Helicopter attacked by laser device in search for Gweedore man


    BY C.J.MCGINLEY  Advertisement A GARDA  investigation is underway after a coastguard rescue helicopter was targeted with a laser device during a major search for a missing man in Gweedore in the early hours of this morning. The Sirkorsky Rescue 118 helicopter from Sligo was part of a land and air search for a […]


Spiralling costs challenge for Hospice service


  Dr James McDaid, Chairman of the Donegal Hospice.   Advertisement BY C.J.MCGINLEY A SPIRALLING four-fold increase in the costs of providing vital home care services for terminally ill cancer patients, draconian government cutbacks and serious concerns about the bed occupancy levels at Donegal Hospice have been highlighted yesterday (Thursday). Speaking exclusively to the Donegal […]


GAY MARRIAGE ROW UPDATE: “I did not apologise’ – Fr Britto


    BY C.J.MCGINLEY Advertisement THE priest at the centre of row in west Donegal is adamant he has not apologised for comments about gay marriage he made at a mass over the weekend. Fr John Britto contacted the Donegal News early this morning to state categofically  that he had not apologised for speaking  out […]