A YOUNG entrepreneur has launched Donegal’s first milk bar where members of the public will be able to buy milk pasteurised on the family farm from a self-service vending machine. It is an idea 23-year-old Shannon Porter has been toying with for many years having seen the success of similar ventures in England and the […]
‘Hiring’ signs going up in Letterkenny
THE CEO of telecommunications contractor KN Circet has said the workforce at their design centre in Letterkenny will increase to in excess of 100 staff by 2023. Speaking to the Donegal News this week Donagh Kelly said their Letterkenny hub, which currently employees 70 full time workers in the IDA Business Park, is growing on […]
Letterkenny man recalls Melbourne earthquake
A LETTERKENNY man living in Melbourne has spoken of the moment the city began to shake. South east Australia was rocked by a 5.9 magnitude earthquake on Wednesday, damaging buildings and causing mass panic. Unlike neighbouring New Zealand, quakes are uncommon in Australia and yesterday’s was the largest to hit the country in years. Mike […]
From the West Coast to West Donegal
Swapping the busy rush hour traffic of Los Angeles for the quiet vibrancy of West Donegal, Howard Chu (CTO and co-founder of Symas Corp) relocated to Gaoth Dobhair in 2012. Howard is the CTO of Symas Corp, a software company he, along with five others, founded in 1999, and are involved in projects as developers […]
Donegal retailer receives lifetime achievement award
DONEGAL retailer John McElhinney has won the Drapers Lifetime Achievement Award. The founder of McElhinneys Department Store in Ballybofey was presented with his award at the annual Drapers Independents Awards 2021 which were held on Thursday last at the London Hilton Bankside. McElhinneys celebrated its 50th anniversary this year and is a landmark independent department […]
Appeal for scam victims to report the crime to gardai
PEOPLE who have fallen victim of scams are not reporting them to the Gardai because they have been reimbursed by their bank. Superintendent Goretti Sheridan spoke at last week’s Joint Policing Committee (JPC) about how their investigations are being impeded because people are unwilling to make statements. There has been an avalanche of phone scams […]
Donegal had second highest number of Covid-19 cases
THE battle with the coronavirus is not over yet, despite Ireland’s high vaccination roll-out, according to the latest HSE Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) figures. The national incidence rate of the coronavirus stands at 390.4 cases per 100,000 population. There were 1,282 cases of Covid-19 notified in Donegal in the last fourteen days. The county […]
Only fifteen social houses tested for mica
JUST 15 tests been carried out on social houses suspected of having mica in the Letterkenny and Milford District despite a target of 150 to 200 tests a year. Core testing has been carried out on those homes in the past six months however the results are yet to be presented to the residents. A […]
One in four consultant posts vacant in LUH – Saolta
ONE in four whole-time equivalent (WTE) consultant posts are vacant across “a range of medical and surgical specialties” at Letterkenny University Hospital (LUH). There are currently 66 approved Consultant Posts at LUH of which 47 posts are filled on a permanent basis, according to a spokesperson for Saolta University Health Care Group. All other posts […]
Gardai ramp up efforts to tackle cyber crime
THE FIGHT against cyber crime in Donegal is intensifying with 28 gardai in the Division now specially trained to deal with the problem. Chief Superintendent of the Garda National Crime Bureau, Paul Cleary was speaking at the Joint Policing Committee meeting on Friday when he spoke about the worrying rise in cyber crime in the […]