COUNCILLOR URGES CAUTION OVER ANAEROBIC DIGESTER FOR CASTLEFIN
Sinn Féin Councillor Gary Doherty has urged Donegal County Council to be cautious over plans to construct a new Anaerobic Digester near Castlefin. Cllr Gary Doherty Plans have been submitted to Donegal...
View ArticleLETTERKENNY LIVE CONCERT CANCELLED BECAUSE OF LACK OF FUNDS
The Committee of Letterkenny Live has announced that the event will not proceed this year due to funding issues and the time commitments of its members. Letterkenny Chamber Chief Executive Toni...
View Article€1M DONEGAL CANNABIS FACTORY RAID: CHINESE MEN PLEAD GUILTY
The warehouse outside Malin Town where drugs were discovered. Two Chinese men have pleaded guilty to cultivating cannabis at Donegal’s biggest ever drugs factory. Gou Quing Zhou, of 7 Aran Court,...
View ArticleMURPHY TARGETING AN INSTANT RETURN TO DIVISION ONE
Michael Murphy has targeted an instant return to top flight football for Donegal ahead of their opening league fixture against Laois on Sunday. Michael Murphy is targeting promotion Murphy feels...
View ArticleJOB VACANCY: SEAN DOHERTY FRUIT&VEG LOOKING TO RECRUIT
Local well known established business Sean Doherty Fruit&Veg are looking to recruit. Sean Doherty Fruit & Veg are a local well established company looking for an individual who is...
View ArticleLYIT LECTURER USES ROBOTS IN SUCCESSFUL AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMME
fe (left) Eibhlin Doherty Crana College, Buncrana working on their project in the after -schools “Mobile Robot programme” developed by LYIT Lecturer Martin Bradley. Encouraging young people to build...
View ArticleFURY AS FANS WHO QUEUED FOR 36 HOURS LEFT WITHOUT TICKETS FOR GARTH BROOKS
There is shock and anger amongst a large number of Garth Brooks fans in Donegal after they were left without tickets despite many queuing for over 36 hours. Many fans queued for 36 hours but ultimately...
View ArticleDONEGAL MAN ADMITS TO HAVING SEX WITH CHILD
A Donegal man has pleaded guilty to having sex with a child under 17 years of age. Letterkenny District Court. The man, who cannot be named, appeared at Letterkenny Circuit Court today. The man...
View ArticleDLDC OFFICIALLY LAUNCH NEW WEBSITE
Jim Slevin, Chairperson of the DLDC pictured with fellow Board members Geraldine Boyce, John Starrett, PJ Hannon, Patrick Sweeney and CEO Caoimhin Mac Aoidh at the recent launch of the DLDC website....
View ArticlePENSIONERS TRAUMATISED IN ANOTHER SICKENING CRIME SPREE
TWO pensioners have been targeted in the latest sickening crime spree. Both were threatened with knives in the separate incidents last Monday evening in Drumoghill and Knockbrack areas. The first...
View ArticleRESIDENTS’ ANGER AS DEVELOPER BIDS TO ERECT DONEGAL’S BIGGEST WIND TURBINE
Local residents are angry that the developer of a wind farm in Co Donegal has applied to increase the height of the turbines to become one of the highest in the whole of Ireland – and the biggest in...
View ArticleSCIENTISTS SEEKING TO EXHUME DONEGAL GIANT
The site on Cruit Island where the ‘giant’ was found in 1954. A team of research scientists are seeking permission to exhume the skeleton of what they believe was one of Ireland’s tallest men who is...
View ArticlePOLITICAL APPOINTMENTS TO JUDICIARY MUST STOP – MacLOCHLAINN
Sinn Féin justice spokesperson, Pádraig Mac Lochlainn has said there can be no doubt left for Minister Shatter that the days of political appointments to the judiciary have to stop. The Inishowen TD...
View ArticleTV&MOVIE CASTING DIRECTORS FISHPOND HOPING TO MAKE A SPLASH AT KAREN GORMAN...
The Fishpond Team is holding an exclusive sign up day for clients and students of the Karen Gorman Academy of Speech and Drama and Casting Agency on the 16th of February in Letterkenny. The Karen...
View ArticleNIKKI’S FIGHT FOR FITNESS: NIKKI SUFFERS SLIGHT SETBACK THEN RECOVERS TO...
Hi folks, I hope you didn’t miss me too much last week. I think I must be jinxed when it comes to special occasions. As some of you may remember, I spent Christmas Day in hospital back in 2011 and this...
View ArticleSTUDENTS ROCK HISTORIC BEOFAST GIG
Team leaders from all the schools that participated in Beofast with Charlotte Dryden from the Oh Yeah Centre and Mo and Kris from More Than Conquerors. Photo by Carrie Davenport, Kerrang magazine...
View ArticleHIGHLAND TOPS LATEST RADIO SURVEY
The country’s only official survey of listeners to radio in Ireland has delivered great news for Highland Radio. Highland Radio managing director Shaun Doherty. The latest JNLR/MRBI survey shows that...
View ArticleKILDRUM TIGERS WITHDRAW FROM 2014 ULSTER SENIOR LEAGUE
The USL has received another blow following the confirmation last night that Kildrum Tigers will not be participating in this season’s USL as they seek a return to the Donegal League next season. The...
View ArticleFORMER MANCHESTER UTD STAR JOE COLL ON TRIAL WITH FINN HARPS
Former Manchester United trainee Joe Coll is currently on trial with Finn Harps with a view to securing a move for the forthcoming 2014 First Division campaign. Joe Coll is on trial at Finn Harps....
View ArticleDONEGAL MAN PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO ANGLO BANK CHARGES
A CO Donegal man is one of three people who have pleaded not guilty today to charges relating to Anglo Irish Bank. William McAteer, 63, from Auburn Villas, Rathgar in Dublin and originally from...
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