KAVANAGH TO STAND FOR COUNTY COUNCIL ELECTIONS
Letterkenny Town Councillor Jimmy Kavanagh has been selected to go forward for selection for the forthcoming county council elections. Cllr Jimmy Kavanagh Cllr Kavanagh was selected at a recent meeting...
View ArticleGAA NEWS: MILFORD SEEKING VOLUNTEERS FOR SUB-COMMITTEES
AGM Please note the Club AGM is scheduled to take place at 7pm on the 7th of December in the clubhouse. Nomination Forms for Executive positions are available from the club website...
View ArticleGAA NEWS: FOUR MASTERS LAUNCH NEW CLUB APP
Four Masters GAA Club Notes Four Masters Lotto: There was no jackpot winner this week. The two weekly winners were Jim Donnagher, Ball Hill and Michael Meehan, Drimark. Both received €50 each. Numbers...
View ArticleATHLETICS NEWS: DETAILS OF ROSSES AC PRESENTATION ANNOUNCED
The club held a very successful AGM on Thursday night last in the hall in Mullaghduff. It was great to see parents and athletes come along and provide input and direction to the club. All parents,...
View ArticleNEW ‘POP-UP SHOP’ PLAN TO BRING NEW LIFE TO LETTERKENNY
Letterkenny Chamber is bidding to breath new life into the town’s Main Street by opening up a series of ‘pop-up shops’ in vacant premises. Main Street, Letterkenny has many vacant buildings. The...
View ArticleGOLF NEWS: PAT MCNULTY PULLS A ‘BIG BIRD’ AT OTWAY
Last Sunday, the only ‘virgin’ in the bunch of winners was Pat McNulty, meaning an open invitation to share in the spoils, to all the extended McNulty/Merrit family. Lets hope it’s a ‘big bird’. The...
View ArticleJOBS BOOST AS KILLYBEGS BAYVIEW HOTEL TO RE-OPEN THIS SUNDAY
THE BAYVIEW Hotel is to re-open this Sunday – after a lawyer from Singapore decided to buy it…online! Peter Gabriel flew into Co Donegal last weekend, walked the streets of Killybegs and introduced...
View ArticleDONEGAL COUNTY ENTERPRISE BOARD STILL DOING THE BUSINESS AFTER 20 YEARS!
Current and former members of Donegal County Enterprise Board pictured on Friday at the launch of the print and digital book to mark the board’s 20 years of supporting local enterprise. The huge role...
View ArticleAUSTRALIAN AMBASSADOR TO OPEN LETTERKENNY ‘MEN’S SHED’
Ruth Adler: Visiting Donegal next Wednesday The Australian Ambassador to Ireland, Dr. Ruth Adler, will perform the official opening of Letterkenny Men’s Shed at the Old Laundry, St. Conal’s Hospital...
View ArticleRACING SENSATION ZACH PRESENTED WITH MOTOR IRELAND TROPHIES
Zach Gibson’s outstanding racing achievements were recognised at a recent All-Ireland Karting function at the Louis Fitzgerald Hotel in Dublin. Zach picked up his Southern Championship trophy and...
View ArticleDONEGAL TO GET 48-HOUR BLAST OF WINTER – BUT IT WILL BE 14C NEXT WEEK!
Errigal at sunrise two weeks ago – it will get another dusting later this week DON’T mention the ‘S’ word – but we may have a touch of snow in the next two days. But any suggestion of a prolonged...
View ArticleDDTV:CLASSIC DONEGAL BUS PRANK REACHES 1 MILLION VIEWS ON YOUTUBE
This classic Irish bus prank played on Glencolmcille man Adrian Byrne last year has now reached over 1 million views on YouTube. The brilliant prank was played on him by friends as they made the...
View ArticleIT COULD BE A BUMPER CHRISTMAS FOR DONEGAL’S RORY AS SHARON SHANNON RELEASES...
DONEGAL singer/songwriter Rory Gallagher is hoping for a bumper Christmas – and that a Christmas song he penned heads straight for No1. The Kilcar man is unlikely to see snow anytime soon in Lanzarote...
View ArticleTHE HIGH KINGS ANNOUNCE CHRISTMAS GIG AT THE MOUNT ERRIGAL HOTEL
The High Kings are on their way to Donegal. Finbarr Clancy, Brian Dunphy, Martin Furey & Darren Holden – renowned vocalists and musicians – have come together to create the most exciting Irish...
View ArticleCOLEMAN RELISHING THE CHALLENGE FOR CRUCIAL CLASH AT OLD TRAFFORD
Everton star Seamus Coleman is relishing facing his boyhood heroes Manchester United tonight in the crucial Barclays Premier league fixture at Old Trafford. Coleman is relishing the prospect of facing...
View ArticleLATE LOUGHANURE MAN’S BOOK TO BE RELEASED IN HIS MEMORY
A book of Irish language stories by the late Paddy Mc Garvey of Loughanure, the first book from this particular Gaeltachta area since 1969, will be launched in Aislann Rann na Feirste this Thursday...
View ArticlePRINGLE CALLS FOR CHRISTMAS DOLE JINGLE
DONEGAL TD Thomas Pringle has today called for the Christmas Bonus to be restored to those who have faced the brunt of cutbacks over the last few years. “There is no doubt that the return of this...
View ArticleALARM AT 900% RISE IN DONEGAL ORTHODONTIC WAITING LISTS
Senator Brian Ó Domhnaill has described as ‘alarming’ the news that waiting lists for orthodontic treatment in Co Donegal have soared by over 900% over the past two years. The number of Donegal...
View ArticleCHILDMINDING COSTING €16,500 A YEAR, CLAIMS DONEGAL CHILDCARE COMMITTEE
It now costs Donegal families €16,500 a year for full-time childcare for a family of two children, a new study has shown. A creche – pic posed by models. The shocking figures are contained in an...
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