The Garda recruitment competition opens to applications from those up to 50 years of age from January 15, 2024. Should anybody have any queries in relation to the recruitment campaign or in relation to a career within An Garda Síochána then they can visit www.garda.ie where they will find the information they need. Applications may […]
Almost 6,500 STI home testing kits dispatched
by Louise Doyle ALMOST 6,500 free Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) home testing kits were dispatched to CH CDLMS, which includes Donegal, in 2023. Figures provided to the Donegal News by the HSE show 6,486 test kits were sent to Community Healthcare, Cavan Donegal Leitrim Monaghan Sligo (CH CDLMS), formerly CHO1, between January and December 2023. Advertisement Up […]
Businesses in Twin Towns move to allay traffic fears
BY JEROME HUGHES IT is set to be a somewhat tumultuous year in the Finn Valley as road and parking projects begin in Ballybofey/ Stranorlar, with the potential for major traffic congestion. The implementation of a Stop/Go traffic management system is now underway on the outskirts of Ballybofey along the N15 at McGrory’s Brae. Advertisement […]
Minister for Health comments on INMO TrolleyWatch
Responding to comments by the Minister for Health on RTÉ’s 6.1 news questioning the validity of the INMO’s long-standing TrolleyWatch, an INMO spokesperson said they strongly refute any suggestion that the TrolleyWatch figures are not accurate. “The INMO has counted the number of admitted patients on trolleys, chairs and other inappropriate bed spaces since 2006. […]
Young Dungloe girl selected to represent town at 2024 festival
by Eoin McGarvey A young Dungloe girl will play host to the visiting Mary from Dungloe contestants later this year following her selection at the weekend as the 2024 Dungloe Mary. Graduate Aine Mc Gee, 23, from Meenatottan outside Dungloe was selected from six girls who took part in the selection process. Advertisement A delighted […]
Forty-three people lost their lives in workplace accidents last year
by Louise Doyle ONE person lost their life in a workplace related fatality in Donegal in 2023, while the number of deaths nationally surged. New figures from the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) show that 43 people lost their lives in work-related incidents last year. Advertisement This compares with a figure of 26 deaths in 2022. Of the […]
More than 5,500 patients x-rayed in one year at Letterkenny hub
MORE than 5,500 patients have been x-rayed in one year at Errigal Chronic Disease Management (CDM) in Letterkenny since the state-of-the-art service became operational. The HSE is celebrating the one year anniversary of the opening of the Community x-ray facility on Kilmacrennan Road, opposite the entrance to the Emergency Department, Letterkenny University Hospital. Since the commencement […]
Green light for major housing project in Ramelton
by Louise Doyle A MAJOR housing development in Ramelton has been given the green light. Donegal County Council has granted permission to applicant Glenmac Developments Limited for the construction of 43 dwellings at Ballyboe. Advertisement The development also comprises all associated site works, connection of foul sewer to existing network on site including foul effluent pump […]
VIDEO: Brian and Betsy’s homecoming
Donegal News photographer Brian McDaid completed his fundraising Drive of Ireland on Monday evening – arriving back to the Donegal Hospice in Letterkenny. Staff members from the Hospice, family and friends gathered to welcome the Letterkenny man back home. He’d set out from the Hospice on his drive around Ireland last Tuesday morning. His Idonate […]
Four Lane pedestrian lights to be turned on tomorrow
PEDESTRIAN traffic lights on the four lane road are set to become active this week as the final residual works to the N56 come to an end. The lights were trailed in December last year, but were switched off ahead of the festive period. The infrastructure will be the latest for the Four Lane Project […]