Dungloe Community Hospital was filled with festive spirit during a special visit from singer Sinead Black and some of the team from Highland Radio this week. It brought joy, music and seasonal goodwill to residents, staff and visitors alike. The visit featured a lively singalong led by Sinead who guided everyone through a selection of […]
Generosity shines through: Lions Club charity auction raises €20,000
THE immense generosity of members of the public and businesses across Donegal shone through once again this year, with Letterkenny Lions Club’s Annual Charity Auction raising €20,000 for the Donegal Food Response Network (DFRN). The network, established by Donegal Local Development CLG (DLDC), consists of 21 community and voluntary organisations. Each year, 100,672 food packages […]
Highland Radio CEO, Fionnuala Rabbitt calls for Donegal to go all in against cancer this Daffodil Day
Highland Radio CEO and Breast Cancer Survivor, Fionnuala Rabbitt is calling on the Donegal community to go all in against cancer for the Irish Cancer Society’s Daffodil Day, which takes place on Friday, March 28. Fionnuala was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 52 in 2023 following a routine BreastCheck appointment. The long-time […]
Donegal family receives the perfect Christmas surprise
By Paddy Walsh It was the elevator that caused a lift for a Glenties family! For as Mairead Cranley and members of her family stood in the foyer of the Villa Rose Hotel a few days before Christmas the lift doors opened and out stepped the surprise of her life. There before their disbelieving eyes […]
From the archives: The way we were in Donegal
Róise Collins delves into the archives to bring you the news and images from yesteryear. If you have a photograph you would like published, send it to editor@donegalnews.com JANUARY 1, 1975 DONEGAL MAY RIDE OUT WORST OF ECONOMIC RECESSION As stories continue to come in of factory lay-offs in most parts of the country, the […]
Lions Club auction and food appeal raises €20,000 for local food banks
GENEROUS Donegal businesses and the public have come together to raise nearly €20,000 for the Donegal Food Response Network through the efforts of the Letterkenny Lions Club and its annual auction in partnership with Highland Radio. This year’s auction, now in its second year, raised over €13,000 through online bidding, with vouchers donated by more […]
David James is a rising star on the airwaves and on-stage
By Tara McCormack Playing regularly in pubs across counties Donegal, Derry, and Tyrone, David James has already made a lasting mark on the Irish country music scene. Hailing from the small Donegal village of Killea, the 26-year-old began his journey into music at the tender age of 14. And like many from the county, country […]
Excitement builds for the Letterkenny St Patrick’s parade
THE parade is one of the biggest in the county and this year Letterkenny Chamber is hoping to make this event another full of celebration with a festival atmosphere on the day. St.Patrick’s Day marks the start of One Donegal Social Inclusion Week and the parade has lots of participants reflecting Social Inclusion. One Donegal […]
Read DL 2024 launches an exciting new title live on air
Read DL 2024 was launched live on air on Highland Radio on Thursday at an outside broadcast with John Breslin’s Around the Northwest at the Central Library, Letterkenny. Read DL is a reading initiative based on the worldwide ‘One Book, One Community’. It began in 2011 as Read LK (Letterkenny). Its aim was simple: to […]
‘Doing radio shows is my game of golf, it’s how I relax’
THIS week Paul Bradley catches up with Jimmy Stafford, the Cobh native who has made Donegal his home. He talks about work, music and his admiration for how Donegal people are so resilient when times are tough. Hi Jimmy, how are you these days? I am feeling good these days. I turned 50 last Christmas […]