A number of Orange Lodges in Donegal will be developed and upgraded over the coming months as part of a Peace III backed scheme designed to reconcile communities and as a confidence building measure.
A total of €236,000 has been allocated for five Orange Lodges in the county: St. Johnston LOL 992 (€68,000) and Newtowncunningham LOL [...]

Finn Valley AC’s Mark Bonar ran a clever race to take gold in the 1500m at the National Track and Field Championships in Tullamore, Co Offaly, last weekend.
In the final championships of the season, Bonar ran a good tactical race and left himself ideally positioned to challenge for gold. He was content to stay mid [...]

By Chris Ashmore
Let’s aim for fifth spot – that the call from Finn Harps boss James Gallagher as his side prepares to take on Wexford Youths on Saturday. (Kick-off at Finn Park is 7.45 pm).
The Donegal club will be hoping to extend its unbeaten league run to seven games.
And Gallagher feels that, being realistic, they [...]

By Chris Ashmore
Over 2,200 Donegal farmers are set to lose valuable Rural Environmental Protection Scheme grants worth an average of €6,200 each under new government proposals.
If they go through, many farmers in the Finn Valley fear that they will no longer be able to keep farming. The loss to Donegal farmers could be nearly €14 [...]

Public sector employees in the Finn Valley could be hit with pay cuts, pension reductions or compulsory redundancies if the Government implements the “An Bord Snip Nua” report which was published at lunchtime today (Thursday).
The report is also expected to call for social welfare payments to be cut which would hit many families across the [...]

By Chris Ashmore
A rail link between Sligo and Derry – via Donegal Town and Letterkenny – is feasible but it needs political backing on both sides of the border, a national sustainable transport campaigner and researcher has claimed.
Dublin-based Brian Guckian, who has carried out a study on the proposed route, maintains that the project had [...]

By Dermot Keys
HUNDREDS of farmers in the Finn Valley area are facing financial ruin after the Government’s controversial decision to scrap the Rural Environmental Protection Scheme (REPS4) subsidy scheme for farmers.
The Irish Farmers Association (IFA) has slammed the government’s decision and warned that farmers will lose millions of euros as a result. The government has [...]

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By Chris Ashmore
Roy Keane was the centre of attention as he brought his Ipswich Town side to Ballybofey for a pre-season friendly on Tuesday night – but it was Finn Harps who were celebrating at the [...]

Donegal pharmacies are among the 1000-plus individual pharmacies that have given the Health Service Executive (HSE) 30 days notice of their intention to withdraw from the community drugs schemes.
This means that effectively two thirds of all pharmacies across the country will cease dispensing medicines on behalf of the HSE under the Medical Card Scheme and [...]

By Chris Ashmore
The new, enlarged Stranorlar Electoral Area – which encompasses most of the Finn Valley – appears to be the forgotten part of Ireland, according to the Department of Environment’s election website material.
Count centres in Donegal are listed for the Glenties, Inishowen, Donegal and Letterkenny electoral areas.
But none is listed for the Stranorlar Electoral [...]