The orange warning is in effect until midday on Wednesday.
A-rt Team and Letterkenny pub team up for mica mural
A WELL known Letterkenny pub is to get a huge mural dedicated to families caught up in the mica crisis. The painting will adorn the gable wall of McGinley’s Bar and is being commissioned by local collective The A-rt Team. It will be The A-rt Team’s sixth project but only its second large scale mural. The first was painted […]
Gardaí search for missing man
Gardaí are seeking the public’s assistance in tracing the whereabouts of 79-year-old Anthony (Tony) Boyle who went missing from his home in Killylastin, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal. It is understood Anthony left his home at approximately 9.30am on Tuesday, July 12. Anthony is described as being 6 foot tall with a slim build. Advertisement He is […]
New digital hub for Carrigart
A new remote working hub with the capacity to cater for 18 people will open in Carrigart later this month. The project, ‘gteic@Carraig Airt’, has been developed by Donegal County Council in partnership with local community organisation Moving Mevagh Forward. It will be housed in a new single storey facility on the village’s Main Street. Advertisement As […]
Ballindrait man marks 80th anniversary of aunt’s murder
A Ballindrait man has taken part in a special commemoration in Scotland to mark the 80th anniversary of the murder of his aunt during World War II. Liam Canning recently returned from Scotland after attending the memorial ceremony organised by the Inveraray and District Branch of the Royal British Legion. The ceremony was held to […]
Meeting adjourned as gardaí summonsed
FOR the second time in 12 days gardaí have been called to a meeting of Donegal County Council. Today’s meeting in the Aura Leisure Centre was supposed to discuss a report regarding the purchase by the local authority of five houses in Buncrana. But it descended in to mayhem when Councillor Frank McBrearty appeared to […]
‘This is your day’ Council’s housing staff told
MEMBERS of Donegal County Council’s housing department have been told today is “your day for justice”. The comments were made by elected members during a meeting convened to discuss a report into the purchase of five homes in Buncrana. Independent auditing firm BDO Ireland found last week that there was no wrongdoing on the part […]
Accommodation offers withdrawn from 50 students
THE father of a young Letterkenny student has claimed she has become displaced after her accommodation suddenly fell through. Speaking to the Donegal News the Midlands man told of how his daughter was due to take up accommodation in Walnut Grove in September, having paid her deposit for the incoming academic year in May. But […]
Former FG minister Joe McHugh resigns party whip
“I believe insufficient time has gone into debating the Bill, which could have allowed these issues to be addressed.”
Pensioner dies in crash near Letterkenny
A man in his 70s has died following a crash on the main Newtowncunningham to Letterkenny road. The collision, which involved three cars, occurred at 10.50pm last night. The man in his early 70s was taken from the scene to Letterkenny hospital where he was pronounced deceased. Advertisement A man in his 40s was also […]