A DOWNINGS born priest has received a Papal appointment which will see him being responsible for seminaries and the formation of priests around the world. The Vatican this week announced that Monsignor Eamonn McLaughlin has been appointed by Pope Francis to the position of adjunct under-secretary of the Formation Office of the Dicastery for the […]
‘Important we stay safe but also have to try and live’
THE pressures of leading the people of Leitirmacaward and Doochary through the pandemic has kept Fr Adrian Gavigan busy for much of the past year. A native of Glenties, Fr Gavigan (44) was the first priest in the Raphoe Diocese to organise a car park mass last summer. The mass, held in the grounds of […]
Life behind ‘enemy lines’ in Kerry
A PROUD Donegal and Na Rossa woman has been more than busy, working away behind enemy lines in recent weeks.
Given hails Carl McHugh’s Bradford impact
SHAY Given has paid tribute to young Carl McHugh, the 19-year old from Leitirmacaward who scored Bradford City’s third goal in an amazing 3-1 Capital One League Cup semi-final first leg last Tuesday.
McHugh ‘buzzing’ after Cup heroics
CARL McHugh was ‘buzzing’ on Tuesday night after scoring against his boyhood hero Shay Given in Bradford City’s 3-1 win over Aston Villa…