BY Kate Heaney Sinn Féin TD Padraig MacLochlainn condemned the pipe bomb attack on a house in Muff this week and called on anyone who knows who was involved to contact the Gardai or PSNI. The Buncrana based Sinn Féin deputy was unequivocal in condemning dissident republican groups whom he believes only have a tiny […]
Five jeeps for five family members
By Harry Walsh Five is the magic number for one Gweedore family who took delivery of five brand new Hyundai Santa Fe jeeps last weekend. The white jeeps, which were a special order and specially delivered from Korea, cost approximately €200,000. Terence Diver, proprietor of Divers Hyundai Garage, Canal Road, Letterkenny, said that he thought […]
Gorse fires: no arrests yet
GARDAI have confirmed that no arrests have been made to date in relation the gorse fires which wreaked havoc across the county earlier this month. A senior Garda in Glenties told the Donegal News that they were still ‘looking into’ reports that fires had been started illegally. Superintendent Michael Finan, of Glenties Garda Station, said […]
Nothing a 'Given' for Shay
BY CHRIS MCNULTY AT THE AVIVA STADIUM SHAY Given has admitted that he is unsure about where exactly his future lies, insisting that his sole focus for the next fortnight is on international affairs, but the future for the 35-year old Lifford man is seemingly certain to be away from Manchester City. Given has played […]
No rush at hospital emergency department
By Harry Walsh THE new €22 million extension to Letterkenny General Hospital is not expected to open until the start of next year, at the earliest, it emerged yesterday. It will be at least a full year behind schedule.Work ceased at the LGH site in November last year when McNamara Construction went into receivership. Up […]
Hanlon out, Kavanagh back
BY CHRIS MCNULTY DONEGAL forward Adrian Hanlon has been released from the Donegal senior football panel this week, but Jim McGuinness hopes to welcome midfielder Rory Kavanagh back to training on Tuesday night as preparations for the June 12th Ulster quarter final gather with Cavan gather momentum. Donegal take on Leitrim in a challenge game […]
New owners for Milford nursing home
THE new owners of the Áras Uí Dhomhnaill Nursing Home in Milford this week urged the Minister for Health to urgently clarify the situation on the Fair Deal for older people. Mr Philip O’Donnell and his wife Anne (nee McGilloway), who manage the Lake House Nursing Home in Portnablagh, have shown their confidence in the […]
Second home tax due again
By Kate Heaney PAYMENT of the Non-Principal Private Residence (NPPR) for second home owners in Donegal is due by the end of June otherwise they will incur a €20 a month interest penalty. When the tax was charged for the first time in September 2009, a total of 14,042 second home owners in Donegal declared […]
Alcohol and death certificates
DEATHS in Donegal where alcohol was mentioned on the death certificate between 2007 and 2009 amounted to 55, according to figures provided by the Central Statistics office this week. A mention of alcohol on a death certificate does not mean that it was a contributing factor to the cause of death in all cases. The […]
A young Letterkenny man has come up with a unique and novel way of learning William Shakespeare’s plays for Junior and Leaving Certificate examinations – condensing the plays into bite-size comic characters with quotes.
A young Letterkenny man has come up with a unique and novel way of learning William Shakespeare’s plays for Junior and Leaving Certificate examinations – condensing the plays into bite-size comic characters with quotes.