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Allegedly used golf club to smash car windows

Happy campers in the Stragill sunshine in June 1995.

40 photos of sunny days at the beach in the summer of ‘95

Pubs on Waterloo Street during a previous the mini – heatwave. Photo: George Sweeney. DER2128GS – 049

Temperatures to hit 29°C in NW on warmest day of the year

Dooey with Hornhead in the distance.

42 photographs of the spectacular Rosguill peninsula and Downings

Charles Ward says older people in Donegal are being left standing at the roadside as packed buses pass because they haven’t booked tickets online.

Older people in Donegal left at roadside as packed buses pass, says Ward

Crana Bridge, Buncrana.

Delight as Buncrana is named as Ireland’s Best Kept Large Town

Former Miss Ireland Rebeccca Maguire with Miss Louth Caoimhe Kenny who was crowned Miss Ireland 2025 at the Knightsbrook Hotel in Trim ,Co Meath on Saturday night.
Picture Brian McEvoy
No Repro fee : Caoimhe Kenny

New Miss Ireland Caoimhe Kenny has strong Inishowen and Derry connections

Ballymoney Farm

'Exceptional' 157 acre farm in Burt goes on market for €2.75m

People gathered at Lady's Bay in Buncrana during a previous warm spell.

WEATHER Derry & Donegal: Temperatures set to soar to 25°C

George Houston has officially announced the release of his highly anticipated fourth studio album, ‘TODC (The Original Death Card)’.

Donegal Musician releases new album recorded in Paul Weller’s Studio

Greencastle Harbour. (1907PG10)

Mac Lochlainn: Fishers banned from taking species as other nations overfish

Representatives from Donegal County Council, An Garda Siochana, Donegal Motor Club, Road Safety Working Group, and supporting agencies came together for the official launch of the “Keep the Race in Its Place” road safety campaign, included are Superintendent David Kelly, Brian Brogan, Donegal Motor Club Chairman, Pamela Smullen, Road Safety Officer, Donegal County Council, Niamh Kennedy, Cathaoirleach Donegal County Council, Eamon McGee, Clerk of the Course Donegal International Rally, Gary Gardiner, National Ambulance Service and John G. McLaughlin, CE Donegal County Council. Photo Clive Wasson

'Keep the race in its place'

The application site outlined in red.

Apex applies for permission for 97 social homes in Derry’s Upper Galliagh area

Northern Irish singer Feargal Sharkey, former lead vocalist with The Undertones, circa 1985. (Photo by Michael Putland/Getty Images)

21 Amazing Derry and Donegal artists who have played at Glastonbury

Some of the young Academy players pictured during Wednesday's finale at St. Joseph's Boys School, Derry.

Derry City's Academy programme hailed a 'great success'

Part of the community hub complex being proposed by Apex.

New hub planned for Beraghvale
Apex Housing Assocation has released details of its proposals for a major community hub for the Berghvale area of Skeoge in Derry.
Brendan McDaid

Danny McBrearty laying a wreath on behalf of Derry Independent Republicans on the grave of Wolfe Tone

Derry republicans gather at Bodenstown to remember Wolfe Tone

About to cross the Ness Columba learned a certain monster was terrorising the locality and feasting on anyone who entered the river. As a man attempted to swim over Columba declaimed: "Thou shalt go no further, nor touch the man; go back with all speed". At the voice of the saint 'the monster was terrified, and fled more quickly than if it had been pulled back with ropes', Adomnán tells us.

23 miracles worked by the patron of Derry St. Columba (Colmcille)

Deputies Pearse Doherty and Padraig MacLochlainn.

155 Council Homes 'are currently vacant across Donegal'

In June 1985, 40 years ago, six men who had stowed away on a boat to escape the famine in Ethiopia arrived in Derry. They were refused asylum elsewhere but were granted permission to stay in Derry and were welcomed with open arms by the city after being led off the boat by John Hume himself. Their story made headlines around the world.

110 great photos from Derry & Donegal back in June 1985

The woman sadly killed in a collision in Milford has been named locally.

'Well-loved and respected' Donegal woman killed in collision is named locally

Left, Seamus Heaney, Venice, Italy, 2008. (Photo by Leonardo Cendamo/Getty Images) and right, Brian Friel at the Broadway Opening of 'Faith Healer After Party in 2006 in NYC. (Photo by Thos Robinson/Getty Images)

Brian Friel and Seamus Heaney to be celebrated with major NW festival

Buncrana Community Hospital. Picture: Google Earth

Major refurbishment works at Buncrana Community Hospital to begin this month

A woman in her 70s has been killed in a road traffic collision in Donegal.

Woman in her 70s dies in crash in Donegal

Derry’s Anton Tohill contests possession with Galway’s Matthew Tierney back in February. Photo: George Sweeney

Galway game is must win admits Tally

The statue of St ColmCille at St Columba's Church, Long Tower.

