Donegal’s GAA Clubs have been given an additional 1,000 extra tickets for Sunday’s crunch match in McCumhaill Park in Ballybofey after Tyrone’s allocation failed to sell out to club members. Officials from the Red Hand... Read More

The T.T. Childcare Ltd, Finn Community Childcare Centre, Second Annual Fun Run will take place on Sunday 19th May 2013, starting at 11am at the Finn Valley Athletic Centre. Registration will take place from 9.30am. The... Read More

Dinny McGinley TD Minister of State at the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht has welcomed the allocation by his colleague Minister for Tourism, Transport and Sport Leo Varadkar TD of a further grant of €450,000 under the CAPEX scheme towards the Donegal Regional Airport.... Read More

Sinn Féin has called for the immediate release of Dongal man John Downey, arrested and charged earlier today in connection with the 1982 Hyde Park bombing. Commenting on the arrest and decision to charge Downey in... Read More

A man from Donegal has been charged with the murders of four soldiers in the IRA’s 1982 Hyde Park bombing. John Anthony Downey, 61, of County Donegal, Ireland, is accused of being responsible for a car bomb left in South... Read More

A meeting is taking place this morning between Donegal North East TD, Deputy Joe McHugh, and the Minister for Agriculture on the ongoing fodder crisis Deputy McHugh is meeting with Simon Coveney TD, Minister for Agriculture,... Read More

Crime in the Letterkenny area has fallen by 15 per cent in the last year, new figures suggest. The figures were presented to the Letterkenny Joint Policing Committee by Supt. Vincent O’Brien and show that most types of... Read More

Gardaí are appealing for information after a cannabis grow house was discovered near Kinlough. A house at Uragh, Co. Leitrim was searched as part of a planned garda operation last Friday afternoon. Approximately 650 mature... Read More

One of the two candidates for the position of Mayor of Donegal Town has ruled himself out after it emerged he was too young for the position. The criteria for the mayor’s position rules that all candidates must be 21 years... Read More

A Donegal TD says Justice Minister Alan Shatter has not done enough to clear up his use of personal information on a tv programme regarding Wexford TD Mick Wallace. Minister Shatter has rejected claims he improperly used... Read More

The Donegal man who lived without money for three years is planning to expand his project and live with others in a money-free community. Mark Boyle, who is from Ballyshannon, lived in a caravan on an English farm as part... Read More

Illegal signs on or near roundabouts is a “big problem” in Donegal an NRA official has confirmed. Damian McDermott of the National Road Design Office told members of the Donegal Electoral Area Committee that he would carry... Read More

Gaoth Dobhair woman Máire Rua Ní Ghallchóir, a dedicated Celtic fan for 67 years, has presented her sizeable collection of Celtic memorabilia to students in Pobalscoil Ghaoth Dobhair. The presentation was broadcast on RTÉ... Read More

The make up of senior garda personnel and the organisation of the force in the county is facing its biggest shake up in years. Every district in the county is to see a change in its senior police officer in the coming... Read More

Members of the public have thrown their support behind a protest to oppose the Health Service Executive’s (HSE) closure of 10 beds at Dungloe Community Hospital. A representative lobby group will also seek a meeting with... Read More

The Danny McDaid Athletics Track at the Aura Leisure Centre in Letterkenny was officially opened on Saturday evening by former Irish international runner and RTE pundit, Jerry Kiernan. Despite the inclement weather, a large... Read More

June bank holiday weekend in Bundoran is shaping up to be a fun filled family occasion with 3 major events happening in the seaside resort. Friday 31st May sees the return of the Belle of Bundoran fundraiser in aid of... Read More

Bundoran’s fire station is “vintage” and “not of a standard we would expect”, the town manager told this months’ meeting of Bundoran Town Council. The issue was raised by Cllr. Michael McMahon (SF) who brought forward a... Read More

Mobile phone providers in Donegal and other border counties could be asked to cut signals during the G8 summit amid fears terrorists may use them to detonate bombs. Defence Minister Alan Shatter warned there was a “real danger” lives could be lost in such an event.... Read More

Donegal County Council say replacement of a significant part of the water main from Ballybofey to Lifford would address the drinking water problems in the area, but the work is subject to the availability of national funding.... Read More

Double killer John Gallagher appeared in court in Strabane yesterday in connection with charges of alleged harassment and making threats to kill. The 46-year-old with an address at Grangewood, Strabane, appeared for a brief... Read More

