By Frank Craig
reporter
An enterprising Ballyshannon man has come up with an innovative, and possibly lucrative, way of solving one of the biggest concerns for fishermen on the rough north Atlantic seas.
Larry Dolan took this year’s Fish Ireland exhibition in Killybegs by storm with his revolutionary Force 10 shrimp pot – a design that could [...]

Naomh Conaill 2-11
Kilcar 0-09
By Frank Craig
sports editor
Naomh Conaill will battle St Michael’s in the quarter finals of the Donegal Senior Football Championship after they overcame a tame Kilcar resistance at the weekend.
Despite rattling Cathal Corey’s men over the course of the two previous encounters, Kilcar were undone by two sloppy first half goals, [...]

By Frank Craig
sports editor
Ardara 1-07
Killybegs 1-08
Killybegs are through to the quarter finals of the senior championship after they just about edged out Ardara is a fiercely contested encounter at a wind swept Pairc na nGael in Glencolmcille on Sunday.
Ardara, electing to play with the aid of the elements for the opening period, could [...]

By Frank Craig
sports editor
Fr Tierney Park’s entitlement to secondary ground funding was spectacularly voted out in favour of O’Donnell Park, Letterkenny at Monday night’s sitting of the monthly county committee meeting in Ballybofey.
There seemed to be a collective concern that this county board, or the previous regime, had, at some time or another, implied [...]

Issuing his findings at the inquest of a young kitesurfer, who died on Rossnowlagh beach in 2009, Coroner Diarmuid Hegarty warned of the risks of extreme sports.
The inquest into the death of 26-year-old David North agreed the young student had died through “misadventure” after hearing he had suffered multiple skull fractures after being dragged into [...]

By Lauren Harte
reporter
A controversial Donegal artist has got Catholic Church chiefs hot under the collar with his latest work depicting the Pope marrying two gay men.
“You May Now Kiss The Groom” by Kevin Sharkey has already caused a furore despite the fact it only went on public display in Dublin on Monday.
Sharkey, who grew up [...]

By Daniel Browne
There was shock and tragedy in the early hours of Sunday night in Donegal Town after a young man fell from a hotel window to the pavement below leaving him battling for his life.
The battle tragically ended for young Conor Duddy on Monday afternoon after life support machines at Letterkenny General Hospital [...]

By Lauren Harte
reporter
The Government has been slammed for allowing a question about the work of Donegal poet Cathal Ó Searcaigh to appear on this year’s Leaving Cert exam.
Ó Searcaigh’s ‘Níl Aon Ní’ made an appearance on last week’s Irish Higher Level Paper Two.
It was the first time students were questioned about the Gortahork poet’s [...]

By Daniel Browne
Deputy Dinny McGinley is unlikely to be elevated to the front bench as part of Enda Kenny’s post split reshuffle.
The loyal Deputy who has a long standing record of supporting Kenny’s leadership said he would serve if asked but acknowledged that the leader would need the front bench places, “ to [...]

By Daniel Browne
The Donegal team may be feeling the pressure ahead of the all important Crossmaglen showdown with Armagh this weekend – but they are certainly going to feel the heat.
Met Eireann are forecasting temperatures to be in the low twenties for Saturday.
The Donegal team may not relish going into enemy territory in such [...]