BUNCRANA is one of nine towns nationwide which have been selected to become pilot projects for new licensing hours and the development of the night-time economy. The others are Dublin City, Cork City, Limerick City, Galway City, Kilkenny, Drogheda, Sligo, and Longford Town. Donegal County Council’s submission was successful to have the town included. Advertisement […]
Road users warned of dangers as wintertime begins
The Donegal Road Safety Working Group (DRSWG) is appealing to all road users to exercise extreme caution and for motorists to be aware of vulnerable road users as the clocks go back by an hour and wintertime begins this weekend. Summertime officially ends on Sunday morning, as the time observed by Ireland goes back by […]
Juliette Armand evening at Catherine’s Laser and Beauty
One of Donegal’s first laser clinics is celebrating its first anniversary under new management with Francesca Kelly. We at Catherine’s have been leading the way in laser treatments with the Nordlys system by Candela since 2004. Our highly qualified and experienced staff have been with us on this journey. We pride ourselves in keeping up […]
Tailbacks into Letterkenny at Dry Arch Roundabout
There are traffic delays coming into Letterkenny as a result of flooding at the Dry Arch Roundabout. Garda Síochána took to Facebook this morning to warn motorists of the flooding. “We have received reports of flooding in some areas this morning such as at the Dry arch roundabout and on parts of the dual carriageway […]
Major plan for ‘Square’ approved
A MAJOR plan that will see the transformation of Market Square in Letterkenny was approved at a special meeting of Donegal County Council on Wednesday. The decision to move forward with the planned redevelopment was deferred in September so that objections from local businesses and taxi operators over the relocation of taxi bays could be […]
Restoring Tory’s church roof becomes international affair
A group of Tory islanders are currently replacing the roof of their local church that had fallen into disarray, following a successful fundraising campaign. The fundraiser also covered the costs of high quality storm glazing used to preserve the stunning stain glass window from behind the altar. Teach Pobail Cholmcille Naofa was built in 1857 […]
New Donegal News editor is appointed
The Donegal News is delighted to announce the appointment of Laura McMonagle as its new editor. The appointment follows the retirement of Columba Gill after 25 years at the helm. A native of County Kildare, Laura joined the Donegal News in 2017 as a reporter as has been News Editor since 2021. She will become […]
Road project €3.5m over budget
A MAJOR roads project in Letterkenny could be €3.5 million over budget by the time it is completed. At Monday’s budget meeting of Letterkenny-Milford Municipal District, Cllr Ciaran Brogan raised questions about the cost of the Four Lane road project. He said he had heard a figure of €10 million which is a dramatic increase in […]
Red Cross to hold meeting in Creeslough
A meeting will take place in Creeslough this evening to update the community on the ongoing efforts by the Irish Red Cross to assist those impacted by the tragedy and to finalise a plan to decide how to distribute the funding. It comes after members of the public reported difficulties getting through to the Irish Red […]
Malcolm Thompson Elected ICSA Donegal Chair
Malcolm Thompson, former President of ICSA has re-entered farm politics in his local county of Donegal. He was elected to the position of ICSA Donegal chair at a county meeting of the association held in Stranorlar last night. Hailing from Convoy, Mr Thompson will take over the reins from the previous chair William McGirr. Advertisement […]