Meet Tommy Lee, Donegal’s busiest letter writer


A DONEGAL schoolboy has been putting a smile on the faces of companies and celebrities with his letter writing campaign. Ten-year-old Tommy Lee began putting pen to paper during lockdown, writing to agricultural firms to tell them what he thought of their machinery. And to the keen young farmer’s delight, many of them have written back. Advertisement “I started […]


Boy (8) learns of death of priest (104) with sadness


The death of the last surviving child of an executed leader of the 1916 Rising was learned of with great sadness by one young Donegal pupil. Seosamh Ó Ceallaigh (8) from Gortahork wrote a series of letters to Fr Joseph Mallin (104) who was a Jesuit priest based in Wah Yan College, Hong Kong. His […]


Reaction to Supreme court decision on drink driving


In a letter to the Donegal News, a former member of An Garda Siochana has said a recent drink driving case has made a mockery of the judicial system  in Ireland and has called on the authorities to come up with a new system which will cover all legislation. He claimed drink driving cases are […]