By Diarmaid Doherty Primary Care Physiotherapy services at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Stranorlar are to be delivered from community hospitals in Lifford and Donegal Town from next week. In a statement, the HSE confirmed that following a recent HIQA inspection in St Joseph’s Hospital, Stranorlar and an identified need for essential fire upgrade works to […]
Woman charged over fatal collision almost twice alcohol limit
By Tanya Fowles A woman whose vehicle struck and killed an expectant mother close to the Donegal border earlier this week — seriously injuring two other members of her family in the process — was twice the legal alcohol limit and was an unaccompanied learner driver. Emma Josephine Feely (34) from Blackrock Park, Belleek is […]
TUI planning lunctime protest at ATU Donegal on Tuesday
MEMBERS OF the Teachers Union of Ireland (TUI) at ATU Donegal will stage a lunchtime protest at the Letterkenny campus on Tuesday. It’s one of a number of lunchtime protests being organised nationwide at Technological Universities and Institutes of Technology. TUI members want to highlight what they say is the Department of Education’s failure to […]
Circet Ireland presented with major international award
IT WAS a proud day on Thursday for the staff and management at Circet Design and Innovation Hub in Letterkenny, Donegal when the company picked up a major international award for its broadband rollout mapping system. Circet Design provides various turnkey solutions for the Telecoms and Power industry, covering FTTH (Fibre to the Home) and […]
Relay for Life organisers appeal for teams ahead of May event
By Paddy Walsh With just under four months to go to the staging of this year’s Donegal Relay for Life, an urgent appeal has gone out for the registration of teams who form a key role in the fund-raising event. “Basically without the teams we don’t have a Relay,” the organising committee’s new chairperson Seamus […]
Chamber planning bumper St. Patrick’s Day parade in Letterkenny
Letterkenny’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade is taking place this year on Sunday, March 17 and Letterkenny Chamber of Commerce are inviting people, clubs and businesses from around the county to take part. The Letterkenny parade is one of the biggest in the county and once again, the Chamber is hoping to make this year’s event […]
‘My husband and my kids have got me back’
LETTERKENNY WOMAN’S AMAZING WEIGHT-LOSS STORY By Dionne Meehan LETTERKENNY woman Julie Gorman is urging those considering weight loss surgery to get it done locally instead of travelling abroad where treatments are also available. Advertisement Miserable and overweight, Julie decided to take action in 2022 for health reasons and concerns surrounding a family history of heart […]
‘It will be very different from the norm’ – Minister’s St. Patrick’s Day trip to Africa
By Diarmaid Doherty Donegal Minister Charlie McConalogue said he accepts that his trip to Africa as part of the government’s overseas travel for this year’s St Patrick’s Day celebrations will be a little bit different from the normal annual trips abroad. The Minister for Agriculture and the Marine will visit Kenya, Ethiopia and war-ravaged Sudan […]
The Alternative takes to the stage at An Grianán
By Paddy Walsh Here’s an imaginary concept that would send shudders through respective political elements on both sides of the border. It’s one where the island of Ireland forms part of the United Kingdom backed up by a history where there was no War of Independence or no Civil War. But there is a way […]
Former councillor Tony McDaid to contest election for Sinn Féin
It’s a case of ‘in with the old’ and ‘in with the new’ as Sinn Féin’s preparations for the forthcoming local elections in Donegal saw the selection of three more candidates last evening. Former councillor and long-time party member Tony McDaid is one of three candidates chosen to contest the Lifford-Stranorlar Municipal District election. He […]