A REVIEW of gynaecology services at Letterkenny University Hospital published this morning has found that despite additional staffing and funding resources being given to address serious failings further action is needed to safeguard women in Donegal. The review, carried out by the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA), was undertaken following incidents of delayed diagnosis […]
Tragic death of Donegal man in farm accident
TRIBUTES are being paid to a young Donegal man who died following a farm accident in County Monaghan earlier this week. Tomas Feeney, who was 36, died after the incident near his Corduff home on Tuesday. He was married to Niamh and the couple have two young daughters, Aoife and Maria. The circumstances of the […]
Works required to preserve medievel abbey
THE RESULTS of a conservation survey on the medieval Raymochy Abbey at Manorcunningham have been presented to the Raymochy Historical Society by archaeologist Kate Robb of John Cronin & Associates. This report, commissioned by the local historical society, was funded by the Heritage Council under the Community Heritage Grant Scheme 2021. The report gives a […]
Groups merge to help youth of Donegal
A PROJECT for children and young people has been launched in Letterkenny. The ‘ASPIRE’ Project was unveiled by Donegal Youth Service at its Letterkenny headquarters. The ASPIRE ‘aim higher’ Project will work with young people aged 10-18 years across designated areas of Letterkenny, with LGBTQI+ young people, young travellers, early school leavers and in over […]
Mill project now ready for major work
DEPUTY Joe McHugh will perform the official opening of a €250,000 car park in Kilcar on Saturday. The construction of the car park and access route is part of the Leitir Corn Mill Conservation Project to conserve the mill and re-develop it as a working heritage mill. The first phase was completed last month allowing […]
Conradh na Gaeilge welcomes extra €10.5m in Budget ’22
Conradh na Gaeilge welcomes the extra €10.5 million in Budget 2022 for the Irish Language and the Gaeltacht However, the additional funding for Údarás na Gaeltachta is not sufficient and it is clear that there is a significant problem with the funding of Foras na Gaeilge which needs to be addressed. The amount of funding […]
Sinn Féin TDs seek urgent Mica Redress clarification
Donegal Sinn Féin TDs Pádraig Mac Lochlainn and Pearse Doherty have called on the government to urgently clarify the full extent of their budget allocation for Mica Redress next year. Their call follows confirmation that there is only an additional €20 million allocated to the Defective Concrete Blocks Grant Scheme for next year. Deputy Mac […]
‘Regressive Budget 2022 filled with missed opportunies’
Independent TD, Thomas Pringle, said the Government’s Budget 2022 is regressive and filled with missed opportunities. Deputy Pringle said: “After an incredibly difficult 18 months, especially for those on the lowest incomes, I was sincerely optimistic about what Budget 2022 might offer and had hoped that it would recognise the incredible struggle everyone in the […]
Family has fresh hopes for surrogacy law change
A BALLYBOFEY mother whose daughter was born through altruistic domestic surrogacy has said she is “optimistic the government will do the right thing” by introducing surrogacy legislation. Marie McPhilemy and her husband John have an eight-year-old daughter, Lucy, who is the light of their lives. But, in the eyes of the law, Marie is not […]
Follow the flight of the bee in Letterkenny
LETTERKENNY Tidy Towns’ ‘Flight of the Bee’ mural at the Jim McCormick Memorial urban garden has been completed. It forms part of a collection of biodiversity inspired street art that has been developed around the town in recent months. The educational images are centred around the theme of bees and pollination and form the ‘Flight […]