GAA NEWS: GLENSWILLY CLUB NOTES
The club’s senior and reserve teams will be hoping to build on their impressive opening week results in the Division 2 league as both play host to Dungloe in Pairc Naomh Columba this coming Sunday. The...
View ArticleSHANE THANKS DONEGAL FOR HELPING HIM TO FIND HIS ‘VOICE’
DOWNINGS singer Shane McLaughlin has thanked the people of Donegal for helping him get to the last ten on RTE’s The Voice of Ireland at the weekend. Now he’s hoping to go even further. In this article...
View ArticleUPDATE: FISHERIES BODY CONFIRMS POLLUTION INCIDENT ON RIVER EANY
INLAND Fisheries Ireland has confirmed it is investigating a pollution incident earlier today on the River Eany. Local anglers say hundreds of small fish have been killed. “We have identified the...
View ArticleONUS ON POLITICAL LEADERS TO ENSURE A5 GOES AHEAD – MCCONALOGUE
Donegal Deputy Charlie McConalogue has said there is an onus on political leaders on both sides of the border to ensure that the crucial A5 upgrade goes ahead. The Fianna Fáil Deputy has said the...
View ArticleGERRY ADAMS CONFRONTED BROTHER IN DONEGAL OVER RAPE ALLEGATIONS – COURT HEARS
THE brother of Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams has gone on trial in Belfast for allegedly raping and sexually abusing his daughter. The jury for the trial was sworn in at Belfast Crown Court on...
View ArticleBLACK SABBATH TO PLAY BELFAST IN DECEMBER
GIGS – SPONSORED BY O2: THEY wowed thousands with their comeback performance at Donington Park last year as part of the 2012 Download Festival. Now, with the release of new album “13″ on the horizon,...
View ArticleIRISH GOVERNMENT STILL COMMITTED TO A5 – McHUGH
Fine Gael TD for Donegal North East, Joe McHugh, has today (Tuesday) said that the Irish Government’s commitment to investing 50m in the A5 road carriageway in 2015 and 2016 remains firmly in place. “I...
View ArticleDONEGAL CONSUMERS WARNED OVER ASDA CORNED BEEF
BREAKING NEWS…..THE UK’s Food Standards Agency says that Asda Smart Price Corned Beef 340g tins have been found to contain low levels of phenylbutazone, known as ‘bute’. As a result, Asda has been...
View ArticleFOOTBALL: FANAD UNITED 2, BONAGEE UNITED 1
Knockalla Caravans Cup Result Fanad Utd. 2 Bonagee Utd. 1 You can send reports, results and pictures from any sport to info@donegaldaily.com
View ArticleNO SIGN OF RAIN AS FIRES BREAK OUT FOR FIFTH SUCCESSIVE NIGHT
Despite a forecast for rain, firefighters were again called out this evening as dry weather brought further blazes in West Donegal for the FIFTH night in succession. Fire crews from Gaoth Dobhair and...
View ArticleDONAL’S ROMANTIC LOUGH SWILLY SNAP GETS THE 3e THUMBS UP
TAKE a bow Donal Kearney. Your incredible picture of Lough Swilly in the fine spring sunshine was the feature pic on the 3e forecast this evening. And it was so good forecaster Deric Ó h’Artagáin made...
View ArticleNEW GORSE FIRE RAGES IN ANNAGRY THIS MORNING
The fire rages in Annagry this morning. Pic courtesy of Paddy Barry. Several fire crews are this morning fighting what’s has been described as “a massive” gorse fire in the Culacrick area of Annagry....
View ArticleDDTV: VIDEO SHOWS TRUE HORROR OF DONEGAL GORSE FIRES
DDTV: THIS was the Meenderrynasloe gorse fire in the early hours of this morning. Paddy Barry’s short footage is nothing sensational. But it shows the horror our fire service personnel are facing...
View ArticleSPORTSTARS AWARDS UPDATE – DONEGAL STARS CONTINUE TO IMPRESS
March was another good month for Donegal sport with an array of achievements at county, provincial and national level. Donegal Sports Star Awards PRO Declan Kerr takes a look at the March highlights...
View ArticleCOUNCIL TO TACKLE ACCIDENT BLACKSPOT HEAD-ON
Letterkenny Town Council has agreed to spend €25,000 on speed ramps and other measures on a notorious accident blackspot in the town. A recent crash at Glencar There have been more than 20 crashes at...
View ArticleHISTORIC DONEGAL HOTEL TO GO UNDER THE HAMMER
The stunning Fort Royal Hotel is to go under the hammer One of Donegal’s most historic hotel is to be put up for auction on May 11th. The Fort Royal Country House Hotel in Rathmullan is a 15 bedroom...
View ArticleDONEGAL MAN APPOINTED BOSS OF AUSTRALIAN GAA FOOTBALL CLUB
From Lettermacaward to Brisbane (with a few stops in between!) for Mick Breslin, home is where the heart is – and his heart is in football. Mick, a former player for Na Rossa and The Shamrocks is the...
View ArticleNOBODY KICKS SAND IN DUNFANAGHY’S FACE AS IT CLAIMS WORLD RECORD!
A Donegal community has kicked sand in the face of its rivals by breaking a unique world record. The scene of the record attempt! Last summer the people of Dunfanaghy attempted to break the world...
View ArticleDONEGAL COUNTY BOARD: ‘WE ARE CO-OPERATING WITH GAA OVER ALLEGED BITE INCIDENT’
EXCLUSIVE: THE DONEGAL County Board is refusing to be drawn into a war of words with their Dublin counterparts over the Paddy McBrearty ‘biting’ incident. Dublin officials have been widely quoted in...
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...
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