GREAT SCOTT! DONEGAL SHEARING STAR AT PLOUGHING CHAMPIONSHIPS
Champion Irish Shearer Ivan Scott, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal The Donegal man who holds the sheep shearing world record made a special appearance yesterday at the National Ploughing Championships....
View ArticleSPOILER ALERT: MAJOR IRISH SINGER TO PLAY LETTERKENNY PUB TONIGHT!
Arthur’s Day celebrations are kicking off. It’s not toMORROW, it’s today. The Cavern in Letterkenny will tonight host a very special Irish singer and songwriter. This artist will bring a Higher Love to...
View ArticleDONEGAL DUO GET IRISH CALL-UP
Donegal junior players Gareth Gallagher of Curragh Athletic and Matthew Byrne of Glengad United have received International call-ups to the Irish Amateur side. The duo have been selected to represent...
View ArticleRORY MAKES HIS ‘PINT’ FOR ARTHUR’S DAY
Donegal singer Rory Gallagher knows what he’s doing for Arthur’s Day – sweet nothing at all! Rory’s not a fan of Arthur’s Day! The Jimmy’s Winning Matches singer has recently moved to a bigger bar The...
View ArticleREPORT: 41 PLAYERS LEAVE DONEGAL GAA CLUB SINCE 2008
DONEGAL’S struggle with the recession has been laid bare in a report by a leading international business newspaper. Financial Times reporter Jamie Smyth spent several days in Milford. And his report on...
View ArticleRESULTS AND PICTURE SPECIAL: INVITATION SECONDARY SCHOOLS CROSS COUNTRY AT...
The action continued at Finn Valley AC today as 600 students from secondary schools in the North West enjoyed the cross country races. Today saw the end of a successful two day programme that had a...
View ArticlePONZI SCHEME BOSS ORDERED TO SERVE SIX YEARS FOR DONEGAL SWINDLE
A PONZI scheme boss has been told today he must serve six years in prison after a €1.6M swindle. Eamonn Kelly took cash from people in Donegal, Wexford and Dublin offering them massive returns on their...
View ArticleBEHIND THE SCENES AT THE MULROY COLLEGE ANNUAL VARIETY SHOW!
Rehearsals are now well underway for Mulroy College’s Annual Variety Show….as our behind the scenes pix show! Highlights of this year’s show will include extracts from Hairspray the musical and Blood...
View ArticleREVEALED: THE LETTER WHICH SHOWS LEISURE COMPANY PLANS TO CHARGE TO ACCESS...
THIS is the letter which has infuriated residents of a Co Donegal village – confirmation of their worst fears that a local beach enjoyed by them for generations is to be privatised. It was unearthed by...
View ArticleQUIZ-GOERS USE THEIR BRAINS TO DO THEIR BIT FOR VICTIMS OF PHILIPPINES TYPHOON
Quiz-goers in Letterkenny put their thinking caps on tonight and raised more than a thousand euro to help victims of the Philippine Typhoon Disaster. Organiser Catherine Kelly said she was overwhelmed...
View ArticleLETTERKENNY YOUTH PROJECT TO REACH ‘LOFTY’ HEIGHTS
The National Youth Council of Ireland (NYCI) has awarded the LOFT Youth Project in Letterkenny with a grant to assist them with their activities as part of One World Week 2013. Valerie Duffy, of the...
View ArticleFILM IT FRIDAY – WIN FREE CINEMA TICKETS
Every week we will be giving away a FREE family pass (one adult and three children or two adults and two children) to Century Cinemas in Letterkenny. All readers have to do is to email the answer to a...
View Article‘SNOW ON WAY AS BLAST OF WINTER TO HIT DONEGAL’– FORECASTERS
Errigal in all of its snow-capped glory at the weekend. Pic Pat McDermott for Donegal Daily THE first snow of winter will hit Donegal by the middle of next week, say forecasters. Cold air from the...
View ArticleLIFFORD WOMAN GETS SCHOLARSHIP TO TOP UNIVERSITY
Lucy Costello A young Lifford woman has been awarded a prestigious scholarship to a leading university. Lucy Costello from Ballindrait has been awarded the Dr H.H. Stewart Scholarship in Irish...
View ArticleDURCAN – MCGUINNESS REAPPOINTMENT WAS KEY TO DONEGAL PLAYERS STAYING ON
Paul Durcan believes many of the senior players in the Donegal panel would have considered their futures if Jim McGuinness stepped down from his position as team manager of Donegal. Donegal’s defence...
View ArticleDONEGAL WEATHERMAN MICHAEL PREDICTS A WHITE CHRISTMAS!!!
Ireland’s most famous amateur weatherman Michael Gallagher believes that all the indications are there to suggest that Donegal will have a White Christmas. Postman Michael Gallagher reckons we’re in...
View ArticleECLIPSE CINEMAS LIFFORD/STRABANE LAUNCH CHRISTMAS GIFT CARD GIVEAWAY
Eclipse Cinemas in Lifford/Strabane have launched a new Cinema Gift Voucher, which is an ideal Christmas Gift. It is a specially designed children’s Gift Voucher for ONLY €8. Includes Admission to any...
View ArticleMAC GIOLLA EASBUIG SIGNALS MESSAGE OF INTENT AS HE OPENS NEW OFFICE
Local Independent election candidate Micheál Cholm Mac Giolla Easbuig has announced that he will officially open his new public office in Dungloe on Saturday 16th November. The opening will be...
View ArticleRTE WEATHER PRESENTER’S SCATHING ATTACK ON POSTIE MICHAEL’S ‘WHITE CHRISTMAS’...
Evelyn Cusack: Scathing attack on alternative weather forecasting RTE TV weather woman Evelyn Cusack has launched on air dismissal of claims that a postman can predict the weather by looking at nature...
View ArticleCLOTHES SHOP GOES CHRISTMAS JUMPER CRAZY!
A well known clothing retailer has gone Christmas Crackers – over Christmas jumpers! The big day may be more than five weeks away, but The County Seat in Letterkenny reckons it’s time to invest in some...
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