By Chris Ashmore A LOCAL councillor has suggested that the time has come to look at the possibility of “taking out” the roundabout beside the ‘new’ Dunnes Stores at Letterkenny Retail Park as part of renewed efforts to alleviate the town’s traffic problems. Cllr Tómas Seán Devine believes that the traffic lights at the ‘new’ […]
Local Stranger Things star Amybeth McNulty to appear on tonight’s Late Late Show
DONEGAL actor Amybeth McNulty will appear on our screens tonight as she joins The Late Late Show line-up. Following the huge success of the supernatural Netflix series Stranger Things and her leading role in Anne with an E, the Letterkenny native will speak about life in the spotlight, her enormous online following, and how she […]
Weather: Bright day with mix of scattered showers
MIST and fog will clear early this morning leaving a bright day for most. There will be scattered showers today, possibly turning heavy and thundery at times with the slight chance of hail. Highest temperatures of 4 to 9 degrees. Advertisement Tonight will be dry for most with scattered showers mostly keeping to coastal fringes. […]
Being dropped into a place unknown
Seán Feeny launches new single exploring displacement, discovery and the search for belonging
Letterkenny road to remain closed overnight following collision
Lower Main Street in Letterkenny will remain closed overnight, gardai have said. The road was closed earlier today following a collision. An elderly man was taken to hospital afte being struck by a car at lunchtime. Diversions are in place. Advertisement Man taken to hospital after being struck by a car in Letterkenny
Man sentenced to six years for manslaughter of neighbour with Donegal connections
By Niamh O’Donoghue and Declan Brennan A motorcyclist who killed his neighbour by punching him once to the head in an unprovoked assault has been jailed for six years. Martin Lynn had been out socialising with his partner and friends and had just alighted from a taxi near his home when Christopher O’Neill (31), who […]
Letterkenny man’s new book imagines a new democracy
Well-known barber Gerry McKeever stood as an independent candidate in the last general election
Man taken to hospital after being struck by a car in Letterkenny
A pedestrian was taken to Letterkenny University Hosptial after being struck by a car in Letterkenny at lunchtime. The incident occurred on Lower Main Street at 1pm. Gardai immediately sealed off the street and road diversions are in place. Advertisement It is understood the road will remain closed for a number of hours A garda […]
Donegal bus owner fined after children with special needs transported in defective vehicle
A DONEGAL bus company owner has been fined €1,800 after schoolchildren with special needs were found being transported on a defective vehicle. Letterkenny District Court on Monday heard how gardai had to take three children and a teacher home from school in a patrol car because the vehicle they were being transported in had eight major defects. Stephen McDaid appeared before […]
Dangerous Oldtown junctions to be given top priority for safety improvements
by Chris Ashmore TWO junctions in the Oldtown area of Letterkenny are to get top priority to make them safer for pedestrians as well as motorists, it has emerged. Concerns about road safety in this area have been raised on numerous occasions and recently a young woman was knocked down. Advertisement Cllr Donal ‘Mandy’ Kelly […]