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.
T With The Maggies for Temple Bar
NEXT weekend, Saturday January 26, four ladies of Irish music with very strong Donegal roots are returning to the festival that brought them together for a unique project three years ago.
Raiders ‘getting away with murder’
“THEY’RE getting away with murder” said irate pensioner Jim Steele as he described how he fought off a gang of raiders at his home in Manorcunningham.
22 accidents at dangerous corner in Letterkenny
RESIDENTS are demanding action be taken after a car overturned on a notoriously dangerous corner on the outskirts of Letterkenny.
Identity theft scam
A GANG has struck in what is believed to be the first identity theft scam of its kind in Donegal. Up to eleven cars were broken into and personal identity data stolen, in has been described as a very ‘sinister’ development in Letterkenny.