GOVERNMENT TD Joe McHugh has anounced that 135 people have availed of Stage 1 Humanatarian Aid funding since the Inishowen flood on August 22. Figures given to the Donegal TD by Social Protection Minister Regina Doherty also show that 13 householders have received Stage 2 payments with another 23 payments currently being processed. Advertisement […]
Weather Warning for Donegal
A status yellow weather warning has been put in place nationally, with showers expected to be heavy in parts of Donegal and other areas of Ulster. A further status yellow gale warning and a small craft warning were put in place. Advertisement Weather will be windy and blustery this evening, with sunny spells and […]
Details of golf club takeover emerge
The company will forgive all outstanding debts owed to it by the club and allow the members to use the golf facilities for the next 100 years
First full time chaplain for Donegal’s Polish community
Fr Przewieslik is arriving to become CC in Stranorlar and chaplain to the Polish Community in the Raphoe Diocese.
Update on flood recovery from Council
Summary of updates: – R244 at Craignahorna on the Mountain Road between Buncrana and Carndonagh expected to open in 4 weeks. Advertisement – L-1381-2 – Meendacalliagh/Evishbreedy: Illies to Glentoghter – due to open at 6pm this evening. – Local diversions not suitable for HGVs – HGVs being asked to use main roads (see below). […]
O’Donnell Park a ‘battle zone’ as Gardai contain ‘riot’
Up to thirty gardaí from across the Donegal Division took part in a three-day training programme delivered by trained instructors from Dublin.
Fire at Rossbracken waste facility
DONEGAL Fire Service have issued a warning to residents in the Rossbracken area following an outbreak of a fire at a waste facility. The fire is said to have started at 2.30am with units from Letterkenny and Stranorlar attending the scene. The statement said: “Donegal Fire Service is currently dealing with a fire at a […]
Letterkenny had second highest private ambulance bill
LETTERKENNY University Hospital had the second highest bill for private ambulance services in the country last year. The figures obtained from the HSE show that Letterkenny Hospital spent €738,981 in 2016 on private ambulances because vehicles from the National Ambulance Service were not available. The only hospital to spend more was Mayo University Hospital which […]
Thompson’s got some bottle
DIGGING around car boot sales in the hope of stumbling upon a dusty old bottle or two may not sound like much fun but for one Donegal man it has become almost an obsession. For nearly two decades St Johnston man Thompson Graham has been unearthing pieces of local history that few remember even existed. […]
Packie Bonner rallies for support for flood victims
REPUBLIC of Ireland and Celtic legend Packie Bonner has made a heartfelt appeal to the people of Donegal, Derry and the Northwest to come out and fill the terraces of Maginn Park for the charity game between Finn Harps and Derry City (kick-off 8.00) on Friday night in aid of the Inishowen flood relief fund. […]