A FREE road safety awareness programme for adults will take place at the Castlegrove housing estate in Raphoe on Thursday and Friday nights.
Councillors in USA trip row
A WAR of words has broken out between the Mayor of Donegal and another County Councillor over the contentious issue of sending a delegation to the annual St Patrick’s Day celebrations in America.
Working conditions at LGH ‘horrendous’
FEARS are growing among doctors at Letterkenny General Hospital that “horrendous working conditions” will have a serious impact on their own well-being and, in turn, that of the patients they are treating.
Ghost estate may be used for social housing
DONEGAL County Council has confirmed it has received an application from an approved housing body about the possibility of the local authority leasing a ghost estate in Donegal Town.
New cancer centre to open at LGH
THE Irish Cancer Society has announced it is to launch a new Daffodil Centre in Letterkenny General Hospital within the coming weeks.
McGuinness is Donegal Person of the Year
LEGENDARY Donegal Manager, Jim McGuinness, has been named as Donegal Person of the Year for 2012, much to the delight of a packed audience at Dublin’s Mansion House on Monday.
In recent years, Jim McGuinness has been the recipient of many awards after steering Donegal to All-Ireland final victor and back to back Ulster titles.
Donegal RNLI saved 68 lives last year
DONEGAL’S three RNLI lifeboat stations saved the lives of 68 people last year according to statistics released by the RNLI this week.
Series of thefts in Letterkenny over weekend
A SERIES of thefts in the Letterkenny area at the weekend are the most recent to add to a long list of incidents of burglaries and thefts which appear to be reaching epidemic proportions in the county.
Burglary suspects arrested
GARDAI in Donegal have detained a further five men over the past 36 hours in their drive to clampdown on the spate of burglaries in the county in recent weeks.
Robber arrested in Kilmacrennan
GARDA operation led to the arrest of a suspected burglar in Kilmacrennan this morning (Friday) as he fled empty handed from the home of an elderly pensioner.