Donegal

With the onset of Storm Darragh bringing very strong and gusty northwest winds with potential impacts of fallen trees, damage to power lines, very difficult travelling conditions, damage to temporary structures and wave overtopping, Met Éireann have issued a number of weather warnings for Donegal.

Weather warnings as Donegal battens down the hatches for Storm Darragh

Met Éireann has upgraded its wind warning for Donegal to Status Red, its highest level, issued only in ‘rare and very dangerous weather conditions from intense meteorological phenomena’

Storm Darragh: Donegal under Red warning for ‘very dangerous’ conditions

Johnny White, (ex-James Connolly Republican Club, Derry), was appointed chair of a North West co-ordinating committee of the IRSP in December 1974.

50 years since Irish Republican Socialist Party split from Official Sinn Féin

Mason Duddy pictured with his brothers, Caiden, 12, Blake, 5 months and Logan, 8 and his mum Michaela with the tree which was planted at his school, Our lady of Fatima PS, Tamnaherin as part of the Life Tree Project which sees an Oak tree planted for every Birth, Death and Marriage recorded in the Derry City and Strabane District Council Area. Mason planted an Oak sapling for his brother Blake with the help of the Mayor, Councillor Lilian Seenoi-Barr, Councillor Declan Norris, Principal Jack Logue and Mrs Mairead Conway, class teacherr. Picture Martin McKeown. 25.11.24

NW blazing a forest trail when it comes to environmental action

Amber, Orange and Yellow weather warnings have been issued for Derry, Tyrone and Donegal. File picture.

Storm Darragh: Multiple weather warnings issued for Derry, Donegal and Tyrone

People walking across Guildhall Square during a previous storm when strong winds and rain were brought by Storm Brendan. DER0220GS – 007

WEATHER: Yellow alerts as Gales and 75 km per hour gusts expected

Kathleen and Brian take to the skies over Derry.

Sky's the limit as Kathleen celebrates turning 90

Ballot boxes are open at the election count in the Aura Leisure Centre in Letterkenny on Saturday.

Donegal elects its five TDs with two SF, two FF and one 100% Redress Party

Counting is ongoing in Donegal.

Sinn Fein's Pearse Doherty and Padraig MacLochlainn elected in Donegal

The collision occurred in the early hours of Sunday morning. Pixel-Shot - stock.adobe.com

Teenager dies in road traffic collision in Inishowen

The sorting of votes is underway in Donegal.

General Election: Inishowen and Letterkenny tallies show strong Sinn Fein vote

Dunnes Stores at the Richmond Centre.

IN PICS: Derry & NW 30 years ago back in November 1994

The sorting of votes is underway in Donegal.

Sorting of votes underway in Donegal for General Election

Project Launch Image

MayWe Events launches a creative community development project for young people ...

People are being urged to avoid the area.

Four car collision on Derry road

Voting is underway in Donegal.

Voting gets underway in Donegal for General Election
Donegal voters are taking to the polls today as the General Election gets underway.
Laura Glenn

Gardaí in Co. Donegal have arrested two men, and seized suspected cannabis worth €40,000

Two men arrested after €40,000 of suspected cannabis seized in Inishowen

Beautifully decorated Carndonagh ahead of Christmas 2024.

Carndonagh all aglow for Christmas

Fog over the Urris hills in Donegal.

Status Yellow 'fog and freezing fog' weather warning for Donegal

Funeral arrangements have been confirmed for Ryan Glenn and Gordy Galbraith. Pixel-Shot - stock.adobe.com

Funeral arrangements announced for friends who died in Donegal collision

A third person has sadly died following a collision in Donegal. Pixel-Shot - stock.adobe.com

Third person dies after two-vehicle Donegal collision

Richard Moore with Shane Doherty, Centra Muff.

Giving the gift of hope this Christmas

Western Trust Chief Executive Neil Guckian

Neil Guckian: Pay deal crucial with WHSCT ‘haemorrhaging staff’ to Donegal

Ryan Glenn and Gordy Galbraith passed away following a collision in Donegal. Photo credit: Pixel-Shot - stock.adobe.com

'Devastation' after deaths of two men from Castlederg in Donegal collision

Noamh Padraig's Caolan McColgan shields the ball from Craigbane's James McLaughlin during Saturday's final. Photo: George Sweeney

"Evan was in all our thoughts throughout the whole championship."

High winds during a previous storm in the North West.

Storm Bert: 60MPH gusts to pound NW overnight and into Saturday

Fr. Francis Bradley .P.P. pictured with Joe O Donnell, Carmel Mc Dermott, Willie Doherty and Ellen Quinn of the Burt Bingo, pictured in St. Mary's hall.

