DONEGAL people who have had their first Covid-19 vaccination has been urged to keep following the guidelines, amid concerns some may be letting their guard down too soon. Dr Anthony Breslin, Director of Public Health for the North West, was responding to reports that some people who have received jabs in recent weeks had […]
Charged with having child pornography near Carrigart
A County Antrim man has pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography for the purpose of distribution.
Man hands over €10k in court following vicious attack
A man has handed over 10,000 euro in court to another man who he viciously attacked causing “serious and lasting damage” to the injured party. Anthony Cantwell of Gortlarry, Carndonagh, had pleaded guilty to assault causing harm to Andrew Davenport on Stephen’s Night, 2017. Cantwell had pleaded guilty to assault causing harm to Andrew Davenport. […]
Donegal author looks back to ‘difficult days’
“I hope without bias, people will read and learn what it was like to live through those difficult days from both sides of the divide.”
Ongoing concerns over ICU capacity in Letterkenny
LETTERKENNY University Hospital implemented its Covid-19 emergency escalation plan in recent days amid ongoing concerns over capacity in its Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Yesterday, there were 78 patients with Covid-19 in the hospital with six patients with Covid-19 in the ICU while two non-Covid patients also require critical care. There are normally 5 critical care […]
Donegal finalist of national short story competition
Donegal County Library Service would like to congratulate finalist in the Irish libraries national Summer Stars short story competition John McLoone on his wonderful and imaginative story. His story can be seen on the libraries social media pages Facebook @DonegalCountyLibrary and Twitter @DonegalLibrary. The competition, part of the annual Right to Read programme which took […]
Innovation award for Donegal man
SLIGO-based tech firm Ward Automation, owned and run by Donegal native John Ward, has won the Manufacturing and Design category in the annual Irish Times Innovation Awards. Details of the winners of this year’s awards were announced last week at a virtual ceremony. Ward Automation designs and builds cutting-edge production equipment for manufacturing industry with […]
From Ardara to Dublin’s homeless with generosity
ARDARA Helping Homeless volunteers Gerard McHugh and Daniel Moy travelled to Dublin on Monday with a bus load of essential food items to distribute to the homeless and less fortunate. The pair spent a few hours on O’Connell Street on Monday evening helping to distribute food parcels which had been gathered in Donegal over the […]
‘I wouldn’t want this illness to land on anyone’s door’
A mother has expressed her gratitude to staff in Letterkenny University Hospital after spending two weeks receiving treatment for coronavirus. Maureen Vaughan said that words could not describe her gratitude to the wonderful people who cared for her. The 57-year-old Downings woman, who was taken to hospital by ambulance on Monday, December 28, described those […]
‘Now is not the time to drop your guard’
“THE current 14 day incidence remains more than double the peak incidence experienced during previous Level 5 measures in October, therefore, now is not the time to drop your guard and start to interact with people outside your household,” That was the message delivered by Dr Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health, at […]