Donegal

Cath Goodman celebrates with her birthday cake.

Cath shares secret of how to have a long and happy life on 102nd birthday

Daniel O'Donnell

Daniel O'Donnell reveals he is taking "extended break from touring"

Buncrana shorefront. Photo: George Sweeney

Second young swimmer dies after incident off the coast of Donegal

Former Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams outside the High Court in Dublin, where he is bringing a legal action against the BBC over allegations about the murder of an MI5 spy.

Gerry Adams says BBC response to complaint over informer story ‘insulting’

Carl Henderson

Carl Henderson: Tributes after tragic death of local man on Errigal mountain

IN PICTURES: Take a look around Portrush house for sale for £1.6m

John Logue will be laid to rest on Sunday

Funeral details confirmed for man who died in farming accident

Michael Carroll from Tesco Maynooth with Evelyn McKeogh, Ann McAteer, Dr. Luke Higgins and Matt Gleeson from Blackberry Hearing, pictured as the premier Irish hearing aid company secured a landmark partnership with Tesco Ireland. Photography: Conor Healy / Picture It Photography

Listen Up! Irish-owned hearing aid provider looking to expand into NI

GAA President Jarlath Burns

DUP bite back at GAA president's claims over the redevelopment of Casement Park

The Mari Lwyd at Llangynwyd in Glamorgan in the early 1900s

Roamer: The horse’s singing skull calls at Christmas for food and ale

International music sensation Nathan Carter has officially stepped into the fashion world with the launch of a new clothing range - Carter Clothing

Gallery: Singing star Nathan Carter steps into fashion with new unisex clothing

Sinn Fein's president Mary Lou McDonald, right, and vice president Michelle O'Neill, left. The party has hit a rocky patch, with weeks of negative headlines following a series of scandals

Ruth Dudley Edwards: Why the upcoming Irish election is not to be missed

Richard Kerr will ride for the Burrows Engineering/RK Racing team on a BMW M1000RR at the Sunflower Trophy short circuit meeting at Bishopscourt in Co Down (October 18-19)

Richard Kerr and Burrows Racing team up for Sunflower Trophy races

Mark Smyth, newly appointed President of The Northern Ireland Boys' Brigade (BBNI)

BBNI announces appointment of Mark Smyth as new president

Country stars Johnny Cash, left and Kris Kristofferson sing during the Country Music Awards in Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 1983. Kristofferson, a Rhodes scholar with a deft writing style and rough charisma who became a country music superstar and A-list Hollywood actor, has died Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. (AP Photo, File)

Daniel O'Donnell pays tribute to Kris Kristofferson

Richard Douglas at a concert with his mum

Man with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy asks for help in securing holiday lodge
A Northern Ireland man, 31, with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy – a progressive muscle wasting disease that affects skeletal muscles as well as the heart and lungs – has started a GoFund Me to help families like his own recharge their batteries.
Gemma Murray

Father Sean O'Donnell (centre) leading the funeral ceremony for Kian Dawson-Kirk

Kian Dawson funeral: Mourners told he was 'the ultimate likeable rogue'

A man has died days after a crash in Co Donegal on Saturday night in which a boy was also killed

Man dies days after weekend Donegal crash

Numerous tributes have been paid to Kian Dawson since his untimely passing in a road traffic collision

'We are truly saddened:' St Columb’s College pays tribute to pupil Kian Dawson

Callum Devine has never won the Ulster Rally before but knows ending his long wait this weekend would put him in a commanding position to defend his Irish Tarmac Rally Championship title. Picture: David Harrigan.

Callum Devine hoping to go one better at Ulster Rally

PACEMAKER PRESS BELFAST 03-07-24Commemoration of the 1689 Battle of NewtownbutlerLisnaskea was the setting for today’s Parade to commemorate the 1689 Battle of Newtownbutler. Sir Knights from Enniskillen No 1 District, Lisnaskea No 2 District and South Donegal No 3 District were joined by visiting members from the border counties of Cavan and Monaghan. Photo - Andrew McCarroll/ Pacemaker Press

In Pictures: Annual Royal Black demonstration in Fermanagh

Orange Order members pictured after their church service at Drumcree Parish Church on Sunday. Picture Arthur Allison/Pacemaker

Annual Drumcree Orange parade is held, then protest at ban on return march

Elaine Harkin has been appointed to group revenue manager at McKeever Hotel Group, the Antrim-based hospitality business

Two new key appointments for family-run Northern Ireland hospitality business

Rev Dr William Morton, Church of Ireland

Thought for the week: The pioneering role of St Columba in north-west Ireland

Northern Ireland publican John Bittles has shocked the local hospitality industry by announcing plans to retire after nearly 50 years. Owner of the popular Bittles Bar in Belfast, has revealed that this year will be his last as he aims to bow out of the pub game. He is pictured with friend Stevie Haughey, owner of Ireland Before You Die, a travel website dedicated to promoting tourism to Belfast

Owner of historic Belfast bar to retire after 50 years stating 'I've had enough'

Ben Lowry drove through sunny, empty rural scenes in Co Tyrone such as this one, which is in fact fields near Killyleagh Co Down yesterday, the hottest day of the year so far. Picture by Arthur Allison/Pacemaker Press

Ben Lowry: My Lough Erne-Belfast drive across NI at dawn, in sunshine

Niall Blaney

Republic of Ireland senator says he will be 'a conduit for NI'
A candidate in the upcoming MEP elections in the Republic of Ireland has said that he will be a "conduit" for Northern Ireland at the European Parliament.
By Cillian Sherlock, PA

Donegal's Richard Kerr won the National Superstock 1000 title in 2023 with the AMD Motorsport Honda Team

Richard Kerr confirmed for MotoAmerica challenge in 2024

Paul Quinn. General Manager, Dunadry Hotel and Gardens.

