Boil Water Notice for Fintown Public Water Supply


  Donegal County Council and Irish Water have issued a Boil Water Notice on the Fintown Public Water Supply and Meenmore – Meenatinney group water scheme to protect consumers following advice from the Health Service Executive.  A routine water sample has detected cryptosporidium in the treated water coming from the Fintown Water Treatment Plant and […]


65 year old walking 2,500Km for children’s hospital


Jack O’Donohue, 65, plans to walk all 2,500kms of the Wild Atlantic Way in support of the Children’s Medical Research Foundation providing vital funds to Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital Crumlin and the National Children’s Research Centre. Starting from Muff in Co. Donegal on the morning of May 29th Jack will set off on foot for […]

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Emergency Department Delays at LUH


  The Emergency Department at Letterkenny University Hospital is extremely busy today, 31 May with significant numbers of patients awaiting admission to the hospital. We apologise to patients and their families for these delays. The Full Capacity Protocol has been implemented and all efforts continue to be made to identify patients who are appropriate for […]


Donegal family carers celebrated


  7,433 Donegal Family Carers will be recognised at next month’s National Carers Week. They will take part in the 11th annual event. The 11th National Carers Week will celebrate and recognise the contribution of Ireland’s 360,000 Family Carers, with events being held throughout Ireland from 12 to 18 June. Advertisement Census 2011 reported 7,433 […]


Special meeting to discuss Gaoth Dobhair’s wild rhubarb problem


  Gaoth Dobhair’s famous natural beauty is being threatened by a wild rhubarb plant which is out of control and spreading rapidly. Gunnera Tinctoria, the plant’s official name, was once used as an ornamental plant in gardens but it has recently become widespread in Glassagh and Brinalack, destroying fields and the area’s famous landscape. It has […]


Work continues to secure high quality water supplies


Work is continuing in Donegal to secure high quality water supplies for over 45,000 people. Irish Water is progressing projects which will see the removal of 12 water supplies in Co Donegal from the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Remedial Action List (RAL). Irish Water has prioritised a programme of works to ensure their removal for the […]


€174,000 granted for Donegal emergency groups


  Donegal’s Government Minister Joe McHugh has welcomed funding of more than €174,000 for community groups in the first of four Clar funding announcements for the county.  The largest allocation of funding, €71,000, goes towards local branches of Irish Community Rapid Response. Advertisement There is also good news for Donegal Mountain Resuce who will receive […]

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Reverend runs to raise funds


  Rev. Alison Gallagher, is running the Walled City Marathon in Derry on Sunday June 4th to raise funds to construct a new church and community hall in Moville, a town overlooking Lough Foyle on the Inishowen peninsula. In a city built in two valleys, she is taking on this difficult challenge to raise funds […]


German cruise ship docks in Donegal


  474 passengers and 290 crew from the luxury German built MS Astor cruise ship arrived in Killybegs on Friday last and Cathaoirleach Cllr. Terence Slowey was on hand to give them a warm Donegal welcome. Cathaoirleach Cllr. Terence Slowey also met with Ukrainian Captain Andrey Lesnichiy on board the MS Astor and they discussed […]

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Donegal students refused access to SUSI grants


  Thousands of students from Donegal  have been refused access to eligible student grants they should be entitled to. Deputy Pringle was speaking to Minister Burton in the Dáil this week raising the plight of 2,400 Donegal students who are attending the North West Regional Regional College in Derry city on level 5 QQI equivalency […]