An US tour operator plans to put Inishowen on the map with customised holidays for Americans.
And he’s asking tourism providers in the peninsula to contact him with information on what’s on offer.
D...
A Buncrana man has said he could be forced to close his business because of a new parking clampdown in the town.
The new ‘pay-and-display’ parking system is to be introduced next month.
The scheme, ...
A 13-year-old boy nearly lost his lower lip when a stray dog mauled him in Buncrana.
Ryan McDaid spent four days in hospital receiving cosmetic surgery after a mongrel suddenly turned nasty on him la...
An Eastender is exhibiting his artistic impressions of Inishowen.
Art-lovers are invited to view London painter Dennis Colverson’s work at an exhibition entitled A Portrait of Inishowen at the new ex...
All county league, Division 1B
Buncrana 1-18
Fanad Gaels 0-11
Despite a shaky start, Buncrana eased past Fanad Gaels in a one-sided contest at Scarvey on Sunday afternoon.
The local side we...
Cockhill Celtic……4
Convoy Arsenal…..2
Convoy opened the scoring on six minutes with a Mark Sweeney strike.
The visitors then went 2-0 up when a high ball into the box was sent over the line by Sw...
Residents told their area will soon be ‘unrecognisable’
As Buncrana gets ready for the introduction of the new parking charges, those living in one of the town’s busiest streets are demanding to kn...
Donegal North East Deputy Joe McHugh yesterday hit out at what he describes as ‘utter contempt’ shown by the government to the members of the RNLI in Inishowen.
This comes in the wake of the controve...
Six drunken revellers who caused a ruckus on the Swilly Ferry have been fined 1,000 euros each – and told to stay on dry land from now on.
The Buncrana men – all in their early 20s – are “no longer w...
A sunken German U-boat lying on the seabed off Inishowen has become the subject of worldwide interest.
Salvage plans are being drawn up to assess whether the World War II vessel can be raised and bro...
An Isle of Doagh family’s mission to preserve the traditional style of their ancestral home is ensuring that the art of thatching remains active in the area.
Raymond Doherty has enlisted the help of ...
As part of our retrospective to celebrate the golden jubilee of Maginn Park, Inish Times employee Gerard Callaghan recounts his personal memories of the famous Buncrana Cup
The opening of Maginn Park...
An Inishowen councillor has called for more gardaí and better communication between the force and planning authorities.
Speaking at Monday’s Donegal County Council meeting, Councillor Francis Conagha...
Buncrana fire station is to be the first in Donegal to receive a defibrillator machine.
The machine will make a huge difference to the brigade as it will mean that they can provide crucial on the spo...
An young Inishowen singer has hit the jackpot.
Bridgend’s Bryan Mullan supported a country music legend last week.
Before the concert he thought “someone was playing a practical joke” on him when he...
Massive power cut caused by nesting birds
An Inishowen councillor has blasted the ESB after crows nesting at an electricity substation exploded causing a massive power cut.
Over 4,000 customers in...
By Laura Glenn - laura.glenn@inishtimes.com
A year and a half after a horrific crash took the lives of five eastern Europeans, the family of one of the victims still hasn’t received the compensatio...
By Laura Glenn - laura.glenn@inishtimes.com
BUNCRANA Councillor Joe Doherty has expressed serious concern that a number of people allocated flats by Buncrana Town Council have now been told they c...
By Laura Glenn - laura.glenn@inishtimes.com
INISHOWEN’S fallen war heroes have been commemorated in a new book.
Inishowen’s Heroes is written by Robert Thompson whose previous works include Bush...
By Louise Doyle - louise@inishtimes.com
A major art exhibition and sale will take place in the Plaza, Main Street, Buncrana in aid of the Lough Swilly RNLI lifeboats next week.
Seamus Mallon, fo...
Malin 2-14
Carndonagh 2-03
By Mary-Anne McNulty
Maryanne@inishtimes.com
Malin retained their Inishowen crown with ease at the Scarvey on Saturday against a Carndonagh side that, with the ...
By Louise Doyle
louise@inishtimes.com
BENEFACTORS of the Buncrana to Rathmullan ferry have come under attack for not “coughing up” vital funding.
The car ferry looks certain for the axe if funding ...
By Laura Glenn
laura.glenn@inishtimes.com
OUTRAGED Buncrana residents are planning to stage a demonstration outside Buncrana Town Council offices tonight (Wednesday).
The residents will protest at ...
by Laura Glenn
laura.glenn@inishtimes.com
CASH-STRAPPED Lough Foyle fishermen are incurring massive debts while waiting for money promised to them under the salmon-hardship scheme.
Deputy Joe McHug...
By Jonathan Downey
jonathan@inishtimes.com
Illies Celtic travel south this Saturday as their quest for FAI Junior Cup glory continues.
The Inishowen side’s fifth round opponents are Clontarf Ailesb...
By Mary-Anne McNulty
maryanne@inishtimes.com
Inishowen golf star Oliver Doherty ‘putt’ an extra effort into his game last week when top Swedish pro Anders Forsbrand swung by Buncrana Golf Course to ...
By Mary-Anne McNulty
maryanne@inishtimes.com
An Inishowen athlete has joined trail running’s elite ranks after producing a world class performance – less than a year since she stepped up to the dist...
Senator Cecilia Keaveney is a calendar girl.
The Moville senator features in the recently launched charity calendar for Bun an Phobail GAA club.
A teenage Ms Keaveney can be seen in the month of...
THE greens and fairways of North West Golf Club will lie empty tomorrow as a mark of respect to the club’s much-loved pro Seamus McBriarty, who passed away on Monday after a short illness.
Club secre...
FIVE young Inishowen boxers travel to Dublin’s National Stadium next Friday (February 29) to compete in the national championships after landing Ulster titles in Coalisland at the weekend.
Illies Gol...
The son of a man who survived a horrific accident at Cockhill bridge outside Buncrana this time last year has launched a petition for a new crossing to be built.
Clonbeg man Oliver O’Donnell’s fath...
Amanda Doherty and her husband Adrian Gill from Buncrana will be among 300 invited guests from all over the world who will attend the Oscars ceremony this year.
The couple flies out tomorrow (Febr...