DONEGAL STUDENTS TAKING BEO GIG TO BELFAST AND ACROSS THE COMMUNITIES
Le Mattiú O Duffaigh: MORE THAN 100 students from County Donegal will travel to Belfast this Friday – to stage a gig promoting the Irish language and cross-community involvement in it. Beo was founded...
View ArticleCHAMPION KICK-BOXER TOMMY IS LATEST VICTIM OF DOG THIEVES
Local animal welfare group Donegal Pet Rescue has pleaded with the public to safeguard their dogs after a spate of thefts in recent days. Kick-boxer Tommy McCafferty has been reunited with his dog...
View ArticleREVEALED: EUROPEAN COMMISSION LAUNCHES INVESTIGATION INTO DONEGAL COUNTY COUNCIL
Enda Craig THE European Commission has launched an investigation into Donegal County Council, it has been confirmed today. Residents in Carnagarve – between Moville and Greencastle – have had two...
View ArticleCOUNTY MUSEUM SEEKS MEMORABILIA AS AXE FALLS ON LETTERKENNY COUNCIL
As Letterkenny Town Council comes to an end in the middle of 2014, Donegal County Museum and Donegal County Archives are organising an exhibition on 100 years of Letterkenny Urban District/ Town...
View ArticleWIN TWO FREE TICKETS TO SEE ANY FILM AT ECLIPSE CINEMAS LIFFORD
Eclipse Cinemas Lifford/Strabane in conjunction with Donegal Daily have teamed up to give readers a chance to avail of a great prize this weekend. Eclipse Cinemas are giving readers the opportunity to...
View ArticleLISBON LIONS LETTERKENNY CELTIC SUPPORTERS CLUB MEETING THIS WEEKEND
Lisbon Lions Letterkenny Celtic Supporters Club our next club meeting is this Friday the 17th at 8pm upstairs in Tir na Og bar,, Letterkenny all members are asked to attend for an important vote. Any...
View ArticleDONEGAL HOPING TO TEACH STUDENTS A LESSON
Donegal take on the students of Queen’s University tonight hoping a comprehensive victory will be enough to see them advance to the semi-finals of the Dr McKenna cup. Donegal recorded an excellent two...
View ArticleDANIEL TO REVEAL HIS COOKING SKILLS ON RTE’S SURF N TURF
Daniel O’Donnell appears on RTE’s Surf N Turf this Friday night where he puts his cooking skills to the test. Chef Paul goes straight to the newly opened visitor centre dedicated to the singer, travels...
View ArticleCYCLISTS FROM DONEGAL PREPARING FOR RACE AROUND IRELAND
This August a team of four cyclists from Donegal will compete in the ‘Race around Ireland’ 2014. On Sunday the 31st of August cyclists from all ovet the world will line up in Trim, Co Meath to...
View ArticleKICK-BOXER TOMMY REVEALS DOG WAS DRUGGED AFTER BEING STOLEN
World Kickboxing champion Tommy McCafferty with Saorise his prize Akita which was returned to his home after being taken on Monday (NewspixIrl) Dognappers left back a stolen pet after they realised its...
View ArticleSTUDY CLUB LAUNCHED IN BUNCRANA
Buncrana Youth Drop-In, main street Buncrana, has a homework/study Club every Friday evening between 4 & 5pm for all secondary school students. There is also the possibility of free grinds for...
View ArticleHORROR AS ELDERLY CANCER PATIENT WAITS 14 HOURS ON A LETTERKENNY HOSPITAL...
Letterkenny General Hospital A Donegal woman today spoke on RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta of her family’s distress after their elderly mother, a cancer patient, spent 14 hours on a trolley in Letterkenny...
View ArticleFIANNA FÁIL ANGER AT ‘DAMAGING’ COUNCIL BUDGET
Fianna Fáil Councillors have accused Fine Gael of stifling democracy by ramming through a “highly damaging” reduced budget for Donegal County Council. The Fianna Fáil Whip on Donegal County Council...
View ArticleODHRAN MAC NIALLAIS ENJOYING THE CHALLENGES OF INTER-COUNTY FOOTBALL
Donegal star Odhran Mac Niallais has admitted he is enjoying the challenges of inter-county football and hopes he can become a permanent fixture in the Donegal side for the forthcoming National League...
View ArticleDONEGAL EASE TO VICTORY AGAINST BELFAST STUDENTS
Rory Kavanagh: DONEGAL 3-17 QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY BELFAST 3-05 DONEGAL eased to victory in the Dr McKenna Cup clash with the students of QUB in Ballybofey this evening. It may have ended up looking like a...
View ArticleWHO IS RUNNING OUR HOSPITAL? ONE READER’S INSIDE STORY OF THE NIGHT FROM HELL
Letterkenny General Hospital NEW details are emerging of the ‘night from hell’ suffered by nurses, doctors and their patients at Letterkenny General Hospital this week. Understaffed and over-run with...
View ArticleANGER AS IRISH WATER STAFF PROMISED €7,000 BONUSES – FOR DOING THEIR JOBS
People in Donegal have been left to drink water like this….while Irish Water bosses pay themselves bonuses THE IRISH Water crisis kick-started by the Donegal County Council row over the body has taken...
View ArticleCATHAL’S GAA BLOG: DONEGAL KINGS DEFEAT STUDENTS FROM QUEEN’S
CATHAL Mac Suibhne’s Donegal GAA Blog: Dún na nGall Kings Defeat Students From Queens Another win recorded for Donegal tonight in Ballybofey against Queens University and whatever about the epitaphs of...
View ArticlePLEASE DON’T BLAME STAFF FOR HOSPITAL’S CHRONIC SITUATION – BROGAN
Donegal County Councillor Ciaran Brogan said the current situation at Letterkenny General Hospital showed the hospital needs to be returned to a state-of-the-art facility as soon as possible. Cllr...
View ArticleSPORTSHALL ATHLETIC REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS HELD IN DEELE COLLEGE
The 2014 Sportshall Athletics Regional Championship took place in Deele College with a total of six schools participating for the chance to progress to the county finals on the 15th of January. This...
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