GARDAI are investigating a fire at a solicitor’s office in Dungloe which broke out in the early hours of this morning. There were no injuries reported and fire crews from Dungloe and Gaoth Dobhair attended the scene. A spokesperson for the Gardai confirmed: “Gardaí and emergency services attended the scene of a premises on fire […]
Access to beaches restricted
Donegal County Council is restricting vehicular access to a number of beach carparks and beaches following consultation with relevant state agencies. This move is as part of ongoing efforts to ensure compliance with public health guidelines during the current Covid19 pandemic in particular with regards to staying within 5km of your home for exercise. An […]
Temperatures set to plummet
TEMPERATURES are set to plummet tonight with Met Eireann issuing a yellow weather warning for low temperatures and ice. The warning comes into force from 6pm this evening and will remain in place until 10am tomorrow morning (Wednesday) for Donegal, Cavan, Monaghan, Longford, Clare and Connacht. “Very cold tonight with temperatures falling to between -2 […]
McConalogue tests positive for Covid-19
Minister for Agriculture and Donegal TD Charlie McConalogue has tested positive for Coronavirus. Members of Cabinet are now self-isolating as a result, including Taoiseach, Micheal Martin and Tanaiste, Leo Varadkar. A spokesperson for Minister McConalogue said: “He is self-isolating and is following all public health guidelines. He has displayed no symptoms and he will continue […]
Emergency measures completed at Meenbog wind farm
Emergency measures undertaken by the developer of Meenbog wind farm, in order to stabilise the peat slide that impacted the Mourne Beg River, are substantially complete, Donegal County Council has said. In a statement this morning the local authority said: “These measures, which reduce the risk of further peat slides and mitigate against further pollution, […]
NoWDOC release details of Christmas arrangements
The NoWDOC GP Out of Hours Service has published its arrangements for Christmas 2020 by the HSE. NoWDOC provides urgent out-of-hours GP care for patients of participating practices in Donegal and south Leitrim. The service operates when surgeries close in the evening and over the course of weekends and public holidays. The NoWDOC Service Manager, […]
Stark warning over drink and drug driving
Gardai have launched their annual Christmas Drink Driving campaign which is supported by the Donegal Road Safety Working Group as part of their ongoing road safety awareness programme. The message again this Christmas from the Gardai and the Donegal Road Safety Working Group is – Never, Ever Drink or Drug Drive. Drink driving destroys lives, […]
Recognition for Falcarragh teacher’s charity work
A teacher at PCC Falcarragh is among a group of volunteers around the country who’ve received awards for their commitment to the Irish humanitarian organisation, Concern Worldwide. Packie Doohan, who teaches maths and religion, has been collecting for Concern since 1994 after he was asked to help with the annual Christmas Eve collection by his then former colleague, Brian Cannon. “Years ago I spent a year teaching […]
‘Derry Girls’ artist for street art in Letterkenny
THE ARTIST behind the iconic Derry Girls mural has been commissioned by Letterkenny Tidy Towns to create biodiversity inspired street art throughout the town. The exciting project will see award winning artist Karl Porter from UV Arts produce the educational images centred around the theme of bees and pollination. The vibrant images will be painted on […]
Coroner finds ‘misadventure’ in crash deaths
A coroner has ruled that the deaths of three young people in a road traffic accident near Letterkenny four years ago was due to “misadventure.” An inquest today into the three fatalities heard that the head-on crash involved two vehicles and all the victims knew each other. Teresa Robinson (20) of Dromore, Killygordon; Kaylem Murphy […]