A fitting tribute to St Columba

Buncrana Music Festival stage.

International artists announced for Buncrana Music Festival
Buncrana Music Festival has announced a line-up of international headliners for the shorefront festival taking place from July 11 to 13.
Jack Tibbetts

The late Bernadette Cranley.

Funeral details confirmed for Donegal woman who died in A5 collision

A house impacted by defective concrete blocks.

100% Redress Party supports public inquiry call

Evelyn Donnelly, Chairperson, Foyle Cycling Club and Daniel McCallion, Treasurer, Foyle Cycling Club who have officially launched the Cycle the Foyle event which is taking place on Saturday, June 28 in aid of Foyle Hospice.

Cycle the Foyle for Foyle Hospice

Colr. Terry Crossan , Leas Cathaoirleach Inishowen Municipal District, and Colr. Lilian Seenoi-Barr , Mayor of Derry City and Strabane, publicly endorse the North-West Anti-Racism Charter at The Gap Coffee Company, Bridgend, on Friday. Included in the photo are, from left, Conor Sharkey, NW Migrants Forum, Maeve McLaughlin, director, Bloody Sunday Trust, and Niall Cusack, proprietor of The Gap Coffee Company. Photo: George Sweeney

North West Anti-Racism Charter celebrated

Bernadette (Bernie) Cranley.

Donegal woman who died in A5 road vehicle collision in Tyrone named

Paddy Tally will lead Derry into the Athletic Grounds this weekend to begin their All Ireland campaign Photo: George Sweeney

"I expect it to be a very intense game of football."

The stunning property at Culmore Square. Photos: Pauline Elliot Estate Agents.

Striking Culmore Square home for sale in Derry

Port Salon

Donegal receives 14 Blue Flag beaches and four Green Coast awards

Nodlaig Ní Bhrollaigh & Liam Ó Néill AT Grianán of Aileach.

Donegal and Derry landmarks in TV series on surnames

Husband-and-wife duo Charles James and Catherine O’Donnell.

Rolling Stone's 'artist you should know' is set to come to Derry

Members of Star Running Club are all smiles after completing the Strabane Lifford Half Marathon on Sunday.

33 colourful photos from Strabane Lifford Half Marathon

McGrory's in Culdaff.

Iconic Donegal pub, hotel and music venue McGrory’s officially reopened

The late Emmanuel Familola and Matt Sibanda. Pictures with permission from Scoil Mhuire and Crana College.

Devastated families of Buncrana drowning victims grateful for community support

Kealy's Seafood Bar.

End of an era as famous Kealy’s Seafood Bar in Greencastle announces closure

GALAR is based on the real-life events of homeowners in Donegal.

Film on Donegal's defective block crisis selected for UK film festival premiere

The late Danielle McLaughlin.

Inquest into death of Danielle McLaughlin in India to take place in Donegal

Danu Young Women’s Choir Presents: "Stories From Within."

Woman's choir of 150 members perform in St Columb's Hall

A stunning traditional thatched Cottage, originally built around 300 years ago, located by the sea at Culoort, Malin Head, Donegal, Ireland's most northerly point has come on the market for €195,000.

21 brilliant photos of 300 year-old Malin Head cottage on market for €195,000

Harry pictured with Martha at Linsfort, Buncrana, shortly before his passing in 2022.

Honouring Harry Kerr: Charity Art Auction aims to raise €20K for emerging talent

Traffic will access the site from the Mullenan Road via a new gated and walled entrance

Sewage discharge application for Derry’s new cemetery near Donegal border

A few of the cyclists who will set off from Malin on Saturday to raise funds for Medical Aid for Palestine.

Local cyclists to Cycle-Walk-Swim in Gaza aid effort

Lady’s Bay, the front shore in Buncrana, is one of only two beaches in the 26 counties that have been deemed 'Poor' due to ‘untreated wastewater’ discharges during periods of heavy rain.

Lady's Bay, in Buncrana, one of two beaches deemed 'Poor' due to ‘wastewater’

Doagh Famine Village pictured before the fire.

Strong support for online fundraiser for Doagh Famine Village after fire

Derry senior football team manager Paddy Tally. Photo: George Sweeney

Derry should relish 'Group of Death' says Tally

Doagh Famine Village in Inishowen before the blaze.

'We're gutted' - owner of Donegal's iconic Famine Village after fire

A visit to Doagh Famine Village as part of the Housing Associations Integration Project by Apex in 2019.

'We stand together' - Community support after 'awful' Doagh Famine Village fire

Altnagelvin

‘I was born in the USA: Up Stairs Altnagelvin’

Magee College

Harmonising Irish university applications processes will benefit Magee, MLAs say

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