Watch: Young Dungloe footballer scales new heights with amazing video
CAN you kick a football off the top of Errigal and land it perfect into a bin at the back of a house in Donegal? Well, one young Dungloe footballer has shown how it’s possible! Over the last week or...
View Article‘Terrified’ residents close Sliabh Liag area to visitors
Terrified residents at one of Donegal’s most iconic tourist locations have closed the area to visitors. Landowners in and around Sliabh Liag were left inundated with more than 800 visitors on Sunday...
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Double luck as TWO Telly Bingo players scoop €10,000 in Donegal
Two Donegal residents are celebrating large cash windfalls after winning €10,000 each in the Telly Bingo. As the uncertainty of coronavirus gripped the country last week, good fortune was shining on...
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Little Garda Jack is promoted to Sergeant on his birthday
The birthday surprises just keep on coming for Raphoe schoolboy Jack Beattie. Jack, who turns nine today, has been celebrating a unique birthday in isolation due to the Covid-19 emergency. But that...
View ArticleTwo more deaths as Ireland sees sharp rise in COVID-19 cases
TWO more people have died in Ireland through COVID-19. A total of six people have now died in Ireland after contracting the virus. The latest two deaths are both males from the east of the country. The...
View ArticleBreaking: Eight confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Donegal
THERE are now eight confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Donegal. The number had been at less than five, but new figures from the Department of Health shows that – in line with a sharp rise nationally – has...
View Article‘The world demands it’– Brendan Boyce calls for Olympic postponement
DONEGAL race walker Brendan Boyce has called on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to postpone the 2020 Olympic Games. The IOC met yesterday to discuss their options – which include pushing the...
View ArticleSome staff back to work as O’Neills begin manufacturing medical scrubs
O’NEILLS Sportswear has started to manufacture scrubs for use by medical staff. Last week, the company said it would ‘suspend operations’ and laid off its workforce of 750 – large portion of whom are...
View Article‘Stick together and we will get through this’– Seamus Coleman
SEAMUS Coleman, the Republic of Ireland captain, has urged the Irish people to ‘stick together’ as the coronavirus crisis deepens across the world. The Killybegs men last night made a €20,000 donation...
View ArticleIrish Co-Operative chief calls for measures to preserve entire food supply chain
THE Irish Co-Operative Organisation Society Ltd President Jerry Long says that the Irish Government must ensure that the agri-food chain is preserved in its entirety. Mr Long was speaking following a...
View ArticleGardai issue new appeal after burglary at elderly woman’s home
Gardai have issued a new appeal following a raid on an elderly woman’s home in Burnfoot. A sizeable sum of cash was taken when two men broke into the woman’s home at Magherabeg near Inch Island on...
View ArticleBreaking: Letterkenny GAA club to become Covid-19 Testing Centre
ST EUNAN’S GAA club in Letterkenny is to become a Covid-19 Testing Centre in the next few days, the club’s chairman has announced. The centre will operate for 12 hours per day as a drive-through centre...
View ArticleLeading Donegal medics urge public to keep diary to aid contact tracing
A LEADING Donegal medical practice has urged people to keep a detailed diary in a bid to help curb the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Medics at the Scally, McDaid, Roarty Medical Practice in Letterkenny...
View ArticleHere are this week’s Dunfanaghy Golf Club results as Chris Byrne wins Sunday...
CHRIS Byrne was the winner of the Gents Club Stroke on Sunday at Dunfanaghy Golf Club. Byrne (63) saw off Tony McGilloway (66), Luke Kelly (70) and James T Sweeney (67) for the win. Saturday’s Open...
View ArticleSignificant new COVID-19 restrictions expected today
A RANGE of significant new COVID-19 restrictions will be announced today following a meeting of the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) this morning. An announcement is expected later today...
View ArticleMan who urinated in Garda station is fined €250
A man who urinated in a cell at Buncrana Garda Station was convicted and fined €250 at Buncrana District Court. Sean McFadden (23) of The Meadows, Aghilly, was charged with causing criminal damage at...
View ArticlePearse Doherty presents finance proposals to Government to cope with Covid
Pearse Doherty has written to the Minister for Finance outlining his party’s proposals for an Income Support Scheme and other measures to respond to the economic fallout from the Covid-19 outbreak....
View ArticleEducation Minister McHugh to announce extension of school closure times
Updated: Education Minister Joe McHugh has deferred a decision on reopening schools until April 19th next. Schools across Donegal and around the country did have a provisional shutdown date of March...
View ArticleConfirmed: Olympic Games moved to 2021, IOC confirms
THE Olympic Games have been moved to 2021, it has been confirmed. A joint statement from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee confirmed the decision in...
View ArticleGardai investigate theft of jeep from Drumkeen
Gardai are investigating the theft of a jeep overnight in the Drumkeen area. The Black Toyota Landcruiser (Short wheel base and similar to one in picture) has a registration number 99 DL 6606. Please...
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