By Emma Ryan AN incredible €33,000 has been raised for a terminally-ill Castlefinn woman, whose last wish is to enjoy a family holiday in Florida. Mother-of-four, Leanne Browne, has been battling cancer for the past number of years. Advertisement She was initially diagnosed with breast cancer, and had to undergo a double mastectomy as well […]
Kindhearted boy (10) hosting tea party for Donegal Hospice
By Emma Ryan A KINDHEARTED ten year old boy who has already raised around €6,000 for Donegal Hospice is on another fundraising mission in memory of his two grandmothers. Conor McCready (10) from Carrigans has been fundraising for the Donegal Hospice since he was just seven years old and has raised around €6,000 through Christmas fundraisers including the […]
Concert for Creeslough to be held in Ards
The Sperrin Choir will be holding a very special concert at the beautiful Ards Friary in Creeslough this evening. The Sperrin Choir is a fifty person, cross-community choir based in Mid Ulster. Their Spring Serenade Show will offer an exciting journey through some of the worlds most loved musicals. They will be performing lots of […]
Brave TJ recovering well ahead of Budapest trip
BY DIONNE MEEHAN BRAVE toddler TJ Needham McDaid is recovering well after undergoing bone lengthening surgery in preparation for her trip to Budapest next month. While TJ is in Budapest she will undergo almost four weeks of intense physiotherapy in the hope she will one day be able to walk. Advertisement Born on October 7, […]
Inishowen woman encouraging people to take part in “The May 50k” challenge
AN Inishowen woman who has been living with MS for over 10 years is encouraging people to take part in “The MS Ireland May 50k” challenge. The premise is simple: walk, roll or run 50 kilometres during the month of May in return for sponsorship. Niamh McCarron from Inishowen has been living with MS for […]
Paddy is glad to be home after Ducking and Driving challenge
ARRANMORE Island native Paddy Conaghan was taking it easy this week having completed a second marathon tour around the Irish coast on Sunday. The sprightly 82-year-old undertook 515 swims in 98 days. He slept in his van for 97 nights before making the final leg of his sea journey home with a Garda escort. The […]
PICTURE SPECIAL: Very first Women’s Only Multi-Sport Fun Event to be held in Donegal
On International Women’s Day 2023, Donegal Sports Partnership and sponsor Donegal Oil Company announce they will host the very first Women’s Only Multi-Sport Fun Event in County Donegal to be held on April 29th. It is fitting as it is International Women’s Day, that Donegal Sports Partnership along with sponsors Team Donegal Oil, founded by Arthur McMahon from Donegal Oil Company […]
Picture Special: ‘Trucking for Creeslough’ a major success
AN organiser of ‘Trucking for Creeslough’ has said the fundraiser was a “major success”. A convoy of lorries took off from Donegal Road in Ballybofey on Saturday at 1pm, travelling through the Twin Towns and on to Letterkenny. They convoy travelled through Termon and onto Creeslough, where participants stopped to lay a wreath at the site […]
Couple raise €14,000 for neonatal intensive care units
WITH their journey beginning in Donegal and ending in Dublin, a Letterkenny couple has completed a 122km fundraising walk for the Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICU) units in Letterkenny University Hospital and the Coombe Hospital in Dublin. Raising a whopping €14,400 for the hospitals, Brian Gallagher and Thressa McConnell, decided to raise funds following the […]
Truck run for Creeslough
A trucker who was one of the first at the scene of the Creeslough tragedy is holding a fundraising truck run to raise funds for the affected families. Colin Kilpatrick was delivering compost to Homeland across the road from Applegreen when the explosion took place. Speaking to the Donegal News, Colin said he wanted to […]