OVER 2,500 Transition Year and 5th year students from schools across Donegal attended the Donegal County Council AXA Roadsafe Roadshow on Tuesday and Wednesday in the Aura Centre, Letterkenny. The Roadsafe Roadshow is a powerful event designed to educate students on the potentially devastating consequences that road traffic collisions can have on their lives and […]
Communities urged to pressure Uisce Éireann over persistent water outages
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A FRUSTRATED councillor has called on communities affected by persistent water outages to put pressure on Uisce Éireann to find a resolution. The plea comes after another bout of interruption to water supply in west Donegal on Thursday. A burst water main at the water treatment plant on the outskirts of Falcarragh caused widespread disruptions […]
‘Humphreys is hoodwinking the Gaeltacht community’ – Cllr Mac Giolla Easbuig
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PRESIDENTIAL candidate Heather Humphreys has recommitted to learning Irish, more than a decade after first making the same pledge as Minister for the Gaeltacht. The Fine Gael candidate said that if elected to the Áras, she would return to the Donegal Gaeltacht. She made the commitment during a debate with independent candidate Catherine Connolly on […]
New HIQA powers to investigate public nursing homes
THE Health Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa) will be given powers to investigate serious patient safety incidents in public nursing homes under plans going to Cabinet this week. Health Minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill and Junior Minister with Responsibility for Older People, Kieran O’Donnell will bring forward the proposals, seeking government approval to amend the Patient […]
‘People didn’t have time to leave unfit homes’
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CALLS are to be made for the opening of community centres to allow people to take refuge from their structurally unsafe homes during severe weather warnings. Stormy Amy battered Donegal earlier this month, with the county recording some of the highest speed winds during the red weather warning. In response to Storm Amy, Donegal County […]
Weather: Dry and mostly cloudy day ahead with occasional sunny spells
TODAY will be dry and mostly cloudy with isolated sunny spells. Highest temperatures of 13 to 15 degrees. Tonight will be mostly dry with just a few spots of drizzle possible. Advertisement There is also a chance of some mist and fog patches forming in any clear spells. Lowest temperatures of 7 to 11 degrees […]
Deaths in Donegal, Monday, October 13
The following deaths have taken place in Donegal: Brian Richard Price, Rathmullan Maureen O’Neill, Clare and Killybegs Advertisement William Maxwell (SNR), Glencolmcille Anne Madden, Galway and Fintown Ralf (Rafal) Konarski, Bundoran Jim (Seamus) Hickey, Sligo and Derrybeg Cronán O’Donnell, Ramelton Grace Mary Norton, Antrim and Fintown F.A. Conway, Bundoran Charlie Logan, Raphoe Brian Richard Price, […]
Wedding of the week: ‘Every single thing was perfect, despite the weather’
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NEWLYWEDS Laura Doherty and Niall Quinn tied the knot on July 4, surrounded by nearly 200 family and friends. The Killygordon native and her South Derry groom were married at St. Patrick’s Church at the Crossroads in Laura’s hometown. Her mother walked her down the aisle to Caledonia, in a moving tribute to her late father. […]
The way we were
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Aoife Doherty delves into the archives to bring you the news and images from yesteryear. If you have a photograph you would like published, send it to editor@donegalnews.com 1975, October 4 Advertisement RTE film nominated for Emmy award A FILM which was shot in and around Malin Head under producer, Brian McLaughlin, has been nominated […]
The Third Degree: ‘I’d rather be on the lap-top than face a sink full of dirty dishes’
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Hi Louise, thanks for doing this interview. Could you tell us a little about yourself please? I have lived in Letterkenny my whole life, although I went to university in Galway, lived in France for a while to work as an au pair, and did a bit of backpacking with Ray in South America before […]