By Kate Heaney RELAY for Life 2024 has been hailed a massive success with up to 3,000 people attending the event at ATU in Letterkenny at different stages over Saturday and Sunday. On a weekend of celebration and much emotion, Relay for Life ran for 24 hours from Saturday afternoon through until Sunday and one […]
Gardaí seek help in locating missing Donegal teenager
Gardaí in Donegal are seeking the public’s help in locating 15-year-old Steven Boyle, who is reported missing from Magherabeg since Saturday. He is described as 5 feet 7 inches tall, with a medium build, brown hair, and blue eyes. Anyone with information on his whereabouts is urged to contact Buncrana Garda Station 074 9320540 the […]
Pedestrians brought to hospital following incident in Dungloe
Several people were removed to Letterkenny University Hospital on Saturday evening following an accident just off Dungloe’s Main Street. A van went out of control at the Main Street junction with Carnmore Road, crashing into the side of a pub. A number of pedestrians, including children, were reportedly hit by the van, and according to […]
Donegal Heritage Plan launch
THE new County Donegal Heritage Plan will be officially launched in Lough Eske Castle, near Donegal Town on Tuesday, May 28 at 2 pm. The County Donegal Heritage Plan (2023-2030) is a strategic action plan for the identification, conservation, management, promotion and interpretation of heritage prepared by Donegal County Council and the County Donegal Heritage […]
Parenting: A story which highlights the qualities of kindness
By Louise Flanagan Last weekend, Letterkenny Babies Facebook page received an appreciation post to share. It gained great traction with well over 1,000 people reacting positively to the story: “My son had a bit too much to drink last night and was sick and unable to stand. “A young man who couldn’t have been more […]
Local elections: 91 candidates to fight for 37 council seats
THE current Donegal County Council members held their last Plenary meeting on Monday in Lifford, as some 91 candidates have now registered to stand in the June 7 Local Elections in the hope of securing one of the 37 seats. The breakdown of the number of candidates standing in each Municipal District are as follows: […]
Donegal to Glasgow flights resume
A year round service between Donegal Airport and Glasgow took off on Sunday ensuring year-round connectivity between the two places. Loganair’s summer schedule returned at the weekend offering up to three flights weekly for the majority of the season. The route will continue through the winter, with flights taking place on Fridays and Sundays, enabling weekend […]
New appliances presented at Stranorlar Fire Station
THE arrival of a new jeep and van for Stranorlar Fire Service was welcomed at the station by Cathaoirleach Martin Harley on Tuesday night. Cllr Harley spoke of the obvious sense of pride of the personnel in the state-of-the-art building and the good order they maintain it in. “When I met all the members of […]
Daniel and Majella visit Donegal’s oldest living citizen
DANIEL O’Donnell and his wife Majella paid a very special visit to Donegal’s oldest living citizen, Ruby Druce, today. In Letterkenny for Relay for Life, the pair visited the Castlefinn native who turned 108 on New Year’s Eve. Ruby, who was over the moon with the visit, receives a phone call from the star on […]
‘Rainbows Room’ dedicated in memory of Private Seán Rooney
by Louise Doyle THE mum of a Newtowncunningham peacekeeper killed in the Lebanon has spoken of her pride in her son following the funding of Ireland’s first dedicated ‘Rainbows Room’ in his memory. Natasha McCloskey was speaking at the launch of the project, which opened in Ratoath Community College on Tuesday in memory of her son, […]