GAA BACK ST EUNAN’S GAA CLUB IN LETTERKENNY GAELS BOUNDARY DISPUTE
ST Eunan’s GAA club has received the backing of the GAA in its boundary dispute with Letterkenny Gaels, it was announced tonight. It brings to an end the proposal by the Gaels which would have divided...
View ArticleCOUNCIL TO DISCUSS EMERGENCY MOTION ON WIND FARMS AFTER TURBINE COLLAPSE
DONEGAL county councillors are set to try to introduce an emergency motion on wind farms after the collapse of a wind turbine. The 64-metre hight Vestas-built turbine snapped and fell at a bog near...
View Article‘GARDA HAD TO DRIVE AMBULANCE DUE TO STAFF SHORTAGE’– COUNCILLOR
A GARDA was asked to drive an ambulance to Letterkenny General Hospital because no paramedic was available, a county councillor claimed today. Cllr Liam Blaney says the incident happened just a few...
View ArticleDRIVING THE EXPENSE AWAY: BRENDAN DEVLIN SCHOOL OF MOTORING OFFER FANTASTIC...
Brendan Devlin School of Motoring are currently offering great value for (EDT) Essential Driver Training lessons. Are you tired of expensive driving lessons? Then why not avail of this fantastic...
View ArticleST EUNAN’S RESPONDS TO BOUNDARY DISPUTE DECISION
THE St Eunan’s GAA club has responded to a decision on the boundary dispute with Letterkenny Gaels. The Gaels club has not responded yet. In a statement the county champions said: St. Eunan’s GAA Club...
View ArticleDUNFANAGHY GOLF NEWS: NEIL MCGINLEY WINS EASTER HAMPER
Well I am sure you all watched the news and saw snow everywhere with 10 foot drifts and people cut off but believe it or not we still played golf in Dunfanaghy. There was a bitter cold wind that...
View ArticleDD LOCAL – LIFFORD/CLONLEIGH RESOURCE CENTRE NOTES
Lifford Clonleigh Resource centre Local notes • Young parents Pathways programme is due to start end of March and is free: This programme is open to Young parents that would like to learn: Parenting...
View ArticleCLEAN ESTUARY GROUP TO HOLD PUBLIC MEETING ON HIGH COURT CASE
THE Moville and Greencastle based Campaign for Clean Estuary group is set to hold a public meeting to discuss their High Court case against Donegal County Council. The council has plans to pump treated...
View ArticleGOLF NEWS: PORTALON GOLF CLUB NOTES
Easter Festival of Golf Portsalon golf club has arranged a festival of golf over the Easter period. The events get underway on Saturday 30th March with the Mc Cormick’s Pharmacy Ladies and Gents open,...
View ArticleFREEZE TO CONTINUE BUT DONEGAL TO ESCAPE ANY HEAVY SNOWFALL
Donegal is to escape the worst of Ireland’s freezing conditions. Although there have been some flurries of light snow across the county earlier, we will escape the worst according to Met Eireann. Up to...
View ArticleAMERICAN COPS KNOW EXACTLY WHO KILLED LITTLE MARY – CLAIM
American cops say they believe they know exactly who killed little Co Donegal schoolgirl Mary Boyle. New York Police Department officers have taken an interest in the case of the Mary who was just...
View ArticleDONEGAL DOWN SYNDROME AND EVOLVE MENSWEAR CELEBRATE WORLD DOWN SYNDROME DAY
Last Thursday World Down Syndrome day took place across the world with many people organizing and participating in activities to raise awareness of the condition. In Donegal Evolve menswear celebrated...
View ArticleLYIT STUDENTS PREPARE FOR TRIP TO INDIA TO HELP POVERTY STRICKEN WIDOWS AND...
In June this year, a team from the Department of Nursing and Health Studies at LYIT will be going to Ponducherry in South East India to work alongside a vulnerable community, comprising mostly of...
View ArticleTRAGIC COLM REMEMBERED WITH ANNUAL WALK THIS SUNDAY
Colm Clancy was a vibrant member of the Rosses community before he was killed tragically. Colm lost his life in a helicopter accident on 1 April 2009. In his memory his family has organised a walk...
View ArticleDONEGAL MAN RECEIVES OFFER FROM GOVERNMENT OF BUS JOB – IN MALTA
Sinn Féin TD Pearse Doherty has called on Social Protection Minister Joan Burton to clarify if it is the policy of her department to seek low paid jobs abroad for unemployed Irish people. Deputy...
View ArticleDONEGAL NEW YORK GAA CLUB TO HONOUR MARTIN McHUGH
GAA great Martin McHugh is to be given a special honour when the Donegal New York Gaelic Football Club celebrates its 65th birthday next month. “The 2013 recipient of the Damian Meehan Memorial Award...
View Article‘I’M RE-JIGGING JIMMY’S WINNING MATCHES FOR SNOOKER LEGEND TV SHOW’– RORY
KILCAR singer – and top man all round – Rory Gallagher has been asked to re-write his Donegal anthem ‘Jimmy’s Winning Matches’ – in honour of snooker legend Jimmy White. Rory – now running The Island...
View ArticleIT’S A SELL-OUT! SCRAMBLE ON FOR 18,000 TICKETS FOR DONEGAL’S SHOWDOWN WITH...
THE DONEGAL County Board’s success in staging the Ulster Championship clash with Tyrone in Ballybofey is expected to pay rich dividends – all 18,000 tickets are expected to sell out. The Board are...
View ArticleFAMILIES IN SHOCK AS WIND TURBINES AT CRASH SITE TURNED ON AGAIN
The scene of the turbine crash. Local residents are angry DD Exclusive: FAMILIES living beside a wind farm were in shock last night after turbines on a crash site were turned back on – without any...
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