Donegal County Council is urging the public to remain vigilant as Storm Atiyah passes across the western seaboard today and into this evening. Met Eireann has issued a status Orange Wind warning for Donegal and all counties along the western seaboard from 9am today until 6am on Monday morning and a Yellow weather alert for […]
Council “not doing their job” to enforce smoky coal ban
A LEADING air pollution expert has said Donegal County Council is not doing their job in enforcing the smoky coal ban in Letterkenny following the publication of graphs showing the town had the highest levels of pollution in the country during the month of November. Speaking to the Donegal News this week, Professor John Sodeau, […]
Severe Weather Assessment Team monitoring Storm Atiyah
DONEGAL County Council’s Severe Weather Assessment Team is currently monitoring Storm Atiyah in preparation for Sunday. Met Eireann has issued a status Orange Wind warning for Donegal and all counties along the western seaboard from 9am on Sunday until 6am on Monday. Storm Atiyah will track between Iceland and Ireland on Sunday generating a swathe […]
Storm Atiyah to hit Donegal on Sunday
MET Eireann has issued an orange weather warning for Donegal on Sunday when Storm Atiyah will hit the west coast. Storm Atiyah will track between Iceland and Ireland on Sunday generating a swathe of very strong winds across the country. Orange warnings will be in place for Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Sligo, Clare, Kerry and […]
Wind warning in place until this evening
A WIND warning will remain in place until this evening as gusts of up to 100km/hr are expected throughout the day. Met Eireann issued a yellow warning for Donegal as well as Galway and Mayo which will remain in place until 8pm. A Met Eireann Spokesperson said: “South to southwest winds will reach mean speeds […]
Man due in court over attempted robbery
A man in his late 20s is expected to appear before a sitting of Letterkenny District Court this morning following an attempted robbery in Newtowncunningham. On the 29th November 2019 at approximately 11.45am a lone male entered a convenience store in Newtowncunningham. He threatened a staff member at knife point before leaving the store on […]
Council passes €154 million budget for 2020
Donegal County Council has passed its budget for 2020 which has an extra €8.4 million to spend in the coming year. The revenue budget for 2020 is €154 million with a large chunk of the funding, €48 million, going towards roads. Two amendments were adopted at the meeting in Lifford today. The first was proposed […]
Meeting adjourned to mark death of councillor’s mother
THE ANNUAL Budget meeting of Donegal County Council has been adjourned for an hour this morning in a mark of respect following the death of Cllr Gerry McMonagle’s mother. Mary McMonagle (nee Smyth) passed away on Wednesday and her funeral mass is due to take place in Creggan in Derry on Saturday morning. Party colleague […]
Substantial damage caused following Killea blaze
SUBSTANTIAL damage was caused as a result of a fire at a garage in Killea last night which took a cross border effort to put out. It took units from Derry, Letterkenny and Buncrana three and a half hours to get the fire under control. The fire caused substantial damage to the building itself, a […]
Rosses film-makers reach national final
A GROUP of young people from the Rosses have made it to the final of a national film competition in Galway this Sunday where they will be recognised for producing a short film about single use plastics. The Rosses Neighbourhood Youth Project (NYP) Foróige Green Team produced the video after they went on a beach […]