Donegal News team are nominated for Local Ireland Media awards


The Donegal News has been shortlisted for a number of awards in this year’s Local Ireland Media awards. Diarmaid Doherty (Editor), Louise Doyle (News Editor) and Gary Doherty-McClenaghan (Senior Business Development Executive) have been nominated for awards. Local Ireland is the association representing local news publishers across the country. Advertisement This year will be the ninth edition […]

Entries invited for annual Local Ireland Media Awards


LOCAL Ireland, the association representing local news publishers across the country, has launched its annual Media Awards. Entries are being sought across 17 categories with an additional category for Lifetime Achievement being nominated by the Local Ireland executive. This will be the ninth edition of the awards and the seventh to be sponsored by the […]

Winning Lotto ticket worth over €6m sold in Inishowen


The National Lottery has confirmed that Donegal’s newest Lotto multi-millionaires purchased their winning ticket, which was worth €6,373,878, in Inishowen.  Saturday night’s Lotto draw marked the fifth Lotto jackpot win of 2023 with the €12,747,756 taking the title of largest amount seen in the game this year. The Donegal and Westmeath jackpot winners have made […]

National Lottery announces five county winners for Good Causes Awards 2023


Five local organisations from Donegal were  announced as county winners in the National Lottery Good Causes Awards 2023. The five county winners of the National Lottery Good Causes Awards from Donegal are being recognised as part of the following categories: Arts & Culture: Inishowen Traditional Music Project Advertisement Community: Letterkenny Community Development Project Health & […]

Lucky Donegal winner scoops €250,000


THE National Lottery are urging all Donegal players to check their tickets after a lucky player scooped last night’s Lotto Plus 2 top prize worth a staggering €250,000. The winning quick pick ticket was purchased at the Doherty’s Centra store in Moville in Co. Donegal. The winning numbers for last night’s (27th May) Lotto Plus […]

Letterkenny shop revealed as seller of winning Lotto ticket 


THE €1 million winning Lotto ticket was sold in Kelly’s Centra & Kelly’s Diner, Mountain Top, Letterkenny. The National Lottery confirmed this week that a ticket purchased in Donegal had scooped the Daily Million top prize in Tuesday night’s draw. Today, they confirmed the ticket was sold in the busy Mountain Top store. Advertisement The […]