GARDAI APPEAL TO WALKERS, JOGGERS AND CYCLISTS AFTER A NUMBER OF NEAR ACCIDENTS
Gardai have appealed to walkers, joggers and cyclists to wear high-visibility clothing and lights when out exercising. The plea comes after a number of near misses in towns across the county including...
View ArticleCOUNTY MANAGER ISSUES STRONG STATEMENT VOWING TO BETTER THE LIVES OF TRAVELLERS
County Manager Seamus Neely issued strong statement on Council policies COUNTY manager Seamus Neely has issued a strongly-worded statement on the Ballyshannon Traveller house storm, vowing to work to...
View ArticleSOME COUNCIL TENANTS LIVING IN SQUALOR, CLAIMS COUNCILLOR
A COUNTY councillor has claimed some council tenants are living in squalid conditions because of a lack of money to fix their properties. An emotional Marie Therese Gallagher told a council meeting...
View ArticleDONEGAL SEAWEED COMPANY HOPING TO HARVEST SUCCESS AT BUSINESS AWARDS
A Donegal company which harvests seaweed and turns it into many sought-after products has been named as a finalist in the AIB Small Business Awards. Algaran is a small Seaweed Company situated in...
View ArticleLORD OF THE RINGS 4 – LET’S GET READY TO R-R-R-R-RUMBLE!
There will be no holds barred when St. Eunans GAA Club and Letterkenny Rugby Club square up to each other at this years Lord Of The Rings. The clubs have decided to join up to raise funds for both...
View ArticleLORETO COMMUNITY SCHOOL LOCKOUT: FOUR STUDENTS WIN TOP PRIZE TO BRUSSELS
Four students from Loreto Community School Milford have recently won 1st place in the 1913 Strike and Lockout All Ireland Labour Centenary Essay Competition. This competition was commissioned by The...
View ArticleJOB VACANCY – POOL OPERATIONS MANAGER FOR FINN VALLEY LEISURE CENTRE
JOBS: Applications are invited from suitable persons for the position of Pool Operations Manager at Finn Valley Leisure Centre (Finn Valley Athletic Club & Donegal County Council Joint Venture). An...
View ArticleDD LOCAL: LIFFORD CLONLEIGH COMMUNITY NEWS
Lifford Clonleigh Resource Centre Local Notes • HEALTHY COMMUNITIES: Cooking Demonstration – Raw & Living Food Chef Sinead Scott will be demonstrating and cooking a range of sugar, dairy and gluten...
View ArticleGAGGED: CLLR McENIFF WARNED BY PARTY BOSSES TO STOP MAKING COMMENTS ON...
Exclusive: FIANNA Fail has silenced Donegal county councillor Sean McEniff, Donegal Daily can reveal. Party leader Micheal Martin has told Cllr McEniff that he can’t make any more comments about...
View ArticleSINN FEIN EXPRESS ANGER OVER MAYOR TRIP TO AMERICA
A Sinn Fein councillor has hit out at Mayor Frank McBrearty’s St Patrick’s Day trip to America. Speaking after a decision taken by the Donegal County Council to sanction a St Patricks Day trip for the...
View ArticleMAN WHO HAD JAW BROKEN IN LETTERKENNY ATTACK GIVES EVIDENCE VIA VIDEOLINK...
A CO Galway man who suffered a broken jaw in an attack while he was in Co Donegal working has given evidence in the trial of two local men charged with assault. Carpenter Mark Smyth, from Ballinsasloe,...
View ArticleHOME TAX LETTERS WILL BE ISSUED IN MARCH, SAYS DONEGAL TD
Sinn Féin Finance spokesperson Pearse Doherty has said that the confirmation from government to Sinn Féin that letters to all households eligible for the Family Home Tax will be issued on the week...
View ArticleGOLF NEWS: PORTSALON GOLF CLUB NOTES
Protect Your Course. Over the past number of weeks concern has been expressed by a number of members at the number of golfers who do not replace their divots. Replacing divots is no more than good golf...
View ArticleGAELIC GAMES: NEW INTERMEDIATE, JUNIOR AND UNDER-21 CHAMPIONSHIP DRAWS IN FULL
THE new draws for the Intermediate, Junior Championship and U-21 Championship draws have been made tonight. It follows the scrapping of last Sunday’s draw by the County Board after Naomh Mhuire were...
View ArticleGAELIC GAMES: McGEE BROTHERS TO START FOR ULSTER IN FINAL CLASH WITH LEINSTER
GAOTH Dobhair’s Neil and Eamon McGee will start in the back-line for Ulster when the province takes on Leinster in Sunday’s M Donnelly interprovincial football final at Croke Park. Mark McHugh is the...
View ArticleFIRST MAJOR TEST AS HARPS FACE DERRY FOR JJ REID MOTORS TROPHY
Finn Harps and FAI Cup winners Derry City will battle it out for the JJ Reid Motors trophy at Finn Park this Sunday. The encounter will be Harps’ last fixture before the competitive action gets...
View ArticleHARTE WELCOMES POLICY TO END HOMELESSNESS BY 2016
Labour Senator Jimmy Harte has welcomed a new Government policy document that will strive to end homelessness in Ireland by 2016. The Letterkenny politician, a founding member and director of North...
View ArticleJUDGE ORDERS ARREST OF TRIAL WITNESS WHO REFUSED TO GIVE EVIDENCE BECAUSE HE...
A JUDGE has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of a Co Donegal man who refused to appear as a prosecution witness in a case where three men were beaten outside a Letterkenny hotel. District Court...
View ArticleDONEGAL SCHOOL NOMINATED FOR PRESTIGIOUS EIRCOM SPIDER AWARD
A Donegal primary school has been nominated for a prestigious Eircom Junior Spider Award. Cloughfin National School from Ballindrait in Lifford have been nominated in the Best Website Award category....
View ArticleYOUR COUNTY NEEDS YOU: DONEGAL GAA SUPPORTERS CLUB TO RE-LAUNCH THIS WEEKEND
DONEGAL GAA SUPPORTERS CLUB RE-LAUNCH There is a meeting this Sunday at 5.00pm in Villa Rose, Ballybofey to discuss the possibility of the relaunching the Donegal GAA Supporters Club. The...
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