WORK on the new €22 million, 72-bed medical unit and emergency department at Letterkenny General Hospital recommences on Monday with the new facility expected to open in March.
Minister of State for Health Kathleen Lynch TD is due in Letterkenny on Monday week to officially open the hospital’s new €5.9 million Psychiatric Unit and she is expected to formally announce the opening date for the new A&E facility.
Ever attended a wake or a funeral service and wondered who the other family members of the deceased are? A Letterkenny company has come up with the answer in the form of a familial name tag which will clearly identify the family members of the bereaved.
A LETTERKENNY man who was arrested following a stabbing incident outside Voodoo nightclub, Main Street on August 14 was remanded on continuing bail at yesterday, Thursday’s sitting of the Letterkenny District Court.
By Harry Walsh
PLANS are being made for a new €4 million medical training school in Letterkenny. The Donegal News learned yesterday (Thursday) that senior officials in the HSE along with senior businessmen and friends of the hospital are putting the plans in place to build a comprehensive medical education and research facility at Letterkenny General Hospital. NUIG is to contribute €2 million towards the overall cost.
By Cronan Scanlon
AN ENTERPRISING local auctioneer has come up with a unique way of selling a house – by offering a second one for free.
Donegal take on Dublin in the All-Ireland semi-final at Croke Park this Sunday. See Friday’s Donegal News for a special 24-page souvenir supplement looking ahead to the big match!
A DONEGAL businessman has claimed that scrap metal dealers in Northern Ireland are paying cash for property stolen in Donegal ‘on a daily basis’.
A dramatic late point from Kevin Cassidy, in injury time at the end of extra time, fired Donegal to victory over Kildare in Saturday’s All Ireland quarter-final to seal a first semi-final spot since 2003.
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Glenties this week became the focus of the state of the nation at the 31st MacGill summer school as leading politicians, economists, bankers and broadcasters aired their views.