THE community of Churchill and surrounding areas have helped raise almost €3,000 from a charity Tractor and Vintage Car Run. Proceeds from the event will go to the local Stramore National School to help with the costs of sending staff members and pupils to Texas for the VEX Robotics World Championships. Advertisement The event […]
Gartan artist is making the most of an ‘amazing opportunity’
BY DIONNE MEEHAN DONEGAL artist and curator Daniel Nelis has been selected as the 2023 Early Career Curator-in-Residence for theEarly Career Curator-in-Residence and Glebe Gallery. Daniel is an award winning visual artist, an art educator and an early stage curator. Advertisement Daniel, who is from Gartan, has been practising as a visual artist for over […]
‘It was a platform which gave a voice to everyone’
by Louise Doyle THE Donegal-born co-presenter of BBC Radio Foyle’s Breakfast Show has said the loss of the programme which gave a voice to people across the north west is “palpable”. Elaine McGee presented the award-winning programme with David Hunter, which broadcast for the final time on Friday. Advertisement The pair were familiar and trusted voices on the […]
‘Lack of electric vehicle chargers discouraging visitors’
BY DIARMAID DOHERTY THE owners of a Donegal holiday home say the lack of electric vehicle charging stations around the county is keeping some potential holiday-makers from visiting the county. Brian and Siobhan Gilfedder own the Mountain View holiday home in Falcarragh which they rent out as a holiday cottage. Advertisement The couple recently installed […]
Massive rise in STIs across the county
BY RÓISE COLLINS CASES of gonorrhoea in Donegal have risen by close to 500 per cent in recent years. Sonya Keeney is the Clinical Nurse Manager at the Sexual Health Clinic in Letterkenny University Hospital. She told the Donegal News that there has been a massive rise in Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) across the county. Advertisement […]
Staffing crisis among top issues for new INTO president
BY DIONNE MEEHAN RESOLVING the staffing crisis, increasing pay and reducing paper work are just a few changes Donegal woman Dorothy McGinley intends to bring about as the newly elected INTO President. Dorothy, who is now the voice of a 50,000 member union, said it is a massive honour for her to wear the chain […]
Brian O’Donnell leaves the roads a safer place as he retires
By Róise Collins ALMOST forty-four years ago Brian O’Donnell embarked on his career with Donegal County Council. He spoke with the Donegal News about his recent retirement and reflected on the many challenges and triumphs he faced in his role as Road Safety Officer. Advertisement His four decade tenure started in the print department of […]
New state of the art X-ray facility is launched
A NEW state of the art community X-ray facility was officially launched in Letterkenny this week. The new facility is operational since January 2023 at the Errigal Chronic Disease Management (CDM) Hub located on the Kilmacrennan Road opposite the entrance to the hospital’s Emergency Department. The facility, which is the fifth community x-ray location in […]
Letterkenny musician reflects on US tour and what lies ahead
BY PADDY WALSH It’s a Thursday night on San Francisco’s Valencia Street and in a tiny office space, a handful of stairs away from the stage on which ‘The Murder Capital’ have just performed, Gabriel Blake is reflecting on the band’s U.S. tour which is drawing to a close. Just fifteen minutes previously the Irish […]
War of Independence flying column monument to be unveiled
BY RÓISE COLLINS A monument honouring Paedar O’Donnell’s flying column that fought in Donegal during the War of Independence is to be unveiled in Ballymacool Park this weekend. Pat Doherty will be the guest speaker at the event being held on the outskirts of Letterkenny. Ballymacool is significant as this is where the IRA flying […]