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Father of nine-year-old Gordon killed by an IRA bomb is not giving up on the search for answers

Forty-nine years after an IRA bomb killed his son, Billy Gallagher is not giving up the fight for answers. Tomorrow, marks the anniversary of nine-year-old Gordon Gallagher being killed by an IRA bomb that was in the garden of his home at Leenan ...

24 Feb 2022 at 19:33

Local News

Were you a Donegal babe born on the day that Ireland formally joined the EEC?

Were you a Donegal baby born on January 1, 1973 and maybe have a wee commemorative medal tucked away in some back drawer which was given to your family at the time? If so, European Movement Ireland is calling for those babies born on that day ...

22 Dec 2022 at 15:33

Local News

Teenage booby trap bomb victim remembered on 50th anniversary of his death

The family of a young 19-year-old farmer from Belcoo who was brutally killed by a booby trap bomb, intended for the security forces, not far from the Donegal Fermanagh border, 50 years ago, has poignantly recalled the shock, deep sadness and ...

05 Sept 2023 at 14:33

Rugby Union

Gareth Edwards recalls rugby union’s ‘greatest try’ as it becomes work of art

It is widely acclaimed as rugby union’s greatest try – but Sir Gareth Edwards has recalled how he was “trying to get out of the way” before diving into sporting folklore. Edwards celebrates his 75th birthday on Tuesday, while next January ...

11 Jul 2022 at 13:03

Music

Bryan Ferry announces 81-track collection spanning more than 50 years in music

Bryan Ferry has announced an 81-track collection spanning a period of more than 50 years in music called Retrospective: Selected Recordings 1973-2023. The 78-year-old Roxy Music frontman launched his solo career in 1973 with the release ...

31 Jul 2024 at 14:58

World

Israeli forces to remain inside Syria for foreseeable future, says Netanyahu

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that Israeli forces will stay in a buffer zone on the Syrian border, and specifically on the summit of Mount Hermon, “until another arrangement is found that will ensure Israel’s ...

17 Dec 2024 at 22:58

Bombing victim suing Gerry Adams wants ‘justice and closure’

A victim of a bombing bringing legal action against Gerry Adams has said he wants justice and closure after he finished his evidence. Barry Laycock, a victim of the 1996 Arndale shopping centre bombing in Manchester, is suing ...

10 Mar 2026 at 18:36

Gerry Adams ‘bears prize and burden’ of Provisional IRA leadership, court told

Gerry Adams “bears both the prize and the burden of being the last prominent Provisional IRA leader”, a former volunteer has told the High Court. Shane Paul O’Doherty, who was jailed for 14 years over an IRA letter bomb ...

11 Mar 2026 at 16:48

Gerry Adams had ‘command role in IRA’ and ‘fiefdom’ in Belfast, court told

Gerry Adams “had a command role in the IRA” and ran his own “fiefdom” in Belfast, a former member of British Army intelligence has told the High Court. Known anonymously as witness A, the retired serviceman said that ...

11 Mar 2026 at 18:24

Gerry Adams was ‘de facto leader’ of IRA, court told

Gerry Adams was the “de facto leader” of the IRA, a police intelligence officer has told the High Court. Giving evidence for the civil trial against the former Sinn Fein president, witness B, who cannot be named, ...

12 Mar 2026 at 16:22

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