Donegal Gardaí alert consumers and businesses to the growing threat of online scams during the busy Christmas shopping period, urging everyone to stay vigilant. “Never give away your personal data; bank details, PIN numbers, passwords or PPS numbers,” Crime Prevention officer, Garda Sgt. Paul Wallace advises. Businesses are warned to protect their sales and revenues […]
Woman interrupts burglar in her Letterkenny home
GARDAÍ are appealing for information after a woman interrupted an intruder in her home. The burglary occurred at Knocknamona Park, Letterkenny on Tuesday, November 28 at approximately 5.15pm. A resident of the property was upstairs in their home when they disturbed an intruder. Advertisement The intruder ran down the stairs, jumped out a window and left the scene. Nothing was stolen and no […]
Moves to clarify ambulance reports
CLAIMS that ambulances from Derry could not cross the border to help in the aftermath of the Creeslough explosion last year were made because of a “drafting error”. A committee of Irish and British politicians have moved to clarify details of the report which claimed ambulances could not attend the incident because of visa issues. […]
Almost 400 attend hospital ED in three days
ALMOST 400 people have attended Letterkenny University Hospital’s emergency department in the last three days. The hospital is treating a number of patients with the Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV). Yesterday there were 27 patients waiting on a bed at the facility, seven waiting on trolleys in the emergency department and 20 elsewhere in the hospital. […]
Renovated cottage set to provide stop-off on Leghowney Loop trail
TWO Donegal sisters have welcomed restoration plans for their old family home on Energia’s Meenadreen Wind Farm. Ailish O’Boyle and Mary Dawson, once better known as the Quinn sisters, used to live in a cottage in the townland of Straness, which is now part of leading wind farm operator Energia Group’s Meenadreen Wind Farm in South […]
Lifford woman obtains her PhD in social research
LIFFORD native Marianne O’Kane Boal has just become a PhD graduate. Marianne is the daughter of Joanna and the late Eddie O’Kane of Cavanacor House, Ballindrait, Lifford. She has been studying at ATU Sligo for the past five years working on her PhD in Social Research and recently graduated. “It has been a real labour […]
Distillery plans get go-ahead in Donegal
by Louise Doyle THE green light has been given to distillery plans in Donegal. Applicant Vega and Wallace Limited, trading as the Muff Liquor Company, lodged proposals with Donegal County Council in July for the change of use of an existing car sales building to a distillery. Advertisement The proposed plans also comprised an on-site bottling facility, […]
Child with suspected meningitis spent 18 hours on a chair in LUH
A FRENCH child with suspected meningitis endured an 18-hour wait for a bed at Letterkenny University Hospital. The 15-year-old female student, who was staying with a host family in the county, spent almost a full day in a chair after presenting at the hospital with symptoms of meningitis. After being told she would be admitted to the Paediatric […]
Donegal Ten-T go ahead expected in New Year
by Kate Heaney A CABINET decision on the Ten-T Donegal Project moving to the planning stage is expected to be made at the start of 2024, according to government minister, Charlie McConalogue. The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine said: “This next step in the process early in the new year will follow on […]
Sinn Féin call on Donegal TDs to support struggling renters
SINN FÉIN TDs Pearse Doherty and Pádraig Mac Lochlainn have urged TDs in Donegal to back their party’s call for the government to immediately introduce an emergency three-year ban on rent increases for existing and new tenancies. Speaking ahead of their party’s Dáil motion on the issue, brought forward by Sinn Féin Housing Spokesperson Eoin […]