KELLY MCGRORY IN STUNNING FORM AT GREYSTONES INTERNATIONAL MEETING
Tir Chonaill AC athlete, Kelly McGrory, was in stunning form, when she ran a new 400m Hurdles county record time of 62.93 seconds in the Greystones International Meet on Saturday. Kate McGowan was...
View ArticleCULLEN –“YOU WOULDN’T NEED HAWK EYE TO SEE HAWK’S LANE NEEDS URGENT REPAIRS
Donal Cullen Independent Community Candidate Milford/Letterkenny area has called on immediate repairs to be carried out on a footpath from an area known locally as Hawk’s Lane to the Grey Rock Housing...
View ArticleMCBREARTY URGES STUDENTS TO APPLY EARLY FOR GRANTS AS ‘SUSI’ GOES LIVE
Independent Councillor for the Stranorlar Electoral Area, Cllr Frank McBrearty, has urged all Third-level students wishing to apply for a higher and further education grant to do so early. Councillor...
View ArticleMASSIVE TOURISM BOOST AS RED ARROWS SET FOR SPECTACULAR DISPLAY OVER DONEGAL
Exclusive: BRITAIN’S famous Red Arrows are set to carry out a spectacular aeronautical display in the skies above Donegal, Donegal Daily can reveal. Donegal County Council has joined Derry City Council...
View ArticleELECTION 2014: COPE RAISES ALARM OVER THREAT TO LETTERKENNY MATERNITY SERVICES
Fianna Fáil MEP Pat the Cope Gallagher has raised alarm over the fresh threat to maternity services in the West/North West region. Pat the Cope Gallagher A confidential HSE report seen by Fianna Fáil...
View ArticleHORROR AS 300,000 RARE EELS DIE IN BALLYSHANNON DAM
More than 300,000 eels have died in a trap at the Ballyshannon hydro-electric dam – in a filter system that was supposed to help them migrate into Lough Erne in County Fermanagh. After a 4,000 mile...
View ArticleINDEPENDENTS DAY! SHOCK TRIBUNE POLL PUTS NON-PARTY CANDIDATES ON 43%
The election opinion poll published in this week’s Tirconaill Tribune for the Letterkenny/Milford Electoral Area shows non-party candidates are set to win almost 43% of the first preference vote. And...
View ArticleINDEPENDENTS DAY! SHOCK TRIBUNE POLL PUTS NON-PARTY CANDIDATES ON 43%
John McCreadie of Stewart and MacLochlainn Accountants with Tirconaill Tribune Editor John McAteer at the completion of the Local Election Opinion Poll. The election opinion poll published in this...
View ArticleSUSPECT QUIZZED AFTER STOLEN CAR SMASH
A SUSPECT has been arrested by Gardai and two people treated for minor injuries after a high speed car chase. The incident in the Finn Valley led to a Garda alert last evening. A vehicle later crashed...
View ArticleMCBREARTY –“CANDIDATES RECENT SHOW OF CONCERN OVER POLICING ‘OPPORTUNISTIC’
Independent Councillor for the Stranorlar Electoral Area Cllr Frank McBrearty, has today criticised recent remarks made by some election candidates concerning justice and policing as both ‘strategic...
View ArticleELECTION 2014: WATSON CALLS FOR EXTENDED TAX INCENTIVE SCHEME FOR DONEGAL
Fianna Fáil local election candidate John Watson has called for the Minister for Finance, Michael Noonan to extend a current Urban Renewal Scheme introduced in Budget 2013 to Donegal. Watson hopes it...
View ArticleELECTION 2014: MCLAUGHLIN –“ONE IN EIGHT DONEGAL FAMILIES HEADED BY LONE PARENT”
Letterkenny candidate Siobhán McLaughlin has vowed that she will work to highlight and address the issues affecting lone parents, who the 2011 Census indicates are the heads of one in eight households...
View ArticleUSL REPORT: FOUR STAR COCKHILL TOO STRONG FOR DRUMKEEN UNITED
Cockhill Celtic maintained their strong start to the USL season, when they swept past the challenge of Drumkeen United last night. The game was played on a carpet like pitch on a perfect evening for...
View ArticleGOLF NEWS: BRENDAN NASH WINS THE WEDNESDAY OPEN AT PORTSALON
Portsalon Golf Club Golf Events at Portsalon On Saturday 17th there is an Open ladies and gents Scramble competition with a shot gun start at 10 a.m. This will be the first official competition from...
View ArticleDDTV: WATCH VIDEO OF GAELSCOIL ADHAMHNÁIN’S STUNNING NATIONAL CONCERT HALL...
DDTV: Earlier this week 80 pupils from County Donegal travelled to the National Concert Hall in Dublin for the finals of the Waltons School Music Competition. Since then those unlucky not to have...
View ArticleDONEGAL FISHERIES JOBS BID INCLUDED IN €1M GOVERNMENT BOOST – McHUGH
THE POTENTIAL for new jobs in north Donegal is included in a €1M Government announcement today. Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney TD was just issued funding of €1 Million for...
View ArticleMAYOR GIVES €2K TO RELAY FOR LIFE
Outgoing Donegal County Mayor, Ian McGarvey has donated €2,000 to Relay for Life Donegal from his development fund members allocation. Robert O Connor, Chairperson of Relay for Life Donegal said: “We...
View ArticleIDENTITY OF DONEGAL GARDA WHISTLEBLOWER REVEALED IN DAIL
Pearse Doherty TD DONEGAL Deputy Pearse Doherty has today named the whistleblower from the county within An Garda Siochana. Garda Keith Harrison, alleged Deputy Doherty, had seen his career nosedive...
View ArticleMCELHINNEYS BRIDAL ROOMS NOMINATED FOR PRESTIGIOUS AWARD
McElhinneys Bridal Rooms in Ballybofey, have beaten off tough competition to be shortlisted as finalists in the 2014 Wedding Journal Reader Awards. With only 5 stores shortlisted for the whole of...
View ArticleDD LOCAL: CASTLEFINN TIDY TOWNS CLEANUP NEXT WEEK
Castlefinn Community News Whist: 14/5/2014 Ladies. 1st Maire Gormley, Plumbridge 163. 2nd Kathleen Duffy, Stranorlar 160. 3rd Mary Lafferty, Ballybofey 159 Gents. 1st Joe Corry, Castlederg 170. 2nd...
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