Business community urged to apply for ‘Restart Grant’


LOCAL businesses are being urged to apply for a ‘Restart Grant’ from Donegal County Council. Encouraging people to get their applications in, Caothaoirleach Rena Donaghy said, “To date 1,600 businesses have applied for the business Restart Grant in Donegal and over €3.4m has already been paid out by the Council with remaining applications currently being […]

Thirty six confirmed cases of Covid-19


There have been no deaths reported to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) today. There has been a total of 1,753 Covid-19 related deaths in Ireland. As of midnight Monday 20th July, the HPSC has been notified of 36 confirmed cases of Covid-19. There is now a total of 25,802 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in […]

Documentary unearths Donegal’s links to Nazi Germany


A tiny Donegal village and its unlikely links to the Third Reich are explored in a new documentary set to air on BBC 2 this weekend. Nazi sa Gaeltacht is the untold story of a Nazi professor; rumoured to have been a spy, the small village of Teileann in the Donegal Gaeltacht and its location […]

Man hospitalised following Letterkenny crash


A man has been taken to hospital following a crash in Letterkenny this morning. Gardaí attended the scene of collision at the Mountain Top area of Letterkenny at 11am on the 21st July 2020. One man was taken to Letterkenny hospital with what are believed to be non-life threatening injuries. There are no further details […]

Translink u-turn on Derry to Donegal via Belfast advice


BUS company Translink has admitted a blunder after it told a customer the quickest way from Derry to Donegal was to go via Belfast. The unusual travel advice was issued in response to a query on Twitter by Michael McFadden who asked the bus company, “I was wondering if there is any buses to Ballyshannon […]