THE Most Reverend Dr Philip Boyce, Bishop of Raphoe, will perform the ordination ceremony of Rev Stephen Gorman in St Eunan’s Cathedral at 3pm on Sunday afternoon.
Two Donegal athletes in Northern Ireland’s Commonwealth Games squad
BY HARRY WALSH LETTERKENNY middle-distance runner Danny Mooney and hammer thrower Dempsey McGuigan, Finn Valley, have been named as part of a 117-strong Northern Ireland team for the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Mooney will run in the 1,500m while McGuigan will take part in the hammer. Mooney has come off the production line of talented […]
Eleventh hour meetings continue ahead of new Council AGM
AS meetings continued this afternoon to broker an ‘all-inclusive’ co-operation pact within the new-look, 37 member, Donegal County Council, it has emerged that deep divisions remain among the different groupings.
UPDATE: Oisin Crawford funeral on Wednesday as friend responds to treatment
BY HARRY WALSH THE young St Johnston man who has been critically ill in Letterkenny General Hospital for the past 36-hours is responding to treatement. Simon Lynch (22) was one of four young people taken to hospital in the early hours of Monday morning after emergency services were called to a house in Main Street, […]
Young St Johnston man who dies following house party is named
The young man who was found dead in a flat in St Johnston in the early hours of this morning has been named as Oisin Crawford.
HSE issue Double Cross and/or Double Black warning after death of young St Johnson man
THE HSE has issued a warning to young people of potential dangers linked to taking drugs or using drugs in combinations.
UPDATE: All Six seats filled in Glenties Electoral Area
By Harry Walsh FIVE years after topping the poll as an independent candidate, Seamus Ó Domhnaill is back on top of the pile – this time in the Fianna Fáil colours – in the Glenties Electoral Area. Shortly after 3pm this afternoon the Gortahork man was formally elected to the new look Council with 1,889 […]
Brian McCormick Sports to sponsor One Direction
A WELL-KNOWN DONEGAL business is to sponsor One Direction, it has emerged.
Top award for young Donegal GP
BY HARRY WALSH A YOUNG Donegal doctor has won the prestigious Irish College of General Practitioners Quality in Practice Award for 2014. Dr Aidan Roarty, from Manorcunningham, was selected for his work on the care of diabetic patients in Buncrana Medical Centre. Advertisement Effectively the ‘GP of the Year’ awards, they recognise improvements or innovations […]
Senator Ronan Mullen posters removed
SUPPORTERS of Senator Rónán Mullen have condemned the theft of more than two dozen posters belonging to the European election candidate over the past week.