By Chris Ashmore The HSE has agreed to enter into a €2.68 million deal with an English company to extend the rental period of a purpose built Mobile Endoscopy Unit at Letterkenny University Hospital, the Donegal News can reveal. An endoscopy is a procedure used in medicine to look inside the body and is used […]
Almost 300 children with disabilities left waiting for vital assessments
ALMOST 300 children in Donegal with disabilities have been left waiting for their vital assessment. Figures provided to Donegal TD Pádraig MacLochlainn reveal 284 children with disabilities in Donegal are waiting to be assessed. Deputy MacLochlainn said the shocking figure highlights the failure to provide basic services to children most in need. Advertisement “We know that […]
Weather: Mainly dry day with sunny spells
TODAY will be mainly dry with some patches of mist for a time this morning. Later we will see a fair amount of cloud and some sunny spells. A few patches of drizzle are possible. Advertisement Highest temperatures of 9 to 11 degrees. Tonight will be cold and dry with clear spells in many areas […]
Deaths in Donegal, Monday, March 10
The following deaths have taken place in Donegal: Jenna Shovlin, Portnoo Joe Gallagher, Falcarragh Advertisement Eileen O’Gorman (née Sweeney), Milford Brendan (Thomas) McBrearty, Glasgow and formerly St. Johnston Vinnie Grant, Clonmany Kevin (Colm) Ward, Downings John Sheridan, Bruckless Seamus Goe McShane, Teelin Mary Bridget Doherty, Carrick Leon Kelly, Lifford Gemma McVeigh, Cavan, Donegal and Fermanagh […]
Boogie’s last dance – 50 years on
By Eoin Glackin NEXT Thursday, March 6 marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Hugh ‘Boogie’ McDaid, a young man from Ramelton killed on the night of his 21st birthday. Hugh is remembered by all who knew him as a unique character – a larger-than-life personality, never far from mischief but who always had […]
Buncrana vet to take on Glór Tíre challenge
By Paul McElwee A Donegal veterinary nurse, who has dedicated his life to helping animals on the farm, will be ‘moo’ving on to his other passion of singing next week by taking part in the new series of TG4’s hit country music show Glór Tíre. Buncrana’s Jack Larry (23) is appearing on the show’s 21st […]
Wind, rain, and a little miracle – all part of successful festive fundraiser
LETTERKENNY man Tom Giblin has raised a whopping €4,567 for local charities from his annual Christmas fundraiser. Beginning his fundraising mission in the late 70s, Mr Giblin launched his Live Animal Nativity Stable for the first time in 2022. Acquiring his first animal 14 years ago, little did he know what lay ahead. Advertisement From a […]
Over 1,000 applications for vacant property grant in Donegal
DONEGAL is set to benefit from close to €5 million in funding aimed at bringing vacant properties back into use, with over 1,000 applications received by the Local Authority for the Vacant Property Refurbishment Grants by the end of last year. Overall, since the launch of the grant in July 2022, Donegal County Council holds […]
The Way We Were
Dionne Meehan 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 MARCH 1, 1975 Advertisement FIRST SOD CUT FOR SWIMMING POOL THE first sod of Letterkenny’s new swimming pool, which is to cost £109,000, was cut on Saturday […]
Two dead following single car collision in Gortahork
TWO young men have died after a car struck the gable wall of a house in Gortahork. Gardaí and emergency services attended the scene in the townland of Baltoney at approximately 9.30pm last night. The driver of the vehicle, a male in his teens, was fatally injured and pronounced deceased at the scene. Advertisement A […]