A DEBATE will take place in Letterkenny on Urban District Councils and Town Councils as part of Culture Night.
Kilcar, the home of both football and Hole-ball
Footballers from a previous generation took centre stage in Kilcar as they engaged in a game of holeball along the village’s main thoroughfare.
Donegal says a fond farewell to Eamon ‘Brock’ Martin
ONE of Lifford’s most colourful characters, Eamon Martin, has passed away. Mr Martin, better known to friends and the wider community as ‘Brock’, ran a tyre depot and souvenir shop in the border town for decades. He captured national headlines for his 46 year running battle with the planning authorities over the expansion of his […]
Google urged to map the changing face of Donegal
A COUNCILLOR is calling on the local authority to notify Google and all other e-mappers of changes to local road layouts. Cllr Michael McBride said he was prompted to table the motion at a sitting of Letterkenny Municipal District on Monday following a mix-up in the summertime which led to an appointment running late. The […]
Donegal among top AirBnB destinations
IT comes as no surprise that Donegal has featured three times in the top 15 trending summer destinations for Irish travellers, according to Airbnb. According to data from bookings on the site from June 1 and August 31, 2017, Buncrana and Ballyshannon were among of the most popular holiday destinations. Coming in ahead of the […]
Eight schoolchildren hospitalised following bus crash
EIGHT schoolchildren have been taken to hospital following a crash near St Johnston.
‘Alarmed and angry’ as 1000 more on waiting list since January
Donegal Sinn Féin Senator Pádraig Mac Lochlainn has today (Wednesday) expressed his anger and deep concern at the dramatic increase in the number of patients awaiting outpatient procedures to be carried out at Letterkenny University Hospital. His comments come following the publication of the latest patient waiting data from the National Treatment Purchase Fund […]
Illegal gas works caused explosion in Donegal kitchen
A Bundoran man has been prosecuted for undertaking potentially dangerous and illegal gas works. The Commission for Energy Regulation (CER), Ireland’s independent energy regulator has successfully secured a prosecution against Mr. Jerome Travers, 18 Tullan Strand Road, Bundoran, Co. Donegal for illegally carrying out gas works while not being a registered gas installer. Advertisement […]
Road repairs from floods to cost €15.3m
DONEGAL County Council have said the cost of repairing the roads infrastructure across the county following the flooding is estimated at €15.3 million. In their latest update the Council gave a breakdown of the repair costs by Municipal District. The Inishowen MD requires the most repairs to the value of €13.45 million while the repairs […]
Former Sergeant responds to Commissioner retiring
RETIRED Donegal Garda Sergeant Christy Galligan has responded to the retirement of Garda Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan saying he was not surprised by her decision but at the length of time it took. Mr Galligan, Letterkenny, said: “If I had been in her position, which I wasn’t, I would have retired or resigned post haste. The […]