charlie McConalogue and Pat ‘the Cope’ Gallagher have been elected on the sixteenth count. Both were elected without reaching the quota. Details of 16th count: Advertisement General Election 2024 Electorate: 131,306 Quota: 12,771 Spoiled: 697 Total poll: 77,321 Valid poll 76, 624 Count 16 FF Charlie McConalogue 11,019/+664-11,683 100% Redress Party Charles Ward 11,629/+85-11,714 […]