Brian McDaid

Motoring Columnist Brian McDaid looks at the rise in popularity of automatic cars and what the future holds for manuals.…

Columnist Brian McDaid writes about a fundraiser inspired by a brave and beloved young Letterkenny woman, Bronwyn Coyle. When two…

Our motoring columnist Brian McDaid takes a trip down memory lane this week – to one of the hottest summers…

I had far too much fun test driving the latest in self-charging cars that I had to remind myself a…

‘COME on, grandad’ two children call. They’re finally down from Dublin for the first time in a long time.  DD…

“That’s the 38 line, you’ll always remember it, you’ll know it by its cross-arms, they were designed by a German.”…

One of the best-known photographers, the late Micheal Jack O’Donnell passed away last weekend after a long illness. Brian McDaid…

This week’s column from Brian McDaid recalls a catch-up with an old friend, and great memories from when the Bay…

A wave said it all, it sent a signal to say we’re back and out on the road again. It…

Trevor Tease was harder than the Fanad gravel used in the building blocks for Wolfe Tone Place. He travelled in…

A local version of the great rallying team boss David Richards comes to mind when I think of a package…

Giovanni Bianconi turned the corner and he felt an overwhelming feeling as that familiar name came into view last Saturday…

He carefully folded his Farmer’s Journal and tucked it under his arm. He steps across a busy forecourt like it…

SAINT Patrick’s day was on a Monday that year; a day that you didn’t know what it was going to…

Who remembers the Seat Inca van? It had a VW Polo front and a high dome type roof. It was…

This coat is still on the tight side, it should be hanging on me by this sage. I bought it…

Robert Geldof was a commercial traveller for Holroyd and Jones, a company based in Capel Street in Dublin.  He was…

by Brian McDaid Friends stood outside the Station House Hotel and around Old Town Letterkenny in silence on Wednesday afternoon…

Donegal Daily’s Motoring columnist Brian McDaid introduces us to Gary Cassidy, a man with a plan to kit out his…

I was like a big wane waiting on the arrival of my offer of a 78 ‘first edition’ on Monday morning..…