A murder investigation has been launched in Letterkenny after the “brutal” killing of a Polish national. The body of 41-year-old Bogdan Michalkiewicz was discovered in an apartment just off the town’s lower main street... Read More

Gardaí in Letterkenny are treating the death of a foreign national man as suspicious after his body was found at 11am yesterday at the Westside Apartments on Lower Main Street. The scene was preserved for a technical... Read More

A member of Donegal’s All-Ireland winning 1992 team has hit out at what he termed the thuggery which he says “is now becoming a dangerous feature of the game”, adding that if serious action is not taken, “someone is going to end up in a coffin.”... Read More

As Garda authorities announced the transfers of some of the top Garda officers in the county this week, it has been confirmed that the District Headquarters in Glenties will close down on November 11th, this year. The... Read More

The reorganisation of the country’s hospitals into six groups will not affect Letterkenny General Hospital’s chances of being upgraded to regional status, a government TD has said. The Letterkenny hospital, along with Sligo... Read More

Five men have pleaded guilty and one has been cleared in a case involving a violent row between Traveller families at a funeral in Mayo, the Mayo News has reported. Castlebar Circuit Court heard that, during the row, Martin ‘Black’ McDonagh of Letterkenny was hit with a slash hook and a sergeant had... Read More

The efforts of local people to bring out the best of Ballyshannon will be in the national spotlight this evening, when one of RTÉ’s flagship programmes, Local Heroes, devotes and entire episode to the Erne-side town. Joe... Read More

Sean O’Donoghue, Chief Executive of the KFO, has welcomed the new fisheries deal agreed last night. Speaking from Brussels this morning, he told the Donegal Democrat: “We are very positive about the agreement. Five of our... Read More

At a public meeting in Killybegs last night in relation to the future of the School of Tourism in the town, the President of Letterkenny Institute of Technology (LYIT) told the large crowd that “As a proud Donegal man I am not proud to be in a situation like this - closures are just not part of my... Read More

A Bundoran Town Councillor and council officials will meet with their counterparts in Northern Ireland to discuss ways of minimising disruption caused by security surrounding the G8 summit in Enniskillen next month. Sinn... Read More

Maureen Gamble of Tulnaree, Carndonagh has won €32,400 on the National Lottery’s Winning Streak. She appeared on the show last Saturday night, with her mother Jane and sister Jennifer there in the RTÉ studio cheer her on.... Read More

One of Northern Ireland’s most wanted criminals who had reportedly living in a caravan in west Donegal, has appeared in the High Court following his arrest on an extradition warrant. Casey Morgan (18) has been remanded to... Read More

A Donegal man assaulted a detective and tried to take his gun after being arrested at a republican commemoration parade in 2010, a court has heard. Pat Barry, a member of Republican Sinn Féin, was highly intoxicated at the... Read More

An investigation into an incident that left a Letterkenny footballer with serious facial injuries is likely to take place “sooner rather than later” once the referee’s match report has been completed, the secretary of the Donegal GAA board has confirmed.... Read More

A new survey has found that 57% of property owners are unhappy with the assessment they have received from Revenue for the new local property tax. In addition forty two per cent of respondents said they intend to go with a... Read More

Donegal student, Rachel Breslin from Bundoran, was one of three Irish students selected to attend the 7th annual International Student Business Forum (ISBF), an international career and leadership development programme for top talented university students from around the world, sponsored by Deloitte... Read More

A Letterkenny man who just last week witnessed the death of a fellow climber less than ten feet away from his own tent on the slopes of Mount Everest, is now preparing to make his final ascent on the summit of the world’s highest mountain.... Read More

This is the shocking photograph of St Eunan’s GAA player Ronan Lennon after he sustained facial injuries in a match in Letterkenny on Sunday afternoon. St Eunan’s were playing Naomh Conaill, Glenties in a Division One... Read More

A public meeting has been called for Dungloe on Friday on the Health Service Executive’s plans to close 10 beds at Dungloe Community Hospital. The meeting will be held at 8pm, Friday, May 17th, at the Ionad Teampaill... Read More

A 71 year old Falcarragh man, who took up horse riding just five years ago, proved age was no barrier at an event in Sligo where he won one of the top events. Retired teacher, Lawrence Smyth, Falcarragh, Donegal Gaeltacht... Read More

Donegal Hoteliers have welcomed the recent judgment by the Supreme Court declaring Registered Employment Agreements as unconstitutional – a ruling which the Irish Hotels Federation (IHF) states is in line with a 2011 decision the High Court declaring the Joint Labour Committee (JLC) system to be... Read More