GAOTH Dobhair author Eoghan Mac Giolla Bhríde has been named Love Leabhar Gaeilge Irish Language Book of the Year award winner at the An Post Irish Book Awards for his latest work Cnámh. Mac Giolla Bhríde previously won athe Prose Work Prize in the 2018 Oireachtas Literature Competition for this collection of short stories. Speaking […]
Sarah and Ted Ponsonby release first album together
LETTERKENNY musician Sarah Ponsonby says collaborating with her dad Ted on a new album was the “fulfilment of a lifelong dream”. Ted and Sarah teamed up during lockdown to record ‘Brakin’ Trad’, a collection of mainly self-penned songs. The father and daughter duo have played together on countless occasions over the years but the past […]
Long Lane and DYS team up for mural project
LETTERKENNY’S Long Lane and Donegal Youth Service are to be brightened up thanks to a collaboration between residents and youth workers. The Long Lane Area Residents’ Committee has teamed up with the local youth service to create two murals, one at the Doorway Project in the Long Lane and the other in the Donegal Youth […]
Donegal artists beat lockdown to release festive single
A group of local musicians have defied the odds to produce a poignant anthem for the festive season. ‘A Christmas Wish’ is from the pen of Letterkenny musician Joe Gibson and tells the story of how people may not be able to travel home for the Yuletide celebrations this year. In an admirable display of […]
Launch of the Colmcille 1500th commemorative year
St. Colmcille’s Chapel in Gartan is an archaeological monument that is protected under the National Monuments Acts and will undergo conservation works in 2021.St. Colmcille’s Chapel in Gartan is an archaeological monument that is protected under the National Monuments Acts and will undergo conservation works in 2021. Donegal County Council and Derry City & Strabane […]
90 per cent drop in number checked for breast cancer
THE number of women screened for breast cancer at Letterkenny University Hospital so far this year has dropped by almost 90 percent due to Covid-19. While BreastCheck services have resumed in recent weeks, the numbers screened to that point are just a fraction of the figure for 2019. Last year, 3,974 women availed of the […]
Scientist retains close links with West Donegal
A scientist who is developing antibodies which have the potential to both treat infected patients and provide protection to the “at risk” population during the coronavirus pandemic has family in West Donegal. John McCafferty is Chief Scientific Officer of IONTAS, a Cambridge biotech firm which recently announced the discovery of potent SARS-CoV-2 neutralising antibodies to […]
Over 50% of Donegal hotels will not reopen this year
THE decision not to allow inter-county travel until one week before Christmas has been cited as one of the main reasons why many hotels in Donegal will remain temporarily closed for the remainder of this year. More than half of Donegal’s sixty plus hotels have decided not to reopen in the coming days despite the […]
Curtains open again this evening at Century Cinemas
CENTURY Cinemas in Letterkenny will reopen from this evening Friday (December 4), showing a host of classic movies. It comes two months after Mark Doherty, managing director of Century Cinemas at Leckview Lane, turned the key to lock the front door. Advertisement At that time, he expressed genuine concern that he may be forced […]
Centre for families seeking international protection
The Mayor and Members of the Letterkenny – Milford Municipal District met with officials from the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth this week to discuss the opening of the new accommodation centre in Letterkenny for families seeking international protection. The members, who were only notified on Friday last, 27th November 2020, expressed […]