POACHER: ‘MAN IN A WET SUIT ASKED ME TO HOLD SALMON FOR HIM’
A MAN caught by fisheries protection officers with a salmon and a net on the River Finn insisted he hadn’t been poaching – but was just holding them for a man he never met before. Patrick ‘Paddy’...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: YOUNG DONEGAL MAN DIES AS CAR COLLAPSES ON TOP OF HIM
A young Co Donegal was killed last night when the car he was working on collapsed on top of him. Gardai in Carrick are investigating the tragic death in Kilcar. The accident happened at Castlecarn,...
View ArticleLETTERKENNY CELTIC SUPPORTERS CLUB MEETING TONIGHT
There is a meeting being held tonight Wednesday the 5th February by the Letterkenny No.1 Celtic supporters club at 8pm in the Station House Hotel.
View ArticleSADNESS AT SUDDEN PASSING OF WELL-KNOWN DONEGAL BAR OWNER
There is widespread sadness across the county following the sudden death of one of Donegal’s best known publicans. John Slevin, owner of Biddy O’Barnes bar in Barnesmore Gap, was 71. He is survived by...
View ArticleFINN HARPS’ STALWART EXPRESSES SADNESS AT DEATH OF SON IN ACCIDENT
THE man who died in a tragic accident in Kilcar last night was John Campbell Jnr, the son of the Finn Harps stalwart John Campbell. The popular 28-year-old was killed when a car he was working on...
View ArticleDONEGAL TEAM TO FACE GALWAY NAMED
Jim McGuinness has announced his team to face Galway this Sunday in the second round of matches in the Allianz National Football League. McFadden – netted a vital goal last week against Laois, They...
View ArticleGAA NEWS: ALLIANZ INDOOR HURLING&CAMOGIE FINALS TO BE PLAYED NEXT WEEK
Allianz Handball Competitons: The county finals will take place this Friday 7th Feb in Glenfin @ 3pm Allianz Indoor Hurling & Camogie: The county finals will be played on Wed. 12th February in...
View ArticleAN GRIANAN THEATRE WIN ULSTER LIVE MUSIC VENUE OF THE YEAR
An Grianán Theatre was last night awarded the IMRO Ulster LIve Music of The Year Award for 2013. David Gray performing at the award winning An Grianan. An Grianán has been nominated every year since...
View ArticleTRIBUTES POUR IN FOR YOUNG MAN KILLED IN TRAGIC ACCIDENT
Social media outlets Facebook and Twitter have been flooded with tributes to John Campbell Jnr who was killed in a tragic accident in Kilcar last night. The hugely popular 28-year-old was killed when...
View ArticleDONEGAL NEWSPAPER GROUP SOLD
THE Donegal Democrat newspaper group has been sold, it has been announced. “Staff have been informed that on Friday, February 14th, a newly formed company, Formpress Publishing Limited will take...
View ArticleURGENT JURY NOTICE CHANGE: JURORS NOW NEEDED ON THURSDAY
URGENT JURY NOTICE: The jury panel which had been told not to turn up tomorrow (Thursday, February 6th) are now requested that they SHOULD attend court in Letterkenny at 10.30am. This notice replaces...
View ArticleDD LOCAL: LETTERKENNY TIDY TOWNS COMMITTEE AGM NEXT WEDNESDAY
Letterkenny Tidy Towns Committee AGM Letterkenny Tidy Towns Committee are having their AGM on Wednesday 12th of February at 8.00pm in the Station House Hotel. All are welcome.
View ArticleCITIZENS OF CREESLOUGH BEING TAKEN TO THE HIGH COURT
Contractors involved in the development of a village enhancement scheme project in Creeslough have issued high court summons on Doe Community Association and the Donegal County Council. Contractors...
View ArticleÓ DOMHNAILL SLAMS ‘SCANDALOUS’ LOSS OF €13.4 MILLION IN FUNDING FOR RURAL...
Senator Brian Ó Domhnaill has slammed Communication Minister Pat Rabbitte on the scandalous loss of €13.4 million EU Funding for Rural Broadband. Donegal Senator Brian Ó Domhnaill has today told the...
View ArticleDONEGAL MAN MICHAEL QUINN SELECTED AS NORTHERN IRELAND TOKKO REPRESENTATIVE
Michael Quinn, the founder of Donegal Shorin Ryu Karate Club has been selected for the position of the Traditional Okinawan Karate Kobudo Organisation’s (TOKKO) representative for Donegal and Northern...
View ArticleTAOISEACH -”NOT EVEN DONEGAL POSTMAN COULD HAVE PREDICTED SEVERE FLOODS”
Taoiseach Enda Kenny today told delegates in the Dail that not even Michael Gallagher Ireland’s most famous amateur weatherman could have predicted the severe flooding which has affected several parts...
View ArticleMULROY COLLEGE GIRLS CROWNED ALL-IRELAND CHAMPIONS – AGAIN!
Mulroy College – All-Ireland Champs 2014 - A CO Donegal girls soccer team are celebrating after being crowned All-Ireland champions again! Mulroy College in Milford saw off Colaiste Mhuire from...
View ArticlePERVERT WHO ABUSED TWO GIRLS AT CARAVAN PARK JAILED FOR FOUR YEARS
A pervert who sexually abused two young girls at a caravan park in Portsalon has been jailed for four years. Letterkenny Court. The man committed the crimes on the two young girls, who were aged just...
View ArticleMAN ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING WOMAN WHILE SHE SLEPT FOUND NOT GUILTY
A man who was accused of sexually assaulting a young woman while she slept beside her boyfriend has been found not guilty. Letterkenny Court. The man put his head in his hands as the verdict was read...
View ArticleBOMB DISPOSAL TEAM SUMMONED TO DONEGAL AFTER ‘GRENADE’ FOUND
An army bomb disposal team is expected in Co Donegal tomorrow (Thurs) morning following the discovery of what is thought to be a grenade in Ballyshannon. The device was found at the Mall Quay earlier...
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