FILM IT FRIDAY – CENTURY CINEMA PASS WINNER IS………
Apologies for the delay in announcing this week’s winner of the Film it Friday competition. The winner of Friday’s Family Pass to Century Cinemas in Letterkenny is Joanne McGettigan, Woodtown,...
View ArticleGARDAI LAUNCH MURDER INQUIRY AFTER MAN FOUND DEAD IN APARTMENT
GARDAI have begun a murder inquiry in Letterkenny today after the body of a man was found in a flat there. Officers moved into the area around the Riverside apartments just before lunch after a Polish...
View ArticleDD LOCAL – LIFFORD/CLONLEIGH RESOURCE CENTRE NOTES
Lifford Clonleigh Resource centre Local Notes • Young parents Pathways programme Start date to be confirmed: This programme is open to Young parents that would like to learn: Parenting Advice, Personal...
View ArticleDONEGAL SUPPORTERS CLUB TO HOST DISCUSSION FORUM AHEAD OF BIG CLASH WITH TYRONE
Donegal GAA Supporters Club With the much anticipated championship encounter between Donegal and Tyrone fast approaching, the Donegal GAA Supporters Club are delighted to announce that they will be...
View ArticlePICTURES/RESULTS FROM DAY TWO OF THE FINN VALLEY PRIMARY SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS
Schools 2013 Day 2 Results Long Jump 2001 Girls 1. Sinead Gallagher St Mary’s, Stranorlar 2. Cassandra Liza St Mary’s, Stranorlar 3. Catherine McGlinchey St Mary’s, Castlefin 4. Jasmine Tinney Raphoe...
View ArticleJOB VACANCIES – FISH AND CHIP SHOP ASSISTANTS NEEDED IN KILLEA&RAPHOE
JOBS: Applications are invited from suitable persons for the position of Assistant at Matt’s traditional Fish and chip Takeaways in both Killea and Raphoe. Looking for staff that have experience...
View ArticlePENSIONER TELLS COURT NOT TO MENTION DAUGHTER’S NAME DURING FARM DISPUTE
An 89 year old woman told a court she didn’t want her daughter’s name mentioned during a court battle over a farm left in a contested will. 89 yr old Nora Gildea at Letterkenny courthouse yesterday....
View ArticleEARLY CHILDHOOD IRELAND NATIONWIDE ROADSHOW COMES TO LETTERKENNY
Early Childhood Ireland, the representative group for over 3,300 preschools and full daycare centres nationwide who support over 110,000 young children and their families, will come to Letterkenny...
View ArticleMcNAMEE CALLED INTO IRELAND U-21 SQUAD FOR DENMARK CLASH
DONEGAL footballer Barry McNamee has been called into the Ireland Under-21 squad to face Denmark away in a friendly on May 31. Derry City player McNamee, who had a trial with Nottingham Forest last...
View ArticleTRACK STAR BRITTON TO RUN 3,000 METRES AT LETTERKENNY GALA EVENT
Fionnuala Britton The organisers of Saturday’s international track and field meeting in Letterkenny, being held to mark the official opening of the Danny McDaid Athletics Track at the Aura Leisure...
View ArticleSENATOR CALLS FOR 1KM MINIMUM SETBACK DISTANCES FOR WIND TURBINES
The scene of the turbine crash. donegaldaily.com. Minister says she wants a report DONEGAL politicians are backing a Bill which would put minimum setback distances from wind turbines to homes enshrined...
View ArticleTRAGIC STAB VICTIM HAD MADE DONEGAL HIS HOME DESPITE ROCKY START
Gardai seal off the apartment where the body was found at Lower Main Street. The man found dead at an apartment in Letterkenny has been named locally as Bogdan Michalkiewicz. The victim, who was in...
View ArticleYOUTH STOLE AND BURNT CARS
A Rathmullan youth was involved in the theft and arson of two cars in a crime spree which also saw him caught in possession of two knives. Sean Deeney (18) of Clondallon, Rathmullan admitted the theft...
View ArticleCOUSINS JAILED AFTER ABUSING GARDAI
Two cousins have been jailed after they threatened and verbally abused gardaí who were escorting an ambulance on its way to aid a man. Kevin McCahill (25) of 166 St. Mary’s Terrace, Rathmullan and...
View ArticleFUNERAL FOR DONEGAL MAN KILLED IN AUSTRALIAN CAR CRASH
THE funeral will take place in Killybegs on Saturday of a Donegal-born man who died in a car crash in Australia on May 4. The remains of Shaun O’Neill will arrive at the family home at Louthead,...
View ArticleDONEGAL SCHOOLS TO RECEIVE THEIR ‘GREEN FLAGS’ TODAY
This month will see the number of Irish schools flying the internationally recognised Green Flag exceed 2,500 as over 1,050 schools attend Green-Schools Award ceremonies across the country. 214 schools...
View ArticleDONEGAL WEAVERS ARE ‘IN GOOD HANDS’ WITH NEW RTE SERIES!
The brilliant skills of the weavers of Ardara and Kilcar are to be featured in a new RTE television series. Throughout the ‘70s and ‘80s, David Shaw Smith and his wife Sally captured the intricacy and...
View ArticleYOUNG DONEGAL GIRL PUTS IN MARATHON MILES TO BECOME TOP SWIMMER
A young Donegal girl is traveling hundreds of miles each week in her bid to become a top swimmer. Dedicated swimmer Joyce Hudy Dedicated Joyce Hudy travels from her home in Carrick three times a week...
View ArticleSURVEY: MONEY, NOT CHRIST, IS SPIRIT OF COMMUNION DAY
A SURVEY has found that money not Christ is the spirit of Communion Day in Ireland. The One4all Gift Card survey reveals our memories and thoughts of Communion Day in Ireland. Communion season is in...
View ArticleBUNCRANA COLAISTE GIVEN EXTENSION OF TIME TO GET NUMBERS UP
The Department of Education has granted an extension of time to allow a Buncrana school to remain open. Coláiste Chineál Eoghain had been threatened with closure in recent weeks because of low numbers...
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