Carndonagh FC opens doors to community after tragic road death
Carndonagh FC has opened its doors to the entire town’s community, after the shocking death of a teenager in a road crash overnight in Inishowen. Gardaí say that an adult male teenager was killed in a...
View ArticleGardaí issue “golden rules” for online shopping ahead of Cyber Monday
Gardaí are reminding the public to be cautious of scams while shopping online, especially during the busy Black Friday and Cyber Monday period. With more and more people taking to online outlets to...
View ArticleElection 2024: McGuinness, Bradley, Kennedy and O’Donnell eliminated
The eliminations are beginning of candidates at the Aura Leisure Centre in Letterkenny at the Donegal Count of the General Election. Sinn Fein’s Pearse Doherty and Padraig Mac Lochlainn were both...
View ArticleFour Masters triumph over Glenswilly in U21 A Final thriller
Four Masters 1-15 v 2-09 Glenswilly By Charlie Collins Four Masters beat Glenswilly in cracking Under 21A Championship Final this afternoon. Four Masters raced to a four point lead in the opening...
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Downings Ladies through to All-Ireland Junior Final
Downings Ladies’ side are through to the All-Ireland Junior Football Final. They defeated Kildare champions Kilcock by a goal this afternoon, 1-07 to 0-07. Downings made use of homefield advantage by...
View ArticleVeritas Letterkenny to close its doors this December
Religious book publisher and retailer Veritas will close its doors in Letterkenny for the final time on Friday 13th December. The store is winding down as part of the closure of all Veritas branches...
View ArticleCouncil buildings light up red for World AIDS day
Donegal County Council is commemorating World AIDS Day 2024 by making public buildings glow red in solidarity with people living with HIV. The display is taking place across the County House in Lifford...
View ArticleDonegal woman wins Bookshop of the Year honours!
A Donegal native has won An Post’s prestigious Bookshop of the Year award. Jenni Doherty from Greencastle owns the Little Acorns Bookstore, based in Derry. Little Acorns won out against stout...
View ArticleElection 2024: Donegal’s fourth and fifth seats remain tight race on ninth count
4.30PM: Four more candidates have been eliminated in the Donegal general election count, leaving 9 of the 20 players remaining. Eamonn McGee (Irish Freedom Party), Kim McMenamin (The Irish People),...
View ArticleDonegal road death toll highest in 16 years as tragic teen named
A young man killed in a tragic road accident in Co Donegal has been named locally as Tiernan Doherty-Kelly. The 18-year-old was killed when the car he was driving left the road near Buncrana on the...
View ArticleDonegal League, FAI Junior Cup – this week’s results & reports
Here are all of the results and match reports from this week’s Donegal League fixtures. Saturday 30th November Glencar Inn Saturday Division One Drumbar F.C. 1 v 1 Keadue Rovers Reserves (No Report...
View ArticleGeneral Election: Niall McConnell eliminated as four vie for final three seats
Main pic: Niall McConnell (IND). Niall McConnell (IND) has been eliminated on the tenth count as Pat ‘the Cope’ Gallagher edges closer to a return to the Dáil. The far right candidate’s 2,185 votes...
View ArticleAward-winning Ceoltóirí Canóla announce debut concert in Letterkenny
Donegal’s young female Barbershop Quartet, Ceoltóirí Canóla, are set to make their stunning debut concert on December 18th at a concert in Conwal Church in Letterkenny. Ceoltóirí Canóla, who are all...
View ArticleWatch: Gerry McKeever disappointed to not bring vision to Dáil
Independent candidate Gerry McKeever says he is disappointed with his result in this general election but has no regrets. The Letterkenny businessman was eliminated on the 6th count today with 378...
View ArticleDonegal musician to launch first poetry book
A Donegal country musician and poet is set to launch her first poetry book next week. Mary Bates’ Echoes of Resilience will be officially launched at the Letterkenny Shopping Centre on Friday, December...
View ArticleElection Latest: Charles Ward makes major gain in twelfth count
8:20PM: 100% Redress candidate Charles Ward has gained a significant jump in the twelfth count in Donegal, putting him out in front of Minister Charlie McConalogue. Cheers rang out from Ward’s party on...
View ArticleFrank Feighan first elected in South Donegal as race heats up for remaining...
Fine Gael’s Frank Feighan is the first candidate to be deemed elected in the Sligo/Leitrim constituency. He topped the polls in the constituency which also contains South Donegal after the eleventh...
View ArticleGeneral Election: Gap narrows between Pringle and McConalogue for final seat
The tension has risen considerably in the Aura Centre tonight as the gap narrows between Thomas Pringle (IND) and Charlie McConalogue (FF) for the fifth and final seat. Following the distribution of...
View ArticleWatch: Aontú’s Mary T Sweeney claims snap election was undemocratic
Aontú candidate Mary T Sweeney claims that this general election gave unfair advantage to the large parties. The Letterkenny campaigner, who was eliminated in the eleventh count in Donegal, is...
View ArticleFine Gael’s Nikki Bradley eliminated in fourteenth count
11.10PM: Fine Gael Senator Nikki Bradley has been eliminated in the fourteenth count with 6,176 overall votes. This leaves four candidates battling for the remaining three seats in Donegal. Sinn Féin...
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