Emergency tractor run to assist those affected by lightning strike


AN EMERGENCY Tractor Run has been organised in a bid to assist three Newtowncunningham families whose homes were struck by lightning during Storm Isha. From electrical damage to serious structural damage, these families are now left picking up the pieces. Taking to social media this week to announce the run, organisers spoke of how one […]

VIDEO: Brian and Betsy’s homecoming 


Donegal News photographer Brian McDaid completed his fundraising Drive of Ireland on Monday evening – arriving back to the Donegal Hospice in Letterkenny. Staff members from the Hospice, family and friends gathered to welcome the Letterkenny man back home. He’d set out from the Hospice on his drive around Ireland last Tuesday morning. His Idonate […]

Brian and ‘Betsy’ all set for a very special journey


By Diarmaid Doherty THERE’S so much more to Brian McDaid’s fundraising ‘Drive of Ireland’ than the journey itself. It’s a chance to mark a significant birthday milestone – he turns 60 on the day he plans to finish his round Ireland trip on January 11. Advertisement Perhaps more importantly, he’ll celebrate the memory of his […]

Vintage and Classic Car Show raises €10,020 for local charities


A HUGELY successful Vintage and Classic Car Show organised by One Stop Motor Shop saw cheques worth €10,020 being handed over to two grateful local charities last week. With massive crowds attending the car show earlier in the month, last week, Charlie Doherty from One Stop Motor Shop presented two cheques of €5,010 to Donegal […]

Bike run raises over €3,000 for Donegal Hospice


By Róise Collins CLOSE to 100 bikers turned out for a coastal drive in memory of the late Sylvester Hiemstra, a native of Holland who had been living in Donegal. Sylvester started visiting Donegal over 20 years ago for fishing trips and stayed at The Beach Hotel in Downings. Advertisement During this time he met […]

‘To those suffering, you mean more than you think you do’


by Louise Doyle “TO those suffering, you mean more than you think you do.” Those were the heartfelt words of a Newtowncunningham gym owner Danny Quigley, who completed a gruelling swimming challenge to celebrate the life of his father and others who have lost their lives to suicide. Advertisement On Monday of last week, Danny […]

GoFundMe page set up for St Johnston man who is receiving cancer treatment


by Louise Doyle MORE than €2,500 has been raised for a St Johnston man who is undergoing cancer treatment. A husband and father, Martin Gamble (50) is recovering following major surgery in Blackrock Clinic in Dublin to remove a portion of his lung and a tumour. Advertisement A Go Fund Me page set up by […]

Family hit fundraising target on trek from Donegal to Dingle in Aria’s memory


A LETTERKENNY couple have hit their fundraising target of €10,000 as they trek from Donegal to Dingle to raise funds for the two charities that helped them and their daughter Aria Rose through the short 16 months she was on this earth. Tracey Wilkie, her partner Shane Barry and her son Brandon and friend John […]

Letterkenny man who climbed Kilimanjaro hands over cheque


By Dionne Meehan LETTERKENNY’S John Wilkie has handed over a massive €11,144 to the Irish Guide Dog’s Donegal branch after he completed a charity climb of Kilimanjaro. Once left paralysed from a rare neurological disorder, John decided to celebrate his good health by climbing to the summit of Africa’s highest mountain while raising much needed […]