CYCLING: NEW CLUB FOR THE FINN VALLEY
A meeting will be held on Wednesday night, 27th February in the Villa Rose Ballybofey at 9pm to formally set up the Finn Valley Cycling Club. Anyone interested in cycling in the Finn Valley are asked...
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LONE PROTESTOR VOWS TO PICKET HOSPITAL UNTIL FRONTLINE SERVICES PROTECTED
Barney at Letterkenny Hospital today A LONE protestor says he will continue his picket outside Donegal’s biggest hospital until the Government gives a commitment to frontline services. Barney Duffy,...
View ArticleDD LOCAL – MEAVAGH RESOURCE CENTRE NOTES, DOWNINGS
Mevagh Men’s Group – will have their usual meeting next Tuesday 5th March at 8:00 pm in the Resource Centre. Women’s Book Club – will have their monthly meeting on Tuesday 5th March at 8.00pm. New...
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GOVERNMENT HASN’T ENSHRINED RIGHTS OF DISABLED INTO LAW, SAYS HARKIN
Marian Harkin MEP pictured with Valerie Moran, Manager of Longford Centre for Independent Living Ltd, after a roundtable discussion on the Implementation on the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons...
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I’M NEVER AN OUTSIDER IN DONEGAL – GAY BYRNE
Gay Byrne says he is never made feel like an outsider at his Co Donegal retreat – despite being from Dublin. The former Late Late Show presenter has been a visitor to the town of Dungloe having bought...
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DONEGAL PUBLIC ASKED FOR THEIR VIEWS ON NEW RADIOTHERAPY UNIT
PEOPLE in Donegal are being invited to give their views on the planned radiotherapy unit in Derry. Two the ten focus groups will be held in this county – the rest are north of the Border. The venues...
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STOP THE SALE OF DONEGAL FORESTS, SAYS DOHERTY AFTER DAIL BRIEFING
DONEGAL TD Pearse Doherty has joined several organisations in opposing plans to sell off Coillte harvesting rights. Mountaineering Ireland, the Irish Timber Council, Peter Bacon and IMPACT Trade Union...
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NOT A SINGLE EXTRA DAY BEHIND BARS FOR THUG WHO HIJACKED WIFE OF DONEGAL TEAM...
A THUG who hijacked a Donegal woman’s jeep with her nine-year-old child still in the back seat hasn’t been given a single extra day behind bars. Bernadette Moran (37), is the wife of the Donegal...
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REVEALED: COUNCIL LEFT TO PICK UP €30K COST OF SENDING DIESEL SLUDGE TO GERMANY
DONEGAL County Council has been left with a €30,000 bill after diesel-laundering criminals dumped thousands of litres of sludge at the side of a Co Donegal road. Superintendent Leo McGinn confirmed...
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SHOCK AS GOVERNMENT SET TO INTRODUCE NEW ‘HOUSE TAX’ WITH COMPULSORY TV...
Will Highland get a slice of new Gadget License? EVERY house in Co Donegal will have to have a ‘TV license’ from next year – even if you don’t have a telly. The new ‘gadgets’ license will cover...
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DONEGAL BAR WINS ULSTER VENUE OF YEAR AT IMRO LIVE MUSIC AWARDS
It is famous for its live music for many years now. But McGrory’s of Culdaff has just been named best live music venue in Ulster by the Irish Music Rights Organisation. Monroes of Galway won the big...
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FIANNA FAIL TO HOST MEETING ON CRIME AND GARDA CUTS IN LETTERKENNY TONIGHT
Fianna Fáil will host a public meeting in Letterkenny tonight to discuss crime, garda station closures and cuts to community garda resources in Donegal. The Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Justice Niall...
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DONEGAL MUM’S HEARTACHE AS ASK.FM BULLIES TELL HER SON: ‘GO KILL YOURSELF’
A CO Donegal mother has pleaded with other parents to monitor the behaviour of their children online after bullies told her son they wished he was dead. Despite massive publicity both here in Co...
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VIDEO FOR DONEGAL ARTIST’S SONG NOMINATED FOR TOP EUROPEAN AWARD
Keith Mannion of ‘SnowPlaceLikeHome’ A Ballyshannon musician’s video has been short-listed among some of the world’s biggest bands in a prestigious European Film Festival event for Best Music Video....
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YOUR DONEGAL DAILY PICTURES OF THE DAY
Evening sunset as seen from Blaney Bridge: By Richard Conneely for donegaldaily.com WITH apologies once again to readers abroad, here’s some more of your wonderful pictures from across Co Donegal in...
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JIM MCGUINNESS PLAYS HIS PART FOR SUICIDE AWARENESS WITH VIDEO APPEARANCE
Jim McGuinness has taken part in a suicide awareness video produced by students at Sligo IT. The Donegal GAA manager joins others including former rugby star Alan Quinlan and BBC presenter Adrian Logan...
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TUGANN AN GOOCH INSPIORÁID DO DHALTAÍ GHAIRMSCOIL CHÚ ULADH
Thug an laoch Ciarraíoch Colm “Gooch” Cooper, buaiteoir de 4 bhonn Uile Éireann, cuairt ar Ghairmscoil Chú Uladh Dé hAoine a chuaigh thart mar chuid den chlár ‘AIB Build A Bank”. Ní amhain go bhfuair...
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ASSEMBLY VISIT WILL BE A MAJOR BOOST FOR DONEGAL, SAYS TD McHUGH
Deputy Joe McHugh The Co-Chairman of the British Irish Parliamentary Assembly, Joe McHugh TD, has said that it will be a major boost for Donegal to welcome parliamentarians from Ireland North and...
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LORD 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...
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CAN YOU BELIEVE THESE DRESSES WERE MADE FROM JUNK?
THEY are dresses which look as if they came out of a top London fashion house – but they are made entirely from trash! Four fourth year students from Loreto Community School Milford, Ciara Haley, Kate...
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