Special birthday for a special lady
Today’s date, November 22 is etched in people's minds because it was the day we lost President J.F. Kennedy, and Burt's newest nonagenarian Carmel McDermott shares that date because it's her birthdate.
Kathleen Grant

Caoimhe and Mairead Fox are fundraising for the Foyle Hospice ahead of the Christmas dip at Buncrana.

Sisters set target for Foyle Hospice

The Glenshane at 9am on Wednesday.

Weather: Yellow warning for cold and ice but milder, windier, wetter at weekend

Of 19,000 properties across the North unable to proceed without NI Water investment and upgrades - 5,300 are in Derry & Strabane, including The Cashel, the massive Braidwater scheme on the Buncrana Road that will involve an investment of £450m and the construction of 2,500 new homes.

O’Dowd: NI Water does not have site or planning for Coshquin Pumping Station

Dooey with Hornhead in the distance.

42 photographs of the spectacular Rosguill peninsula and Downings

Yellow warnings for snow and ice has been issued fo Derry & Donegal.

Yellow warnings issued for snow and ice

Muff CFR.

Muff First Responders fundraising night

Some of the swimmers who braved the waters at Culdaff beach on New Year's Day 2024 for various charities.

Northlands NY Swim at Culdaff to mark 50th anniversary

Beautiful Zakopane in the Tatras mountains south of Krakow.

Derry to be colder than Krakow next week

Donegal will go to the polls on November 29.

Donegal candidates declaring intentions to run in upcoming General Election

P.D.F. (Prisoners' Dependants Fund) fashion show at the Stardust Ballroom in Derry.

IN PICTURES: 50 years ago in Derry & Donegal

Dave Gallaher

Dave Gallaher, the legendary Donegal man who captained the Original All Blacks

Minister Charlie McConalogue.

Inishowen Football League allocated €460,000

A home with defective blocks in Donegal.

Downgraded defective block homeowners can request full technical review

Derry City manager Ruaidhri Higgin.

"Ruaidhrí's a big boy and can look after himself."

Just under three quarters of people in Donegal were worried about climate change last year, a new survey has found.

Donegal has lowest level of concern about climate change, new EPA survey shows

Over 1000 homeowners attended a meeting on defective blocks and the scheme in Buncrana earlier this year.

Defective block homeowners protest at Department of Housing in Dublin

Buncrana Leisure Centre has been closed for a number of years.

McConalogue committed to securing funding for Buncrana Leisure Centre

Aldi has an Inishowen store in Buncrana. (2302SL15)

ALDI lists Carndonagh among 'sites required'

The new LIDL supermarket store site on Station Road in Carndonagh.

WATCH: New LIDL store groundwork progressing in Carndonagh

Thomas Pringle

‘Terrifying rise’ in eating disorders with 41 young people treated in Donegal

Local people gathered at Prehen Boathouse to view the frozen River Foyle in 2010.

Another chilling climate warning as Hallowe'en approaches

Greencastle Harbour. File picture.

Call for extra harbour masters to be employed to oversee Donegal's smaller piers

Craig Park, Ritchie's Clockmakers, Edinburgh, performs essential maintenance on Derry's Guildhall Clock in 2007. Photo: Stephen Latimer

Enjoy your lie on when the Derry clocks go back on Sunday morning

The banshee (bean sidhe), literally a 'fairy woman', was a harbinger of death in the Irish folk tradition. She normally appeared as a young girl or an old woman dressed all in white. According to Peter McCartney's 'Parade of Phantoms': "Derry, not so very long ago, had a strong tradition of acceptance of the banshee myth. Many local people also believed that the appearance of crows, the howling of a dog, or the screeching of a car outside a sick person's house would herald the arrival of the dreaded wailing spectre." The classic catalogue of local ghost stories recounts that one such appearance was recorded at Fulton Place, a side street off Howard Street, that backed onto one of the graveyards of the Long Tower.

Halloween: 23 of Derry & Donegal’s most haunted spots & their terrifying tales

Local people gathered at Prehen Boathouse to view the frozen River Foyle in 2010. LS02-102KM10

Scientists warn of potentially ‘devastating’ breakdown of Gulf Stream

Derry and Donegal people enjoying a night at Lifford races in October 2004

9 photos of Derry people enjoying a night at the races in October 2004

A major international conference dedicated to the legendary Strabane writer Flann O’Brien will be held in the Co. Tyrone town for the first time next year.

Major international Flann O’Brien conference to be held in Strabane

Weather warnings have been issued for Ireland.

Weather warning for Derry and Donegal as Storm Ashley to roll in