A COUNCILLOR has called for at least 600 deer to be culled in Donegal amidst growing concerns over the hazardous conditions facing road users. Councillor Michael McClafferty has voiced his concern over the growing number of deer in the county and is encouraging others to have their voices heard too by contributing to the recently launched public […]
Charges brought over attack related to soldier’s death
REPORTS are coming in this afternoon that Lebanon has charged seven people for participating in an attack against United Nations peacekeepers that killed Irish soldier Seán Rooney. Private Rooney was killed and three others were injured on December 14 when their UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) vehicle was attacked near the village of Al-Aqbiya. […]
Update sought on ATU sports development plans
A call has been made for a multi-agency meeting to discuss progress on a significant sporting development in Letterkenny. Plans by Letterkenny Institute of Technology to develop a 66 acre sports complex at Knocknamona have been on the table for a number of years. But since LYIT was dissolved to become part of Atlantic Technological University (ATU), concerns […]
Donegal woman reads at Pope Benedict’s funeral
LETTERKENNY woman Mary Maguire was among the reader’s at this morning’s funeral in Rome for Pope Benedict. Ms Maguire read the second reading which was from the First letter of St Peter (1:3-9). The reading praises God’s mercy giving the faithful “a new birth” as his children and “by raising Jesus Christ from the dead, […]
Hospital staff in Letterkenny feeling overwhelmed and burnt out – INMO
THE Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) has warned that overcrowding levels and bed capacity issues at Letterkenny University Hospital is “unprecedented”. The union has urged the government to call out hospital overcrowding around the country as “an out and out crisis”. Forty three patients were awaiting beds in Letterkenny University Hospital yesterday while 65 patients were […]
Teens due in court following cross-border pursuit
FIVE teenagers arrested after a white Toyota Aqua car failed to stop for police yesterday have been charged to appear at Strabane Magistrates Court today. Gardaí attempted to stop the vehicle on Lifford bridge but it fled into Tyrone. It was eventually stopped using a stinger device in Omagh. Advertisement One 16-year-old has been charged […]
Eye-witness says the exhausted hospital staff are struggling to cope
A man whose car crashed ten minutes from Letterkenny hospital was told it would take four hours for an ambulance to arrive. The shocking situation unfolded during what has been an extremely challenging week for the health service. On Monday alone 116 people attended Letterkenny’s emergency department. As of 8am on Tuesday there were 56 patients awaiting […]
The woman bringing London cool to Inishowen
LONDON, Los Angeles and New York are just some of the places that inspired Sarah McGuiness to open The Halyon Jazz Club in the seaside town of Moville. The building, previously used as a cattle market, has been transformed into a Soho nightclub of the 90’s taking people back in time as soon as they […]
Local groups receive funding from Gaoth Dobhair windfarm
AT a presentation ceremony in Ionad Naomh Pádraig, Dore, Gaoth Dobhair recently Eoghan and Owenie Gillespie of Cronalaght Wind Mills presented a grand total of €76,500 to voluntary groups, schools and sports clubs in the locality. The local St. Vincent De Paul Society received the generous sum of €50,000. They presented €2,000 to each of the following: Donegal Cancer Flights […]
Major boost for new Lifford hospital
PLANS for a new hospital in Lifford have taken a significant step forward following talks between the HSE and Donegal County Council. A 3.5 acre space for the facility has been identified as part of a much wider redevelopment of lands along the N14. If granted permission, the hospital will consist of a 25-bed unit, a primary […]