FOR Donegal playmaker Ryan McHugh, familiar routines evaporated during the Covid-19 pandemic and hoped-for opportunities have given way to uncertainty. Players have been unable to train together for months and there is a mixture of frustration and hope as talk among elite athletes switches to the new season. At this time of year, Donegal would […]
‘It’s difficult not being able to see friends’
“It’s a tough time for anyone on a working holiday visa if they’ve lost jobs as there’s no government support for us, not that we know of yet anyway,”
Apology issued to family over pension mistake
THE DEPARTMENT of Social Protection has issued an apology to the family of a Kilcar woman who they wrongly accused of being overpaid in non contributory state pension. Following the death of Mary McBrearty in April 2015 the Department contacted her son Conail who was the executor of her will after they felt there were […]
An October to remember for Hegarty and Kilcar
There was almost universal delight in Donegal GAA circles in October when Michael Hegarty finally got his hands on the Dr Maguire Cup.
