THREE fundraising friends have completed a 3,700km trek that took them from Malin Head to Mizen Head, across the Irish Sea, and then from Land’s End to John O’Groats in Scotland. Leslie O’Donnell, Denis Ferry, and Lee Gooch, set off in the early hours of Friday morning and returned on Sunday evening, spending over 60 […]
Donegal couple’s gripping memoir launches tomorrow night
By Róise Collins A MEMOIR which tells the remarkable story of Mary Attenborough and Michael Gallagher from Falcarragh will be launched in Óstán Loch Altan, Gort an Choirce, tomorrow night. Pearse Doherty TD will be present to help launch the book, Unbroken: Secrets, Lies & Enduring Love, which recounts the gripping true story of a […]
Prayers sought for St Johnston boy in lifesaving bone morrow surgery
THE grandmother of a brave St Johnston boy asked for prayers as the youngster underwent a lifesaving bone morrow transplant in the Netherlands yesterday. Little Zach McCrossan travelled to the Netherlands last week for treatment for a rare blood disorder. The four-year-old was diagnosed with high-risk Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS), a rare blood disorder that progresses to Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (AML). […]
Funeral to take place today of Letterkenny man John Hanlon
THERE was much sadness locally following the sad passing of Letterkenny man John Hanlon earlier this week. Mr Hanlon passed away peacefully in the caring hands of the staff in the Donegal Hospice on Monday, June 30. Requiem Mass will take place today at 11am in St Columba’s Church, Glenswilly with burial afterwards in Conwal […]
Heartfelt send-off for well-known Letterkenny lady Martina Connors
LETTERKENNY woman Martina Connors was remembered as a woman who brought light to even the darkest of places at her requiem Mass. Ms Connors, of 3 Neil T Blaney Road, Letterkenny passed away peacefully in Letterkenny University Hospital on Thursday, June 26. Huge crowds turned out yesterday for Ms Connors’ requiem Mass which took place […]
Surgical hub location in Sligo will be ‘death knell’ for Donegal patients
by Louise Doyle A DONEGAL deputy has told the Dáil that the longer the uncertainty over the location of the north west surgical hub continues, doubts over just how future-proof services at Letterkenny University Hospital are could deepen. Pearse Doherty TD warned the government that LUH faces the potential of being downgraded from its current Model 3 […]
Coughlan rules out running for president ahead of 2025 election
By Dionne Meehan CHAIRPERSON of the Donegal GAA County Board and former Tánaiste Mary Coughlan has shut down rumours that she will be throwing her hat into the ring to replace Michael D. Higgins as president. Speaking to the Donegal News, the Frosses native expressed her shock at the circulating rumours. Advertisement Becoming the first […]
Donegal garda resignation figures revealed
by Louise Doyle SEVEN gardaí from Donegal Division have resigned from duty over a three-year period to date this year, we can reveal. Figures released to this newspaper through a request under the Freedom of Information Act show seven gardaí have resigned from Donegal Division since 2023. Advertisement A breakdown of the figures reveal two […]
Weather: Rather cloudy day with outbreaks of rain and drizzle
TODAY will be rather cloudy with outbreaks of rain and drizzle. It will brighten up this afternoon with scattered showers, some heavy with the chance of an isolated thunderstorm, but they will ease later. Highest temperatures of 15 to 19 degrees. Advertisement Tonight will be mostly cloudy with patchy drizzle for a time early tonight […]
Deaths in Donegal, Thursday, July 3
The following deaths have taken place in Donegal: Lily O’Sullivan, Falcarragh Des McGinley, Milford Advertisement Deirdre (Dee) O’Connell, Ballyshannon Catherine McGinley, Glencolmcille Sr Magdalene Moore, Donegal Town, Ballyshannon and Galway John Barron, Letterkenny and Muff Hugh Kelly, Lifford Robert O’Brien, Letterkenny Joe O’Donnell, Jersey and Gortahork Paddy Mongan, Letterkenny John Hanlon, Letterkenny Lily O’Sullivan, Falcarragh […]