FOLLOWING the launch of the Donegal Town Green Hub pilot over 30 businesses and organisations have been showing an incredible interest in learning about sustainability. The Green Hub Pilot Project is aimed at encouraging businesses to implement good waste management practices, particularly in the areas of waste segregation and recycling. Currently, 70 per cent of […]
Certa Ireland switch Letterkenny delivery fleet to Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil
Certa, one of Ireland’s largest fuel distributors, have transitioned their fleet of delivery vehicles in its Letterkenny depot from running on diesel to Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO). The move will see Certa’s national fleet of over 100 trucks run on the biofuel by the end of March following a successful trial in 2022. Collectively, Certa’s […]
The Consular section of the US Embassy coming to Donegal
The Consular section of the U.S. Embassy is coming to Donegal on March 21. They will be accepting Passport and Consular Report of Birth Abroad applications and will be completing notary services on documents for use in the United States. To schedule an appointment, email dublinoutreach@state.gov before March 10.
14 Donegal students receive Trinity Entrance Exhibition Awards
FOURTEEN students from Co. Donegal have received prestigious Entrance Exhibition Awards from Trinity College Dublin. A total of 677 first-year students from Ireland and overseas received awards, which were delivered in person for the first time since 2019. Entrance Exhibition Awards go to the students accepted into the first year of a full-time undergraduate degree […]
Yellow weather warning issued for Donegal
A status yellow low temperature and ice warning has been issued for Donegal. Met Eireann issued the warning which will come into effect from 9pm tonight. Met Eireann is warning of hazardous conditions due to freezing temperatures. Icy stretches on roads and footpaths. The warning is valid until 9am tomorrow morning.
MEGASLAM WRESTLING – 2023 Live Tour in Ballyshannon
The number one live experience for families is coming to Donegal this April, as Megaslam Wrestling brings it’s 2023 Live Tour to Ballyshannon. Established in 2009, Megaslam Wrestling are Europe’s most prolific Wrestling promoters, presenting in excess of 300 live events per year in the UK, Republic of Ireland and the Isle Of Man. An […]
Government can and must intervene to cut energy costs – Deputy Doherty
Donegal TD Deputy Pearse Doherty TD has said that the government can intervene to cut energy costs and the time to do so is now. The Sinn Féin spokesperson on Finance was speaking as his party announced it will bring forward a motion on the issue this week, which will be debated in the Dáil […]
Debate on sky-high energy bills to take place today
SINN Féin will bring forward a motion calling on the government to intervene to reduce energy costs in the Dáil today. Speaking ahead of the debate Donegal TD Pearse Doherty said now is the time for the government to act. “Households continue to pay sky-high energy bills – with electricity and gas bills more than […]
‘Donegal Danny’ to lead parade in Philadelphia
Philadelphia, a city bigger than Dublin, has chosen the son of a Donegal woman to be leader of its Saint Patrick’s Day Parade this year, an event watched by tens of thousands of people. Dan Harrell, 79, nicknamed ‘Donegal Danny,’ whose mother, Agnes Bridget McDaid, emigrated to the US from Donegal, said he was very […]
WATCH: International Women’s Day- Studied reflexology following an operation in a bid to self heal
A reflexologist and aromatherapist who said she started studying reflexology following an operation in a bid to self heal is now in her first year of business at her studio in Riverside Retail Park in Letterkenny. Olivia Maguire, founder of ‘Reflexology by Olivia’ said her first year of business has been exciting but nervewracking at […]