LETTERKENNY Institute of Technology (LYIT) is reminding students collecting their leaving cert results this morning that they are offering advice throughout the week. Fiona Kelly, Schools Engagement Officer, said: “It’s Leaving Certificate Results Day and Letterkenny Institute of Technology is here to help. We are taking calls all week, even if you have not selected […]
Ardara teacher to travel to Belarus
A PRIMARY school teacher from Ardara will travel to Belarus this week to volunteer at an orphanage for children and adults. Carol Ní Bhreisleáin will travel over to the Gorodishche orphanage on August 11 to spend a week volunteering with the Burren Chernobyl Project, a charity which was set up in 1993 to help with […]
Weather warning for heavy rainfall
MET Eireann has issued a weather warning for heavy rainfall this evening and overnight. The status yellow warning will be in place in Donegal and the rest of the country. The warning will come into effect at 7pm this evening and last until 7am tomorrow morning. A Met Eireann spokesperson said: “A spell of heavy […]
Stranorlar artist creating fundraising calender
STRANORLAR based artist Aileen Kelly is producing a calendar to raise funds for The Bluestack Special Needs Foundation, a charity that is close to her heart. Aileen herself has learning difficulties and art has been a way for her to express herself. She predominately captures landscapes and sea portraits through oils and she is inspired […]
Public urged to support Lifeboat Flag Day
The annual Lifeboat Flag Day will be held in Letterkenny this Friday and the public is being urged to support the volunteers. There will be bucket collections around the town raising much needed funds for the RNLI. An RNLI Spokesperson said: “Lifeboat crews give voluntarily of their time and risk their own lives to save […]
Michael Murphy Sports and Leisure’s fifth birthday
Michael Murphy Sports and Leisure is celebrating five years in business and to mark the milestone they are hosting a special event this week. The Letterkenny sports shop has partnered with Letterkenny A.C to host a 5th Birthday 5K on Wednesday 31st July at 7.30pm. The event is suitable for participants of all ages and […]
Gardai investigating armed robbery
GARDAI in Letterkenny are investigating an armed robbery that took place on Lower Main Street last night. The incident occurred at Kernan’s Spar on Lower Main Street at 10.30pm on Monday night. A male entered the shop and stole an undisclosed amount of cash as well as a quantity of cigarettes. The area was sealed […]
Funeral of popular priest to take place on Wednesday
THERE was great sadness throughout Donegal following the death of popular priest Fr Joseph O’Donnell on Sunday morning. The funeral mass for Fr Joe, as he was affectionately known, will take place in St Eunan’s Cathedral on Wednesday morning followed by his burial in Conwal Cemetery. Fr Joe spent 24 years in Letterkenny. He served […]
Changes at ETB schools across Donegal
Donegal ETB has made six senior appointments to its team of Principals and Deputy Principals in four of its post-primary schools across the county for the next academic year. Donegal ETB is the largest education and training provider in the county and manages fifteen out of the county’s twenty-seven post-primary schools. In Carrick two appointments […]
The search for the best kept Council housing estate
Residents in Council Housing estates across Donegal are being encouraged to enter this year’s Best Kept Council Housing Scheme competition. “We have over 200 Council housing estates all over Donegal and there are lots of residents living in these estates that do a tremendous job year in and year out keeping their estate in tip […]