Read DL 2024 was launched live on air on Highland Radio on Thursday at an outside broadcast with John Breslin’s Around the Northwest at the Central Library, Letterkenny. Read DL is a reading initiative based on the worldwide ‘One Book, One Community’. It began in 2011 as Read LK (Letterkenny). Its aim was simple: to […]
BREAKING: Follow-up search yields another major drugs find
By Dionne Meehan GARDAÍ in Donegal have seized a further €120,000 worth of suspected cannabis in South Donegal. This brings the estimated total of drugs seized to €751,500. Advertisement This comes after Gardaí in Ballyshannon conducted “follow-up” searches after locating a “large scale” grow-house at an industrial premise in Donegal Town on Wednesday, February 21. […]
Mass of thanksgiving this evening for Bishop
A MASS of thanksgiving for Bishop Alan McGuckian SJ is to take place this evening in St Eunan’s Cathedral in Letterkenny. Bishop McGuckian SJ will leave his post as the Bishop of Raphoe after almost seven years. Earlier this month it was confirmed that Bishop McGuckian was appointed by Pope Francis as the new Bishop of […]
Drugs haul: Gardaí praised
By Dionne Meehan THE Chairman of the Donegal Joint Policing Committee has commended Gardaí following last week’s major drugs find in Donegal Town. Gardaí seized suspected cannabis valued at approximately €631,500 at an industrial premises on Wednesday. Advertisement A further 6kg of suspected cannabis valued at approximately €120,000 was seized afterwards as a result of […]
Three years after her son went missing, mum makes new appeal
By Dionne Meehan A MOTHER whose son went missing in Donegal over three years ago has renewed an appeal for information as she believes there is a “glimmer of hope” he is still alive. Anthea Langelaan made the appeal during her appearance on the latest edition of ‘The Missing’ – a podcast dedicated to missing […]
Man on trial for murdering Buncrana woman is bailed
By Dionne Meehan THE man on trial for Danielle McLaughlin’s rape and murder in India was granted interim bail to attend his sister’s wedding at the weekend. Vikat Bhagat was allowed to leave jail on the morning of February 24 to attend the celebration under police escort, according to local media. Advertisement Bhagat stands accused […]
Classes held ahead of Night Navigation Championship
By Dáire Bonnar PLANS are in place ahead of the final round of the Squealing Pig Border Night Navigation Championship which takes place in Donegal next month. The Night Navigation Rally is quite different from the typical rally, and as the name suggests, it takes place in darkness. The navigation aspect sees the co-drivers use […]
Local activists demand improved public services in Donegal to facilitate returning emigrants
CAMPAIGNERS say they are not surprised by Teresa Gillespie’s ordeal, the Ballybofey woman who had to attend Letterkenny Emergency Department because a GP appointment wasn’t available. “I know many people who have gone to A&E because they can’t get a GP. “This proves how urgent the need is for GP services to be expanded,” said […]
McConalogue announces the Interim Payment rates for ACRES Scheme Tranche 1 Participants
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue TD, last week announced that farmers in Tranche 1 of the Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES), who have not yet received their advance payments for participation in the Scheme, will recieve an interim payment before the end of the month. The rate of this interim payment will […]
Hat-trick of major Uisce Éireann projects for Donegal
2024 has got off to a promising start for three Donegal communities with Uisce Éireann crews arriving on site to deliver major wastewater upgrades. Investment in Carrigart, Kilmacrennan and Mountcharles, totalling almost €30m, will bring improvements in water quality and enable growth in all three villages. All three projects will also benefit the local environment, […]