The Joule Donegal International Rally ended in tragic circumstances early yesterday when Manus Kelly, who won the event for the last three years, lost his life after his Hyundai i20 R5 crashed and left the road on Stage 15, Fanad Head.

A competitor has been killed in a crash at the Donegal International Rally this afternoon.

The Court of Appeal has halted, for reasons of delay, a profoundly disabled man's case over alleged negligence in the circumstances of his birth at a Co Donegal hospital more than 30 years ago.

A young mother-of-two died after suffering suspected knife wounds at her home in Co Donegal.

A 22-year-old man is due in court later, charged in connection with a fatal road traffic collision in Co Donegal.

Nurses are also being told to submit statement of concern forms to management in their hospitals.

A man is in hospital after he was found in the sea last night off the same pier where five members of the one family died in Buncrana in March.

Donegal 3-17 Westmeath 0-13: Michael Naughton might have some tricky questions to answer when he returns to Letterkenny General Hospital later today.

Michael Naughton signed himself out of hospital last night to be present for his Donegal side’s promotion party at Parnell Park.

A woman is in a serious condition in hospital following a road accident in Co Donegal.

A young mother who lost her husband and two children and her mother and sister in a pier-side tragedy has said her surviving baby is her reason to live.

The Marine Casualty Investigation Board (MCIB) has called on Transport Minister Paschal Donohoe to make the wearing of safety harnesses mandatory for trawler fishermen.

A man in his 80s has died in a house fire in Co Donegal.

Darren Clarke might be a fearsome-looking figure on tour but the European Ryder Cup captain is a wise old owl in terms of developing new players.

A cyclist has died in a road accident in Co Donegal this morning.

A farmer has been killed and his twin brother mauled in a bull attack in Co Donegal.

A young man killed in an early-morning car crash in Co Donegal yesterday had only recently become a father again for the second time.

A Filipino fisherman who fell ill while trying to rescue a colleague after he was overcome by fumes died in hospital yesterday morning.

A fisherman has died in hospital after being overcome by fumes while working on a trawler in Co Donegal yesterday.

Garda killer Martin McDermott is on the run again after he was involved in a serious road smash which almost killed him.

A man has been ordered by a judge to bring a bus time-table to court to prove he knows how to find his way there for his next case.

Gardaí have issued a direct appeal to more than 600 people who attended a nightclub in Donegal on the night a teenager passed away in unexplained circumstances.

An investigation into the death of Letterkenny girl Tory Johnston has been unable to find a cause of death.

A town is in shock after the sudden and unexplained death of a 17-year-old girl.

A terrified young woman had to pretend to her boyfriend that she was pregnant to stop him from strangling her.

A woman in her 20s has been killed in a road crash in Co Donegal this morning.

A man who fell overboard in a fishing accident off the coast of Donegal this afternoon has died.

Two minutes before half-time in the 2011 Ulster semi-final, Tyrone ripped through the blanket and Brian McGuigan fed Stephen O’Neill, who cut inside two Donegal defenders.

A man who bit into another’s face has been jailed for two years. Stephen Fox, 25, bit so hard into the face of his victim that he left a hole in his cheek leaving him scarred for life.

Health Minister Leo Varadkar has been urged to extend a review of breast cancer services in the West and North West to all types of the disease due to “serious concerns” of chronic cutbacks putting patients at risk.

Brave neighbours managed to pull a 76-year-old woman from her burning home in Co Donegal, but she died at the scene just minutes later.

Christmas Day TV produced an unlikely ratings battle between Mrs Brown’s Boys and Mrs Windsor’s message, with millions of viewers tuning into both.

A 37-year-old man has reportedly been killed in a crash in Co Donegal.

Gardaí are investigating a road accident on the N13 at Lisfannon, Burt, Co Donegal at approximately 10.30pm last night.

The grandfather of Joshua Mangan, the toddler who died when he was struck by a van at his home, has said he holds nothing against the man who killed his grandchild.

A toddler has died in Co Donegal after he was knocked down by a van.

The family of a man who died after he returned home from working in west Africa have said they heard from the media, and not directly from the HSE, that he may have contracted Ebola.

A man who died in Donegal, and who may have contracted Ebola while working in west Africa, "had been in high spirits since returning home", locals have said.

A photographer has died after falling off rocks and into the sea at Fanad Lighthouse off the coast of Donegal.

A man in his 80s has died in a two car crash in Co Donegal.

The man charged with dangerous driving causing the deaths of eight people in Inishowen in 2010 has pleaded guilty.

The mother of a 3-year-old boy who was almost strangled to death by a blinds cord last night said she feels very lucky her son lived through the near-tragedy in his own sitting room.

A priest appealed to young people to stay away from drugs as he prepared to bury a 22-year-old killed by a lethal batch of ecstasy-like pills.

Suspected drug victim Simon Lynch was still battling for his life yesterday after the death at a party in his flat of his friend, Oisin Crawford, who will be buried today.

Tragedy hit the Cycle Against Suicide yesterday when a motorcycle marshal accompanying the group was killed in a road traffic collision.

A woman killed when her car collided with a bus in Donegal was the sixth person to die on the same stretch of road in recent years.

An investigation is under way following the death of an elderly man in a farming accident in Donegal on Easter Saturday.