MORE than €100,000 has been raised in a matter of days following the tragic death in Australia of Mary Ellen Molloy. The 26-year-old from Ardara died on Friday when a tree fell on the taxi she was travelling in with friends. Mary Ellen had been working as a nurse in Melbourne when the accident occurred. […]
Heartbreak as Donegal woman dies in Australia
TRIBUTES have been paid following the death of a young Donegal woman in Australia. Mary Ellen Molloy from Ardara was killed when a tree fell on a taxi she was travelling in yesterday. The 26-year-old had been working as a nurse in Melbourne when the freak accident occurred. Ms Molloy is the niece of GAA […]
Side-splitting and heartwarming play for Trad Week
AN Grianán Theatre hosts a side-splitting, heartwarming play as part of the sixth annual Letterkenny Trad Week line-up. Trad Week runs from January 19 to 26 with a packed programme in store. Following their highly-acclaimed 2018 tour, and their extended sold-out run at The Abbey Theatre, Livin’ Dred Theatre present the award-winning ‘Trad’ by Mark […]
Council recognised for work on Age Friendly Programme
CATHAOIRLEACH Councillor Nicholas Crossan received a charter from the World Health Organisation (WHO) at a special event in Slane Castle on Monday in recognition of Donegal County Council’s work on delivering the Age Friendly Programme in Donegal. The Age Friendly Programme is about enabling people of all ages to actively participate in the community, helping […]
Meeting to discuss latest blow to Lifford hospital
A public meeting will be held in Lifford this Thursday evening to discuss the HSE’s decision to end long term care at the town’s hospital. The meeting has been called by the Friends of Lifford Hospital campaign group after they were informed that the two remaining long stay patients are to be moved either to […]
Flu ‘actively circulating’ in community, say HSE
If you have the flu you can seek advice from your local pharmacy or discuss you illness with your GP.
‘There is such a secrecy and silence in Donegal’
“There are definitely people out there who who know what happened to Mary. We are appealing to their conscience.”
Statue planned in honour of Donegal’s Nobel laureate
A statue is to be erected in honour of Donegal Nobel laureate Professor William C Campbell. The bronze sculpture is being designed with the aim of being erected in Ramelton in time for his 90th birthday in June. Professor Campbell, along with his co-discoverer Professor Satoshi Omura, shared the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or […]
Donegal’s courts told to get tough on drug dealers
THE sentences being handed down to Donegal’s drug pushers have been branded an “absolute joke”. A meeting of the Joint Policing Committee has heard that the number of detections for drug possession and supply have risen dramatically in the county in the past 12 months. In 2018 a total of 186 arrests were made for […]
RNLI battles storm to reach stricken boat off Donegal
FIVE fishermen had a lucky escape after their boat lost power during a storm off the Donegal coast yesterday (Saturday). The alarm was raised at lunchtime by the crew of a Mayo-based crabber boat. They managed to put out a Mayday call just before the electrics shut down. The appeal for help was picked up […]