Pub licensee must pay over €16,000 in damages for illegally showing Sky Sports


A DONEGAL pub licensee has been ordered to pay over €16,000 in damages for Sky Sports infringements. Joseph McFadden, licensee of the Swilly Inn, Ballyraine, Letterkenny, has been ordered to pay €16,188 in damages for infringing Sky’s copyright by showing Sky Sports programming illegally in the premises. It follows a successful legal action taken by […]


Agency moves to switch off Donegal’s illegal streamers


DONEGAL is among several counties being targeted in a crackdown on illegal TV streaming networks. The clampdown on so called ‘dodgy boxes’ is taking place across the country to fight copyright infringement with counties Mayo, Limerick, Meath, Offaly, Dublin, Wexford, Cork, Kildare, Tipperary and Kilkenny also being targeted. A number of legal warnings have been sent to “individuals” involved […]


Tory Island to feature on Ear to the Ground tonight


TORY Island will feature on tonight’s episode of Ear to the Ground when RTÉ presenter Ella McSweeney will take a trip out to see the islanders greet six cows on the land for the first time in 25 years. In July as part of the Corncrake LIFE Project, six young Galloway Heifers made the nine […]


Castlefin man goes head-to-head on telly


CASTLEFINN man Raymond Bryson is competing in E4’s new show ‘The Big Blowout’ in the hope of being named a next generation super hair stylist. Hosted by AJ Odudu, the show was created by the makers of ‘The Great British Bake Off’. Eleven passionate stylists go ‘head to head’to test their creativity, technical ability and passion for […]