DONEGAL Education and Training Board (ETB) have announced the appointment of Ms Aoife De Náis as the new Deputy Principal of Coláiste Ailigh in Letterkenny. Aoife vacates the post as Deputy Principal of Gairmscoil Chú Uladh, which she took up in 2022. She worked there as a Physical Education and Maths teacher after graduating from […]
Witnesses sought after car windows smashed
WITNESSES are being sought by gardaí after substantial damage was caused to a car in Letterkenny. The windows of the car were smashed and damage was also caused to the front passenger headlight in the incident in the area of Glenwood Park, between 11.30am and 3.20pm on Wednesday, August 6. “We appeal to anyone who […]
Digger bucket stolen from construction site
GARDAÍ are investigating the theft of a brand new digger bucket from a construction site in Letterkenny. The black machinery, 1.6m wide and approximately 900mm deep, was stolen from a construction site to the rear of the Retail Park on Paddy Harte Road sometime between Friday, August 8 at 2.30pm and Monday, August 11 at 8am. […]
Parents urged not to let children drive quad bikes
Latest warning comes after a quad was seized from a youth in Milford
Roads project won’t be impacted by A5 standstill
by Louise Doyle DONEGAL’S biggest infrastructure project will not be impacted by the standstill of the A5 project in the North, the Donegal News understands. In February last year €600m was committed for the A5 North-West Transport corridor and work advancing on related Trans-European transport network (TEN-T) upgrades in Donegal and Monaghan. Advertisement The TEN-T project includes major road […]
Who’s the Lucky Lifford Lotto winner?
Daly Brother’s Circle K shop on Letterkenny Road, Lifford, who sold the winning ticket of last night’s Lotto Plus 2 Draw, is currently a flurry of excitement as customers flood in to have their tickets checked in the hope that they are the lucky winner of the impressive €250,000 jackpot. We spoke to Deirdre McGarrigle […]
Metal bars cut at Letterkenny substation
A NUMBER of metal bars of the exterior fence of an ESB substation were cut in an incident of criminal damage in Letterkenny. Gardaí are investigating the incident at the ESB substation at Lurgybrack, which occurred sometime between Monday, July 28 at 3.30pm and 4.15pm the following day. A number of metal bars of the […]
Two people taken to hospital following Kerrykeel collision
GARDAI are appealing for witnesses following a two-vehicle collision in Kerrykeel at the weekend. Shortly after 10.45am on Saturday, August 2, gardaí and emergency services responded to a two car collision on the R246 at Main Street, Kerrykeel. The driver of one of the cars involved, a man in his 40s, was taken to Letterkenny […]
Donegal businessman to deliver 24 energy efficient social homes
DONEGAL businessman Peter Casey has lodged a planning application to Donegal County Council for the construction of 24 high specification, two bedroom apartments for social housing on the site of the former Ludden House in Buncrana. This transformative development comes at a pivotal time, as the Government faces increasing pressure to tackle the national housing crisis, […]
Mother of murdered Newtown peacekeeper vows justice for her son
The mother of murdered Newtowncunningham peacekeeper Private Seán Rooney has said she will dedicate every bone in her body to ensuring justice for her son, and to highlight the “uncomfortable truths” into “systemic failings”. Private Rooney was killed near the town of Al-Aqbiya in the south of Lebanon, a stronghold of Hezbollah on December 14, 2022. He […]