Jet performs emergency landing at Shannon after mayday call off Donegal coast
A transatlantic jet has performed an emergency landing at Shannon Airport this afternoon. The United Airlines flight left Edinburgh this morning before making a radio mayday call while off the coast of Donegal. It’s understood the Boeing plane suffered pressure problems and came to land at Shannon just…
St Catherine’s FC seven-a-side tournament this Saturday
The annual St Catherine’s FC seven-a-side tournament takes place this Saturday, July 30th, at Emerald Park in Killybegs. There are 12 teams in this year’s tournament and the participating clubs span counties Donegal, Derry, Terry, Dublin and Sligo. The group draw is as follows: (Donegal clubs unless stated) The three…
Enniscrone youngster joins the crew of Argentine Tall Ship
A county Sligo youngster is one of a number of Mayo/Sligo youth volunteers from Atlantic Youth Trust are currently aboard the Argentine Tall Ship, Libertine The volunteers spent the night sailing north of Donegal close to the Mull of Kintyre. The presence of the tall ship has attracted…
Donegal musician playing a different tune to the government on latest funding
A Donegal musician is describing funding for the night-time sector as ‘crumbs’ with the long-promised basic income for the arts continuing to be delayed. Donegal musician Matt McGranahan, is spokesman for the Music and Entertainment Association. His comments come as an extra 1.4 million euro is being made…
Nearly 700 Donegal people on jobseekers for at least a decade
An Independent Donegal TD has expressed his disbelief over unemployment figures for Donegal. The data shows that at least 700 people from Donegal have been continuously on jobseeker’s allowance for at least 10 years. New figures show there are over 15,000 people across the county on long term…
Gardaí to operate property marking machine at Clonmany Agricultural Show
Gardaí from Carndonagh Garda Station will be operating a property marking machine at the Clonmany Agricultural Show. It’ll be in operation between the hours of 12pm and 4pm on Tuesday the 2nd of August. Gardai say that this will be a good opportunity to permanently mark your trailers…
29 patients waiting for a bed in North West
There were 29 people waiting for a bed in North West this morning. 22 people were waiting at Sligo University Hospital while a further seven were waiting in Letterkenny. Nationally, there were 418 people waiting at hospitals across the country today with Galway University Hospital the most overcrowded …