McKeever Hotel Group announces two key appointments

Campaigners have worked so hard to make the case for the A5 road upgrade. Photo: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Letter: Irish funding will help to complete the A5 road upgrade - at last

Adrian Margey pictured with some of his work ahead of this weekend's exhibition at Ebrington. Credit Adrian Margey

Exciting Ebrington exhibition for Margey this weekend

The DUP's deputy leader Gavin Robinson wants to address a citizenship issue not dealt with in the Good Friday Agreement.

DUP seek British citizenship rights for Irish born

Dan Linfoot was excluded from the results of the final National Superstock 1000 round at Brands Hatch and lost the British title as a result. Picture: David Yeomans Photography

Optimum Bikes confirm absence from Superstock class after title controversy

Anita Robinson, 26 years old from Donegal

Urgent appeal to locate Anita Robinson who has tattooes of two dates of birth

The new Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill attempts to 'draw a line' under the Troubles. Hundreds of millions of pounds have been spent on legacy across decades.

Letter: Integrity of the past must be paramount

The Northern Lights are a majestic natural phenomenon

The best places to see the Northern Lights in the UK this winter

Anne Madden's debut novel The Wilderness Way is based on the story of the notorious Glenveagh evictions when landlord John Adair put more than 200 people out of their homes in April 1861

NI writer Anne Madden's debut novel The Wilderness Way

Donegal man Richard Kerr is the 2023 Pirelli National Superstock champion after Dan Linfoot was disqualified from the results of the final two races of the season at Brands Hatch in October. Picture: David Yeomans Photography

Richard Kerr is 2023 National Superstock champion after rival's rules breach

Read our review of Dillons Hotel, Letterkenny

Dillons Hotel, Letterkenny: read our review

Donegal-born Red Bull athlete Conor Maguire rides a mammoth 40-foot wave which hit Mullaghmore Head in County Sligo this morning following a large swell in the Atlantic Ocean. (Photo by Gary McCall/Red Bull).

Red Bull’s Conor Maguire takes on 40-foot wave in County Sligo

Roma Downey

Roma Downey appeals for prayers for family after death of 18-year-old relation

Bloomfield Auctions Managing Director Karl Bennett with a sword pistol linked to the 1689 Siege of Derry

Historic sword pistol with links to the Siege of Derry sold for £40,000

Lee Jagota of Rooh Vodka from Londonderry, an original blend of traditional Indian and Irish botanicals that provide a full, smooth refreshing burst of flavours

Rooh Vodka is a fusion of Indian and Irish heritage

Singer Daniel O'Donnell

Daniel O'Donnell issues heartfelt prayer request for manager

Steven Boyle

Urgent appeal to help find missing 14-year-old last seen on August 22

People attend a commemoration and remembrance service in Creeslough, Co Donegal on the first anniversary of the explosion at a service station which killed 10 people. Picture date: Saturday October 7, 2023. PA Photo. Robert Garwe and his five-year-old daughter Shauna Flanagan-Garwe, Catherine O'Donnell and her 13-year-old son James Monaghan, fashion student Jessica Gallagher, Celtic fan Martin McGill, Sydney native James O'Flaherty, shop worker Martina Martin, carpenter Hugh 'Hughie' Kelly and 14-year-old Leona Harper were killed in the explosion on the afternoon of Friday October 7 last year. See PA story IRISH Creeslough. Photo credit should read: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

CoI bishop leads one-year anniversary tributes to Creeslough victims

Lough Eske Castle Hotel

Local 5 star hotel Lough Eske Castle voted as one of Ireland's top stays

Ronan Wilson aged nine from Kildress,County Tyrone, who died after a hit-and-run incident in County Donegal on Saturday night.

Man charged in connection with Donegal hit-and-run in which boy died

As of 1015am Sunday, a graphic based on satellite imagery heavy band of rain across the middle of Great Britain, just north of Wales, and covering all of Northern Ireland and much of southern Scotland. Image taken from meteoradar.co.uk

No sign of summer as persistent rain falls across Northern Ireland

John Kells Ingram achieved distinction as an economist, a poet and a mathematician, among many other things

Son of an Ulster-Scots minister who was hailed as 'best educated man in Europe'

Gunmen fire over the coffin of hunger striker Bobby Sands in 1981; he had been in prison since 1976 after shooting at police and planting of a bomb at a furniture shop. A tribute to him and other hunger strikers is planned this Saturday

Sinn Fein planning another IRA commemoration this Saturday

A school trip in 'the old days'

Retro: School trips - the annual outing was basic, but fun

An old-fashioned cow tail water pump

Retro: An old-fashion water pump

Londonderry Chamber chief executive Anna Doherty

Over 180 businesses and organisations sign open letter urging A5 upgrade

Mary Maguire of Letterkenny; the BBC said she is part of the Conwal and Leck parish in the Diocese of Raphoe. She is also heavily involved with the St Vincent De Paul charity in her hometown

Ulsterwoman chosen to read at funeral of Pope Benedict

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