By C.J.McGinley
HISTORY was made on Tuesday when a Donegal TD became the first Irish Government Fine Gael deputy to address a Conservative party conference.
Tesco plans filling station at shopping centre site
By C.J.McGinley
TESCO Ireland has lodged plans for a petrol filling station and forecourt in Letterkenny.
Youth stabbed four times
By C.J.McGinley
AN 18-year-old man who came close to losing his life after was stabbed four times with a ten inch kitchen knife was in a ‘stable’ condition in hospital yesterday.
By C.J.McGinley
AN 18-year-old man who came close to losing his life after was stabbed four times with a ten inch kitchen knife was in a ‘stable’ condition in hospital yesterday.
Education cuts hit Donegal hardest
By C.J.McGinley
A LEADING school principal has hit out at ‘savage’ education cutbacks that are ‘sinking the life opportunity’ for the most vulnerable pupils such as children with special needs, travellers and pupils from other countries.
Council owed €16million in rates
By C.J.McGinley
DONEGAL County Council is owed over €16 million in rates and arrears. Figures released this week show over €13million has been collected from 2,916 customers but the total due is €29.9 million (including accumulated arrears) from over 4,000 rate payers.
New Psychiatry Admissions Unit opened in Letterkenny
By C.J.McGinley THE Minister of State for Disability, Equality, Mental Health and Older People, Ms Kathleen Lynch TD officially opened the new Department of Psychiatry Admissions Unit on the grounds of Letterkenny General Hospital on Monday. The Department of Psychiatry Admissions Unit, which is part of Donegal Mental Health Services, has 34 beds offering inpatient […]
Man (31) beaten and clothing torn off in Letterkenny
By C.J.McGinley
A 31-years-old Belfast man was dragged into an alleyway and beaten during an assault in Letterkenny at the weekend, gardai have confirmed.
Gardai investigate Letterkenny fire
By C.J.McGinley
GARDAI are investigating CCTV after a suspected arson attack in Letterkenny in the early hours of Friday morning. A skip full of rubbish was set alight on the town’s Main Street close to Blake’s Bar.
Garda stations facing axed named
By C.J.McGinley
OVER half of the garda stations in Donegal could face closure in the latest round of cuts, it emerged yesterday (Thursday).
Soldiers deaths in Lebanon 'could and should have been avoided'
By C.J.McGinley
THE Letterkenny-based brother of one of three Irish soldiers killed in controversial circumstances in the Lebanon twenty two years ago has welcomed an independent report stating their deaths ‘could and should have been avoided’.