Donegal to get €2.3m in Housing Adaptation Grants


DONEGAL County Council is to receive a funding increase to help older people and those with a disability live independently. The local authority will receive just over €2.3 million, 80 per-cent of which is funded by the exchequer. Confirming the allocation Letterkenny councillor Jimmy Kavanagh said the money will help those who need and deserve support to live […]


Anger over burning of Sliabh Liag bench


A tour company has expressed disappointment following the burning of a bench at the beauty spot. It is believed a barbecue may have led to the damage. Writing on their Facebook page Sliabh Liag Experience said, “We were disappointed to discover one of our picnic benches in ashes, some visitors to our beautiful site decided […]


Criminal Assets Bureau raid Donegal premises


THE Criminal Assets Bureau has conducted a search operation in Donegal today supported by the Milford District Drug Unit and the Customs Dog Unit. The target of today’s operation was referred to the Criminal Assets Bureau by a profiler attached to the Milford District. A spokesperson for the CAB said, “Today’s operation involved the search […]


School friends bolster Rudolstadt’s Donegal population


DONEGAL’S influence on Rudolstadt continues to blossom with two more Letterkenny men now putting down roots there. Eighteen-year-old Luca Villamajna and Cian Mulligan, who is 19, moved to the town on a whim five months ago. Since then they have secured accommodation, found themselves jobs and begun making plans for a future in Germany. Rudolstadt has been twinned […]


Singer’s emotional encounter with young refugee


A big-hearted gesture by local singer Brí Carr reduced a Ukranian mother to tears. The soul-warming encounter took place in Letterkenny’s twin town of Rudolstadt where Brí, along with over 30 other Donegal people, spent St Patrick’s Day. The small town in Germany’s Thuringia region has become famous for its St Patrick’s Day party which this year […]