BEBHINN’S SHORT FILM WINS TOP AWARD AT GATHERING FUNCTION
A young Donegal Town student has scooped a major award for her short film in a competition organised in conjunction with The Gathering. Bebhinn Naughton’s short film Hearts Like Mountains, blew away...
View ArticleFILM IT FRIDAY – CENTURY CINEMA PASS WINNER IS………
The winner of Friday’s Family Pass to Century Cinemas in Letterkenny is Marie Timoney, Sheskinaroine, Dungloe. Don’t worry if you didn’t win our Film It Friday FREE competition. There will be...
View ArticleDONEGAL FINE GAEL MAN UNDER FIRE OVER STRIPPERS AND BOOZE COMPETITIONS
A DONEGAL Fine Gael representative is under fire in his adopted home of Sligo over a night out featuring strippers and booze competitions. Daniel McGarrigle sits on Sligo Borough Council representing...
View ArticleCAR TOWED AWAY AFTER SNOW ROAD SMASH
The scene of the crash at Mountain Top, Letterkenny, earlier A CAR involved in a road smash at a busy junction in the county has been towed away. The VW Passat lost control at Mountain Top in...
View ArticleROADTEAM SCOOP DONEGAL BUSINESS OF THE YEAR AWARD
Pettigo-based Road recycling company RoadTeam Ltd scooped the overall Donegal Business of the Year award at the Donegal Enterprise Board’s Annual Business Awards in Ballybofey last night. RoadTeam...
View ArticleRAPHOE ALMOST HAS ITS NEW PLAYGROUND DOWN TO A ‘TEA’!
The Raphoe Community Playgroup Committee are well on the road to turning their dream of a new playground for the children of the area into a reality. As the group continues to fundraise, they have...
View ArticleSO WHERE DID YOU COME IN THE FANAD GAELS 5K?
Despite the poor weather conditions a good crowd of over 100 participants gathered in Kerrykeel to support Gaeil Fhánada’s inaugural 5K race. The race winner was local Rosnakill man Adam Friel running...
View ArticleINVESTIGATION UNDERWAY AFTER MASSIVE WINDMILL COMES DOWN IN GALES
The toppled wind turbine at Ardara can be seen on the left of the picture DD EXCLUSIVE: An investigation is underway after a 80 ft wind turbine came crashing to the ground in strong winds near Ardara....
View ArticleDD LOCAL: RAPHOE COMMUNITY NEWS
RAPHOE NOTES WEEK ENDING 23rd March 2013 Raphoe Family Resource Centre MONDAY MORNING DROP-IN The Monday morning drop-in continues in the Family Resource Centre from 10.30am-12.30pm each Monday so why...
View ArticleCAMPAIGNERS REFUSING TO GIVE UP ON HOUSEHOLD TAX BOYCOTT
DONEGAL Action Against Austerity says it’s refusing to give up on its campaign against the home tax – despite the powers of the Revenue to collect it. ”People in Donegal understand too well what more...
View ArticleDD LOCAL: PARISH BULLETIN OF ST EUNAN’S CATHEDRAL LETTERKENNY
NEWSLETTER Sunday 24th March 2013 Palm Sunday - Times for Masses, Services and Confessions for Holy Week are outlined on the following pages. St. Peregrine Saint Peregrine is the patron saint of cancer...
View ArticleSUPER STRIKE BY MCHUGH PUTS BATTLING HARPS TOP
Kevin McHugh celebrates his goal with Sean McCarron – Picture by Gerard McHugh. A stunning effort from the edge of the box by goalpoaching machine Kevin McHugh puts Finn Harps on top of the Airtricity...
View ArticleDD LOCAL: PARISH BULLETIN OF TAWNAWILLY
NEWSLETTER St. Patrick’s Church, Donegal Town Fr. Willie Peoples 074-9721026 Saturday 23rd 10.00am Special Intention 6.00pm Terence & Mary Woods – Anniversary Sunday 24th 9.00am Private Intention...
View ArticleDONEGAL MISSES OUT AGAIN AS TV’S JAMES NESBITT SNUBS THE COUNTY
HE could see the hills of Donegal from the home where he grew up, but TV actor James Nesbitt has cut the county out of a massive tourism boost. The Co Derry man pulled an incredible 4.6 million viewers...
View ArticleRAPHOE MEN’S HOCKEY TEAM JUST MISS OUT ON FINAL
RAPHOE Men narrowly missed out out the Trophy final after an epic battle with Portadown on Saturday. When Jamie Wright fired the visitors into a 2-0 lead, it looked like Raphoe just weren’t going to...
View ArticleMASSIVE RECOVERY OPERATION UNDERWAY AFTER TRUCK BLOWN OFF ROAD – PICTURE SPECIAL
The recovery operation got underway this morning. This is the scene as a massive recovery operation gets underway in West Donegal. Traffic diversions are in place on the main n56 road between...
View ArticleRESULTS AND PICTURES FROM THE FINN VALLEY AC 5K SERIES
IT may have been bitterly cold out there this morning, but that didn’t stop hundreds of runners and walkers taking part in the fourth race of the Finn Valley AC 5k run. Letterkenny AC’s Ciaran Doherty...
View ArticleGARDAI TO DIG UP SHALLOW GRAVE AS SEARCH FOR MARY BOYLE INCREASES
Gardai are to excavate a shallow grave in their search for missing Donegal girl Mary Boyle. Mary was just six when she went missing at Cashelard outside Ballyshannon in 1977. Gardai have visited the...
View ArticleGAA NEWS: ST.MARY’S, CONVOY CLUB NOTES
St Marys club lotto results for 19-03-13 GY,OY,WW,LM 2 with 3 counties Jack Gillespie Killygordon ,Paul Lynch Convoy. Next week’s jackpot is €3050 Registration is now due and must be paid by the 26th...
View ArticleDONEGAL SQUANDER LEAD TO TRAIL MAYO 0-6 TO 0-4 AT HALF-TIME
Donegal have it all to do after squandering a first half lead against Mayo at Castlebar this afternoon in the National League Division One game. Donegal went 0-4 to 0-1 half-way through the first-half...
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