BY JEROME HUGHES Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald is demanding that the government immediately releases €1m in funding to rebuild Raphoe Community Playgroup’s facility. It has emerged that Raphoe’s pre-school, which currently meets the needs of 46 toddlers, is set to be demolished as it was built using defective concrete blocks. The school is […]
Over €26,000 worth of drugs seized in Ramelton
TWO people have been arrested after €26,650 worth of drugs was seized in Ramelton. This comes after Gardaí conducted a follow-up search in the area yesterday. During the search they located Cannabis (€25,000), MDMA (€840), Ketamine (€600) and Cocaine (€210). Two people were arrested, charged and held overnight to appear at Letterkenny District Court this […]
Police appeal for information after stolen car found in Donegal
POLICE are appealing for information and witnesses after a vehicle was stolen in Strabane and driven over the border to County Donegal where it was located, 18 miles away, stripped of its parts. The theft came to light after a burglary was reported at a house in Bracken Gate in Strabane on Sunday morning, March […]
The Olde Glen Bar listed in top 10 best places to eat in Ireland
THE Sunday Times, Ireland’s leading quality Sunday news brand, has today unveiled its definitive top ten restaurants with Donegal’s The Olde Glen Bar coming in sixth place. This list was compiled as part of its annual 100 Best Restaurants list sponsored by Cully and Sully. Listed in what has been described as “the ultimate guide to […]
‘Dangerous’ Raphoe Playgroup building facing demolition
BY JEROME HUGHES RAPHOE Community Playgroup, considered a vital hub for early childhood education, finds itself confronting a dire structural crisis, amid scathing criticism directed towards local politicians. The discovery that the pre-school building is deteriorating rapidly, due to defective concrete blocks, has sparked alarm among parents and teachers, resulting in pleas for immediate action. […]
Retiring Garda Sergeant highlights the scourge of rising online crime
by Louise Doyle THE HSE cyber attack during the Covid-19 pandemic, resulting in thousands of people having their personal data stolen and immediate costs of €100m, was the beginning of sophisticated online crime that has continued to surge locally. That’s the view of Divisional Crime Prevention Officer for An Garda Siochána, Sergeant Paul Wallace who was speaking this week […]
Remembering famine times – when the dying buried the dead
By Paddy Walsh On the site of the former workhouse in Letterkenny and within the very walls that housed the destitute and the dying, the famine ghosts roam. They roam through a lecture in the Donegal County Museum in a building where, 180 years previously, death stalked the corridors as hunger and fever took hold […]
Aontú wants all stillborn babies to be recognised
Some Donegal parents are suffering untold grief because their stillborn babies are not included on a national register, according to the Aontú political party. Aontú is submitting a Bill, for a second time, which would see all stillborn babies included on a national register irrespective of the length of their gestation or their weight. Currently […]
FRESH TAKE: Priests need a fresh approach to appeal to this generation
By Sabrina Sweeney As a group of young Irish dancers brought a different aspect to the St Patrick’s Day Mass celebrated in one Donegal parish at the weekend, in the neighbouring diocese of Derry, Bishop Dónal McKeown was giving a sermon about the dangers of the resistance to change amongst many within the church as […]