ALL ABOARD! Letterkenny Reunion is making a welcome return


By Paddy Walsh It’s been a three yearly feature on the local calendar ever since a couple of local lads came up with the idea after meeting up on Letterkenny’s Main Street one day back in 1991. Not quite every three years because as it did with so many events, the Covid pandemic forced the […]

Castlefinn woman is Donegal’s newest solicitor


A CASTLEFINN woman has become Donegal’s newest solicitor. Elaine Dullaghan, Carricknashane, Castlefinn, was welcomed to her new role by her fellow practitioners, Judge Éiteáin Cunningham and An Garda Síochána at Letterkenny District Court on Monday. Ms Dullaghan joined Barron O’Donnell LLP, Ballybofey in July 2019 for two weeks experience. Advertisement She continued as a trainee with Barron O’Donnell […]

Boy awarded €10,000 after suffering burn to arm


A young Donegal boy has been awarded €10,000 after suffering a severe burn during an incident involving a gas heater. The boy and his family were on holiday in France at a Eurocamp in Brittany on June 17, 2018 when the incident took place. He was just under two years of age when he hit […]

Age and Opportunity funding boost to 55 groups in Donegal


Age & Opportunity has announced the distribution of its Active National Grant that provides significant funding for sport and physical activity amongst older people.  The Grant Scheme is a combined initiative from Age & Opportunity and Sport Ireland. This year it is providing €14,150 to 55 groups in Donegal. These range from Active Retirement Groups, […]

Pobalscoil Ghaoth Dobhair at World Championships in Texas


SEVEN of Donegal’s brightest science students have arrived in the United States to take part in the prestigious VEX Robotics World Championship finals in Dallas, Texas. After passing the regional qualifiers last February in Letterkenny, Pobalscoil Ghaoth Dobhair’s robotics team achieved a remarkable victory by winning the VEX Robotics All-Ireland Championship in Cork at the […]

Blaney insists poster is for public meeting


By Kate Heaney Fianna Fáil Senator Niall Blaney is insisting that posters erected this week are not ‘election posters’ but are instead advertising a public meeting in Letterkenny. Posters for a meeting in the Silver Tassie Hotel on May 6 went up around the northern end of the county over the last few days. Advertisement […]

Donegal’s farmland worth more than national average


THE average price for good quality farmland in County Donegal last year was €13,400 per acre, while it was €5,000 for poor quality land, according to a new report by the Society of Chartered Surveyors and Teagasc. At €20,000 per acre, Co Waterford had the most expensive average price for high quality farmland in the […]

Fresh concern over ambulance delays in Letterkenny


MOTORISTS approaching the Polestar roundabout in Letterkenny have expressed their dismay at witnessing two ambulances in 999 mode being significantly delayed by traffic congestion yesterday morning. The incident has reignited the debate surrounding traffic delays in Donegal’s largest town which is particularly bad between 8:30 and 9:30 in the morning, Monday to Thursday. “That was […]