SWIMMING: MARLINS SWIMMING CLUB NEWS – PERSONAL BESTS FOR LOCAL COMPETITORS
You can send news from your sport or any organisation to info@donegaldaily.com Marlins Swim Club, Ballyshannon were delighted to enter 5 swimmers into the Ulster Youth & Age Groups Championships in...
View ArticleGAA: GAOTH DOBHAIR V ST EUNAN’S POSTPONED
The Senior and Reserve Games scheduled for Gaoth Dobhair against St Eunan’s on Sunday have been cancelled due to a death in the Gaoth Dobhair club. They will be refixed at a later date.
View ArticleINDOOR BOWLS: JIM AND GARY PICK UP CONVOY TITLE
Jim Teague and Gary McNabb, Trory, picked up the Convoy title when they edged out Kyle Lynch and Noel Donnell, Gortnessy, in a tight final. Semi finalists were Kathleen & Joe Duggan, Dunfanaghy and...
View ArticleDD LOCAL: COISTE SCAOIL SAOR Ó AILSE
COISTE SCAOIL SAOR Ó AILSE. We are a cancer support group based in Gweedore. The group was established on the 18th july 2012. Our group was established to help cancer patients and their families of the...
View ArticleDD LOCAL: LETTERMACAWARD COMMUNITY NEWS
LETTERMACAWARD NOTES Ulster winners Congratulations to Scoile Bríde who took part in the Ulster Finals of Feile Scoile Dramiochta in Letterkenny recently. They came 1st in their section and qualified...
View ArticleHERITAGE WALKING WEEKEND IN FALCARRAGH – SIÚLÓIDÍ OIDHREACHTA THULACH...
On this May bank holiday weekend (3 – 5 May 2013) a weekend of activities to celebrate the 21st walk from Gaoth Dobhair across Taobh a’Leithead to Gort a’Choirce and on to Falcarrach takes place –...
View ArticleDONEGAL FATHER AND SON BECOME POSTER BOYS FOR ORGAN DONATION WEEK
A Donegal father and son have become poster boys to highlight the need for kidney donors across Ireland. Five year old Christian McCullagh from Raphoe, Donegal received a kidney transplant in October...
View ArticleBRIAN MCCORMICK ‘STICKS THE BOOTS’ INTO DONEGAL LEAGUE!
The Donegal Junior League are delighted to announce that Letterkenny businessman Brian Mc Cormick has once again shown his commitment to sponsoring Junior soccer. Already the Donegal Junior League’s...
View ArticleEVOLVE MENSWEAR GOT THE BLUES….AND ANY OTHER COLOUR OF DENIM YOU WANT!
Advert Looking good in denim this Easter is all the rage. And it just so happens that the Evolve Menswear Easter Denim sale is now on. Donegal’s leading menswear stockist has more than 100 styles in...
View ArticleEASTER BUNNY DROPS OFF EASTER EGGS TO CHILDREN AT LETTERKENNY GENERAL HOSPITAL
The Radisson Easter Bunny had so much fun giving Easter Eggs to all of the children in the Pediatrics Ward in Letterkenny General Hospital. Here he is with the amazing Pediatrics team who also got...
View ArticleHEARTBROKEN FAMILY MAKES APPEAL FOR INFORMATION ON HIT-AND-RUN DEATH OF EUNAN
THE family of hit-and-run victim Eunan McDevitt has made an emotional appeal for information on his death – six months to the day after the killing. The 47-year-old former soldier was killed on the N15...
View ArticleHARPS CARVE OUT VALUABLE DRAW AGAINST MERVUE
Finn Harps came from two goals down to wrestle a share of the points against an impressive Mervue Utd side at Fahy’s Field in Galway. The top of the table clash started off quiet but exploded into life...
View ArticleSNAP! HISTORICAL SOCIETY LOOKING FOR OLD PICS OF DONEGAL
Have you got old photos that the people of Donegal haven’t seen yet? The Ballybofey, Stranorlar and District Historical Society is looking for copies of any old photographs of people, places or events...
View ArticleCALLING ALL BIKERS – BLOODBIKE NW NEEDS YOU
Calling all motorbikes - Bloodbike Northwest are having a charity run this Easter Monday leaving the Frier’s Rest, Letterkenny at noon heading to the West of Donegal via Dungloe, Glenties , Killybegs...
View ArticleDONEGAL TEENAGERS SET TO REPRESENT IRELAND AT WORLD SURF KAYAKING...
Two young Donegal lads Conor O’Donnell a 6th year pupil at Rosses Community School, Dungloe and Kieran McDyre from Maas near Glenties will be competing in the World Surf Kayaking Championships in...
View ArticleSICKENING: NAPPIES AMONGST RUBBISH DUMPED AT BEAUTY SPOT
IT’S just the latest in a long line of dumping scandals across Donegal. Someone thinks it’s OK to do this – tossing their waste into our countryside. A reader out for a walk came across this site at...
View ArticleSWIMMING BROTHER AND SISTER STRIKE GOLD IN FINALS
Bronagh and Oisin Sheridan from Letterkenny with their gold medals from the community games swimming finals in Ballyshannon. Bronagh will represent Donegal in the U-13 4×25 freestyle relay and Oisin...
View ArticleGARDAI INVESTIGATE SICKENING ARSON ATTACK ON FAMILY
DD Exclusive: GARDAI are investigating a sickening arson attack on a family in Co Donegal. Arsonists set fire to outbuildings at a farm before setting a van alight in the early hours of this morning....
View ArticleDD LOCAL: ST EUNAN’S CATHEDRAL LETTERKENNY PARISH BULLETIN
NEWSLETTER Sunday 31st March 2013 Easter Sunday Lord, the Resurrection of Your Son has given us new life and renewed hope. Help us to live as new people in pursuit of the Christian ideal. Grant us...
View ArticleFIRE OFFICERS TACKLE HUGE GORSE FIRE AS COUNCIL RENEWS WARNING
The scene of today’s fire FIRE officers are tackling a huge gorse fire in the county today. The blaze broke out on ground at Ardsbeg, Gortahork earlier. It’s one of a number of reported fires around...
View Article