Pandemic helps mother-of-two tackle her ‘bucket list’


LUCY Rodgers is a special educational needs (SEN) teacher who had always had an interest in creating a children’s book. The changes brought about by the coronavirus gave her the opportunity to turn that dream into a reality and the net result is ‘Sadie and Matty Bouse’. The story is about a girl named ‘Sadie’ […]


Twenty-one cases of Covid-19 reported in Donegal today


There have been no new deaths reported to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre today. There has now been a total of 1,792 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland. Advertisement As of midnight Sunday, 20 September, the HPSC has been notified of 188 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 33,121 confirmed cases of […]


Hopes high that Gweedore hotel will be restored


  ONE of the west Donegal’s best known hotels, the Ostan Gweedore, overlooks the ‘Bád Eddie‘ shipwreck resting on Magheraclogher bay. Over recent years both sites, which have become synonymous with the region, have fallen into a state of disrepair and locals and visitors alike are hopeful that their futures can be preserved. Advertisement And […]


Twenty confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Donegal


The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been informed that 3 people with COVID-19 have died. There has now been a total of 1,788* COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland. As of midnight Tuesday 15th September, the HPSC has been notified of 254 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 31,799* confirmed cases […]


Green light for €38m Letterkenny Community Nursing Unit


  The Health Service Executive is delighted to announce that the planning application for the development of Letterkenny Community Nursing Unit has been granted.   The development in Letterkenny will provide a new 110 bedded unit on a green field site at Kilmacrennan Road, Letterkenny. The proposed development will comprise of a community nursing unit […]


Three deaths and 357 confirmed cases reported today


  The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been informed that 3 people with COVID-19 have died. There has now been a total of 1,787 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland. Advertisement As of midnight Monday 14th September, the HPSC has been notified of 357 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 31,549* […]


25 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Donegal in 48 hours


There have been no new deaths reported to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre today. There has been a total of 1,784 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland. As of midnight Sunday 13th September, the HPSC has been notified of 208 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 31,192* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in […]


No regrets after big family move ‘overseas’


TWO years ago primary school teacher Fiona Ní Ghloinn, her husband Jesse and their three young children turned their backs on urban life and moved to the country. The move from Dublin to Arranmore, the birthplace of Fiona’s mother Grainne, was about a better lifestyle for their family and before too long the lure of […]