UP to 66 towns and villages across Donegal will have access to high-speed broadband by 2017 Minister of state Joe McHugh announced on Monday.
Suspended sentence on brothel charge
A MAN who permitted a Letterkenny premises he was renting to be used as a brother was given a suspended sentence at the local District Court this morning.
Water meter contractors ‘sent packing’
STAFF installing meters on behalf of Irish Water were being pursued from estate to estate in Castlefin this morning, as householders insisted they did not want water meters put in.
An Taisce craft fair this weekend
THE annual An Taisce Donegal Association craft fair will take place next Sunday in the Mount Errigal Hotel, Letterkenny.
Body of mising Derry man found at Bridgend
A BODY has been recovered from a river at Bridgend yesterday, believed to be that of missing Derry man Stephen McCloskey.
Report: Comfortable and controlled display sees St Eunan’s through
ST EUNAN’S 1-09 ROSLEA SHAMROCKS 0-06 REPORT BY CHRIS MCNULTY AT O’DONNELL PARK ST EUNAN’S put Fermanagh champions Roslea to the sword to book their ticket to the Ulster Club semi-finals. Advertisement It was only St Eunan’s third ever win in the Ulster Championship and Maxi Curran’s team are now just an hour off the […]
New bus routes for west Donegal
A PRIVATE bus company has taken the brave step of opening two new transport routes in west Donegal, without any government support.
Man flees Donegal after dissident threat
A THREAT from dissident republicans to shoot two Donegal brothers is part of a pattern developing in the county. At least one other person has fled after similar threats, the Donegal News has learned.
Former ‘Derry People’ reporter dies after fall
By C.J.McGinley and John McCukser A FORMER reporter with the Derry People (now the Donegal News) has died after a fall in Wales. Highly respected priest Fr Donal Gillespie (85) passed away at the Princess of Wales Hospital, Bridgend last Sunday after the fall outside the Church of St Joseph of Arimathea, Pyle, the previous […]
Investigation launched at Letterkenny Hospital after medications go missing
AN internal investigation has been initiated by the management at Letterkenny General Hospital after a stock-take revealed that medications have gone missing.