OFFICERS from Revenue’s Customs Service seized 16,320 cigarettes and 2.8kgs of tobacco in Letterkenny on Wednesday, March 6, with an estimated total retail value of €8,515 and potential loss to the Exchequer of €6,681.
Major boost for Little John Nee
FORTY years ago a young 13-year-old Letterkenny boy saw Jimi Hendrix on television for the first time and knew what he wanted to be – a performer. That boy was Little John Nee, last Sunday’s recipient of the Irish Times Theatre Award for Best Sound Design for his show Sparkplug.
Father of four released on bail over alleged assault
A FATHER of four from Enniskillen has been released on bail after being charged with allegedly seriously assaulting the doorman of a Letterkenny pub.
Declan O’Rourke to make welcome return to An Grianán
ON Saturday, March 9, An Grianán Theatre in Letterkenny is pleased to host a performance by Declan O’ Rourke, fresh from his recent performance at the prestigious annual Irish-American actors pre-Oscar ceremony in Los Angeles, the Oscar Wildes.
Little John scoops well-deserved accolade at Irish Times Theatre Awards
THE very talented and popular Donegal performer Little John Nee has scooped a well-deserved accolade at the Irish Times Theatre Awards.
Letterkenny DJs and Karen ‘Breathe’ success
LAST Monday two well-known Donegal DJs released a new collaboration, featuring a young talented singer/songwriter, which has already received world-wide attention and had thousands of people dancing.
Donegal couple support ‘Happy New Ear’ campaign for daughter Taylor Beth (2)
IF YOU had the ability to treat blindness, would you only cure one eye? This is the comparison campaigners for the State to provide funding for two implants to deaf or partially deaf children and adults in Ireland are making. Alison and John McFadden, Letterkenny, are members of the Happy New Ear campaign which is petitioning for signatures to present to Minister for Health, Dr James Reilly TD, asking him to provide funding for bilateral Cochlear implants for deaf children in Ireland.
COMPETITION: Tickets to giveaway for At First Light concert
THE REGIONAL Cultural Centre has five pairs of tickets to give away for the At First Light concert this Friday night, February 22.
Youth Orchestra receives National Award for The Happy Prince
DONEGAL VEC Music Education Partnership’s Donegal Youth Orchestra has been awarded a special Achievement Award for The Happy Prince project.
Top folk acts appearing in Regional Cultural Centre
THE Regional Cultural Centre Letterkenny continues to offer Donegal audiences the chance to see and hear world-class music in intimate surroundings on our own doorsteps when two of the best folk groups in Britain and Ireland perform back-to-back seated concerts next week.