SSE Renewables 2024 Irish National Sheep Dog Trials taking place next week


The Irish National Sheep Dog Trials will be taking place in Clonmany, on the Inishowen Peninsula, County Donegal next week from Thursday, August 22 to Saturday, August 24. The annual event, sponsored by SSE Renewables, will see 150 talented sheep dogs and their handlers compete for a chance to represent Ireland at the International Sheep […]


Investigations continue after man attacked by dog in Donegal 


INVESTIGATIONS are ongoing after a man was attacked by a dog on the restricted breed list in Donegal on Sunday, June 16. The man was jogging on the greenway between the villages of Muff and Quigley’s Point on the Inishowen peninsula when he was set upon by the dog. The dog, understood to be a […]


Deputy McHugh calls for increased Redress cap


by Kate Heaney DONEGAL Deputy Joe McHugh made an impassioned plea to the Minister for Housing in the Dáil on Tuesday night, appealing for the government to increase the cap on the defective block homes scheme by ten percent. He cited the humanitarian cost, the trauma and the anguish families have endured for the past […]


Summit 2 Sea for MND 


TWO weeks from now, on Saturday, April 20, a unique sporting event will take place throughout the island of Ireland, at a coast or on a hilltop near you. The April 20th All Ireland Event is to raise funds for the Irish Motor Neurone Disease Association (IMNDA). The All Ireland challenge is the brainchild and […]


Political representatives urged to endorse ‘The Peoples’ Document’


by Louise Doyle POLITICAL representatives from all parties in Donegal are being urged to attend a public event tomorrow night to endorse ‘The Peoples’ Document’. The document sets out what is required to achieve a full 100% redress scheme for all those with properties affected by defective concrete materials. Advertisement The 100% Redress Party has given […]


Remembering famine times – when the dying buried the dead


By Paddy Walsh On the site of the former workhouse in Letterkenny and within the very walls that housed the destitute and the dying, the famine ghosts roam. They roam through a lecture in the Donegal County Museum in a building where, 180 years previously, death stalked the corridors as hunger and fever took hold […]


Cllr Donaghey to retire from council


WITH the announcement this week that Inishowen Fianna Fáil Councillor Rena Donaghey is to step down and not contest the June local elections that leaves just one remaining female councillor standing in situ. Independent Cllr Niamh Kennedy has confirmed that she will run in June to hold her seat in Killybegs. Sinn Féin’s Cllr Marie Therese […]