By Paul McElwee WITH news of Pope Francis’ health woes hitting headlines worldwide, the children of Scoil Mhuire in Creeslough have opened their hearts and let the Holy Father know he is in their prayers by sending get-well cards to the Vatican. The idea to send the cards to the Pontiff, who has been in […]
Local Pipe Band are off to New York for St Patrick’s Day
THE Letterkenny & District Pipe Band is set to embark on a monumental journey to New York City to participate in the 2025 St. Patrick’s Day celebrations. From Friday, March 14 to Wednesday 19, 65 members and followers, which includes 18 children, will represent Letterkenny and County Donegal on an international stage. Their itinerary features […]
Two new subjects for Leaving Cert students
By Chris Ashmore TWO new subjects will soon be on the curriculum for Leaving Certificate students in Donegal as part of a series of wide ranging reforms of the senior cycle in schools. The two new subjects, which will be available from September, are: Drama, Film and Theatre Studies; and, Climate Action and Sustainable Development. Advertisement […]
Tanya loses 16 stone after undergoing bariatric surgery
By Dionne Meehan A LETTERKENNY woman has shed a whopping 16 stone after undergoing weight loss surgery in Turkey. Tanya Rasher’s weight loss journey began during the pandemic, when she hit 27 stone on the scales. Advertisement Describing herself as having an addiction to food, her health began declining rapidly. “I have always been quite […]
A heart full of courage: Aran’s journey with Congenital Heart Disease
As Global Congenital Heart Disease Awareness Month takes place this February, the Donegal News spoke with Christine Callaghan from Dungloe, whose daughter Aran was diagnosed with congenital heart disease prenatally. Christine and her husband Michéal Ó Bhaoighill discovered they were expecting identical twins during their first ultrasound. The twins shared a placenta, which was unevenly split, […]
Donegal Hospice is set to relocate during renovations
Donegal Hospice is set to temporarily relocate to the new Letterkenny Community Nursing Unit later this year while renovations take place at its current facility. The announcement of this temporary move was made during this week’s Regional Health Forum meeting. The extension and refurbishment of the existing Donegal Hospice facility in Knocknamona, Letterkenny, were approved […]
Weather: Largely dry and sunny day
ANY frost, ice, mist and fog will clear this morning, leaving a largely dry and sunny day. It will become hazy through the afternoon. Highest temperatures will be 7 to 9 degrees. Advertisement Tonight will be dry at first with clear spells. Outbreaks of rain or drizzle will spread from the west later. Lowest temperatures […]
Deaths in Donegal, Friday, February 28
The following deaths have taken place in Donegal: Ernest (Ernie) Sterritt, Letterkenny Christopher (Christy) McDaid, Dublin and Bundoran Advertisement Seamus McCaffrey, Sligo and Donegal Charlie Harevy, Letterkenny Charlie McDevitt, Kilcar Anne Kinsella, Killybegs Jimmy Friel, Churchill Robert John Roulston, Newtowncunningham Patrick Morgan, Creeslough Ernest (Ernie) Sterritt, Letterkenny The death has occurred of Ernest (Ernie) Sterritt, […]
Danny remembered as an ‘angel sent from heaven’
By Dionne Meehan BABY Danny McLaughlin was remembered as “an angel sent from Heaven” at his requiem Mass on Tuesday. Danny, of Tirargus, Trentagh, Churchill, was just months away from his second birthday when he passed away on Sunday. Advertisement Born with an inoperable brain tumour, he received constant care from both his family and a team […]
Funeral to take place tomorrow of man who died in farm tragedy
A Service of Thanksgiving will take place tomorrow for Robert John Roulston, Moneymore Little, Newtowncunningham who died in a farm accident in Newtowncunningham on Monday. Gardaí and other emergency services attended the scene of the fatal workplace accident at approximately 1pm on Monday. Mr Roulston, who was in his 60s, was pronounced dead at the scene. Advertisement […]