DEAD WHALE IS BURIED ON DONEGAL STRAND – PIC SPECIAL
The operation to bury the whale at Maghera Beach. A massive Sperm Whale washed up of the coast of Co Donegal has ben buried where it was found. The creature, measuring up to 23 feet long, was found at...
View ArticleFACTORY FISHING SHIP DETAINED OFF COAST OF TORY ISLAND
THE ANNELIES ILENA Pic: marinetraffic.com A massive fishing trawler has been detained off the coast of Tory Island on suspicion of irregular fishing. Killybegs Harbour The Dutch-registered factory...
View ArticleYOUTH WORKER VACANCY AVAILABLE AT RAPHOE FAMILY RESOURCE CENTRE
RAPHOE NOTES Family Resource Centre Something Special Support Group Meeting The next meeting of the Something Special Support Group, Which Supports the needs of parent/guardians of children with...
View ArticlePORTSALON GOLF CLUB FACE DUNFANAGHY IN THE GAELTACHT LEAGUE
Portsalon Golf News Mulroy Winter Links The Mulroy Links outing will be staged at the Rosapenna Golf resort on Saturday 23rd November and again will be staged on the Old Tom Morris course. If for any...
View ArticleSINN FÉIN LEAD TRIBUTES ON DEATH OF VETERAN REPUBLICAN ANTHONY O’MALLEY DALY
Sinn Féin elected representatives, Bundoran Town Councillor Michael Mc Mahon and TD for Donegal South West, Deputy Pearse Doherty have expressed their sadness at the passing of party colleague and...
View ArticleLORETO LETTERKENNY GIRLS LIFT ALL IRELAND SWIMMING TITLE
Swimmers from Loreto Schools all over the country gathered in the National Aquatic Centre in Dublin on Thursday for the annual inter Loreto Schools Swimming Gala and the Senior girls from Loreto...
View ArticleTWO MEN APPEAR IN LATE NIGHT COURT ON DONEGAL DRUGS STASH CHARGES
From Seamus O’Conghaile in Sligo: TWO men in their 50s have appeared at a special night time sitting of Sligo District Court charged in connection with a massive Co Donegal drugs find. Malachy Doran...
View ArticleWORLD’S BIGGEST FISHING TRAWLER ARRIVES IN KILLYBEGS AFTER ‘ARREST’ BY...
THE ANNELIES ILENA Pic: marinetraffic.com THE world’s biggest fishing trawler has arrived in Killybegs after a fisheries protection operation by the Irish Navy. It docked in the Co Donegal port a short...
View ArticleLAST MUSICAL FEAST OF THE YEAR AT CONWAL CHURCH THIS SUNDAY
The last of the “Sundays in Conwal 2013″ tomorrow will celebrate the music of Britten, Mascagni and Hindemith. Closing another successful programme of “Sundays in Conwal” the Donegal Chamber Music...
View ArticleFILM IT FRIDAY – CENTURY CINEMA PASS WINNER IS………
The winner of Friday’s Family Pass to Century Cinemas is Niamh Gillespie, Corefrin, Ballybofey. Don’t worry if you didn’t win our Film It Friday FREE competition. There will be chances to win the free...
View ArticleGARDAI IDENTIFY CHIEF SUSPECT IN CAR-BOMB ATTACK
The army bomb disposal team arrive to examine the scene of yesterday’s explosion. Gardai have identified a chief suspect after a booby-trap bomb exploded under a jeep in Letterkenny yesterday....
View ArticleHAVE YOU SEEN BEN THE CHOCOLATE LABRADOR?
Have you seen Ben? Pet owners and the public have been asked to be on the lookout for a chocolate Labrador who has gone missing in the Buncrana area. The dog, who answers to the name of Ben, was last...
View ArticleTHE HISTORY BOYS AS DUNGLOE TAKE U-16 COUNTY TITLE
County U-16 Division One Champions Dungloe DUNGLOE’S U-16 boys made history today by winning the club’s first ever U-16 boys title, taking the league county title with a fine win over St Eunan’s at...
View ArticleMAN LOSES LEGAL BID TO PREVENT TRIAL OVER LETTERKENNY HOSPITAL ROW CHARGES
A LETTERKENNY man will go on trial next year accused of using threatening behaviour towards a nurse at the Emergency Department of the town’s hospital. Lawyers for 38-year-old Oliver Quill made a legal...
View ArticleREVEALED: EVEN GLENSWILLY MEN JOIN ST EUNAN’S ‘COME DINE WITH ME’
Exclusive Pictures inside John Haran’s house – and not a KFC Bargain Bucket to be seen anywhere! DONEGAL’S biggest ever ‘Come Dine With Me’ is in full swing across the county tonight (and even in...
View ArticleDD LOCAL – DRUMKEEN TO HOST CHRISTMAS PARTY FOR SENIOR CITIZENS
Drumkeen Youth Club Youth Club this Fri 29th Nov from 7:30-9:30 pm. Leaders on duty this week: Lauren Guthrie, Sandra Kennedy, John McLaughlin. We would like to express our gratitude to Airtricity for...
View ArticleMAN SAYS TREE SAVED HIS FAMILY FROM CAR-BOMB BLAST
EXCLUSIVE: A man said he believes a tree in his garden saved the lives of his family after a car-bomb exploded outside their home. Alan Coyle points to the tree outside his home which was hit by a...
View ArticleDONEGAL BEACH DISPUTE TO FEATURE ON RTE’S ‘TODAY’ SHOW
The ongoing dispute over the closure of a right of way at Aghadachor near Carrigart is to hit the airwaves on this coming Monday morning on the Today with Sean O’Rourke programme. RTE has taken a keen...
View ArticleRESULTS AND PICTURE SPECIAL FROM DONEGAL REMEMBRANCE 10K AT FINN VALLEY AC
THE DONEGAL Remembrance 10K took place in the Twin Towns today, once again hosted by the Finn Valley AC Club. It was an opportunity for people to remember loved ones – and raise a few euro for good...
View ArticlePHARMACIST TOM NAMED THE BEST IN THE COUNTRY
A CO Donegal pharmacist has been voted Ireland’s No1 – for his outstanding service to patients. Tom Murray, who runs pharmacies in Ramelton and Castlefin, was nominated by patient Julie Jordan who...
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