Gaoth Dobhair’s famous natural beauty is being threatened by a wild rhubarb plant which is out of control and spreading rapidly. Gunnera Tinctoria, the plant’s official name, was once used as an ornamental plant in gardens but it has recently become widespread in Glassagh and Brinalack, destroying fields and the area’s famous landscape. It has […]
New €3.4m project at LUH will be complete within days
Both units are co-located to the southern end of the original 1960s building and were both significantly affected by the flood waters of July 2013.
Work continues to secure high quality water supplies
Work is continuing in Donegal to secure high quality water supplies for over 45,000 people. Irish Water is progressing projects which will see the removal of 12 water supplies in Co Donegal from the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Remedial Action List (RAL). Irish Water has prioritised a programme of works to ensure their removal for the […]
Eileen is still a long way from ‘6 down and 3 across’
The gift of an Apple Ipad that has really captured the imagination of a 95 year old great grandmother in the days since her birthday on May 16.
Donegal woman witnessed horror at Manchester Arena
Terrie McGettigan works for a London based company which provides catering and hospitality services to the music industry touring with artists.
Will Mr Varadkar remember his train driving lessons…
Remembering a visit the Fintown Railway group hosted for Leo Varadkar back in 2010.
Donegal hotter than the Med
IT is official folks – Donegal is hotter than the Mediterranean today. And you know how we know it’s true? Because the master of meteorology, the wizard of weather, the king of making the sunshine sing, Barra Best says so. The BBC team has just confirmed that Finner is finer than many of the places […]
Reverend runs to raise funds
Rev. Alison Gallagher, is running the Walled City Marathon in Derry on Sunday June 4th to raise funds to construct a new church and community hall in Moville, a town overlooking Lough Foyle on the Inishowen peninsula. In a city built in two valleys, she is taking on this difficult challenge to raise funds […]
Freedom of Donegal to be conferred to Seamus Coleman
Coleman started his football career with St. Catherine’s. He joined Sligo Rovers in 2006 and then moved to England to sign for Everton in January 2009
Use of weapons in violence against women on the rise
WEAPONS are being increasingly used in acts of intense violence against women in Donegal, it has emerged. The grim fact was revealed recently by Service Manager of Donegal Women’s Domestic Violence Service (DWDVS), Dr Marie Hainsworth. Dr Hainsworth was speaking to the Donegal News in the wake of the publication of the national Women’s Aid […]