Brian McDaid

Motoring columnist Brian McDaid reflects on the memorable road trips shared between fathers and sons. ‘Look at them old fashioned…

Since I put on the winter tyres there wasn’t a bit of snow. That all changed last weekend, but more…

By Brian McDaid I’m slowly making my way up to the front door of the Ballyraine Hotel. The crowds are…

Santa doesn’t do batteries – you learn in our house not to expect batteries in something that came with the…

I would be at my happiest if one day I could witness the sight of a railway and a train…

The power of an old photo, possibly taken over 100 years ago, lets us travel back in time this week…

“This was once Nee’s, wasn’t it,? I thought it once was A Wear? Nah that was after that.” Upper Main…

“Ah now, I thought we were going home in the Mercedes”, “this is a Mercedes” I replied as I helped…

“This is all our Dan’s fault, it was him who gave me a few lessons on the computer in lockdown.”…

Joe stuck his head in the passengers door, ‘ah that’s that new car smell, it won’t last long you know’…

“One thing my lord, is the bread Ormo?” It was that Ulster accent we enjoyed on a TV add, a…

Beam me up Scottie I am a child again in a different world in Donegal Town on Sunday morning watching…

A recent event prompts columnist Brian McDaid to reflect on those who have gone before us. Our home is full…

A takeaway in Letterkenny sends columnist Brian McDaid on a trip down memory lane to harder times. I had my…

We all imagine ourselves as cool as the ‘Rubber Duck’ played by Kris Kristofferson or Melissa played by Ali Mac…

Rally Ireland which was part of the world rally championship touched down in Donegal town a decade or so ago.…

Nannini won just the one FI Grand Prix in his racing career, the one in which Senna and Prost locked…

Columnist Brian McDaid has been thinking about new starts that September often brings… and it brings him back to the…

IT’S finally coming together with something that was on the bucket list for the longest time. DD Motoring: Brothers for…

On Monday morning I heard the sad news of the passing of a very familiar face in Letterkenny , the…