Ambulance waiting times among worst in the country


LETTERKENNY University Hospital has some of the longest ambulance waiting times in the country, according to the latest figures from the HSE which reveal patients have waited up to four hours for an ambulance in an emergency. The figures obtained by the Donegal News show that over a four week period 130 people who called […]


Divers airlifted to hospital by the Coast Guard


TWO divers were airlifted to hospital this afternoon after getting into difficulty close to Bunagee Pier near Culdaff. The pair, who were brought to Altnagelvin Hospital, had ascended too quickly into the water resulting in the condition known as the bends. A spokesperson for the Malin Head Coast Guard said: “This afternoon Malin Head Rescue […]


GALLERY: The Week in Pictures


See some of this weeks featured pictures from around the County including the Fodder crisis, Dungloe Marching band Competition, All County Football league action, Finn Harps against local rivals Derry City and the Pan Celtic Festival. Se Friday and Monday’s Donegal News each week for the latest News and Sport coverage.   


€109,000 boost for Donegal’s heritage projects


A total of €109,000 in funding has been allocated to Donegal in support of local heritage projects. The funding was announced by the Minister for Culture, Heritage, and the Gaeltacht, Josepha Madigan, under the 2018 Structures at Risk Fund and the Built Heritage Investment Scheme 2018.  Government Chief Whip and Minister for the Irish language, […]


TG4’s Mám Trasna documentary to air tonight


  A drama based on a book by Donegal journalist Seán Ó Cuirreáin, examining the infamous Mám Trasna murders in 1882, will be aired tonight on TG4.   The programme goes out days after President Michael D Higgins announced that he has been advised to pardon one of the men wrongly executed for the brutal […]