Going back to a time before social media


    THERE has been a fantastic reaction to a new pen pal initiative that’s pairing residents in nursing homes with young letter writers. Advertisement Last week, residents at Brentwood Manor Private Nursing Home in Convoy were delighted to receive Halloween cards from Transition Year students at the nearby Royal and Prior Comprehensive School in […]


Waited over a year for cancer diagnosis at LUH


A WOMAN whose mother had a delayed cancer diagnosis at Letterkenny University Hospital (LUH) has said the failings in the gynaecology department are on a par with the cervical check scandal. Sinéad Ní Bhaoill was speaking to the Donegal News yesterday about her late mother, Bridget Boyle from Dungloe who waited over a year for her […]


Peter (89) uses wife’s native Donegal for marathon walk


An eighty-nine year man who have walked more than 1,000 mile around his small house and garden since lockdown has been plotting his progress on his map of Donegal. Peter Cooke lives alone in Whitley Bay in the North East of England. He has made a circuit in his house (86 laps to 1 mile) […]


Milestone year for one of Donegal’s oldest businesses


TOPLINE McCreary’s in Crossroads, Killygordon has 160 reasons to celebrate this year. Founded in 1860 by Johnston McCreary the family-run hardware and DIY store is celebrating its 160th anniversary. One of Donegal’s oldest stores, the business has remained within the McCreary family for five generations. It is now under the control of Darren McCreary who, […]


What are your plans for Christmas and festive season?


EVERY year thousands of people fly home for Christmas to visit family and friends in Donegal. However it will very different this year with air travel restrictions, lockdown and quarantine measures currently in place due to the ongoing pandemic. Harry Walsh spoke to five people living abroad to get their views on Christmas 2020 and […]


Work starts on next phase at St Conal’s Hospital campus


ALMOST one million euro is to be spent on the next phase of building works at the St Conal’s Hospital campus in Letterkenny. Scaffolding has been erected outside the medical rehabilitation unit in recent days as builders get ready to start working on upgrading the roof, windows and walls. A spokesperson for the HSE confirmed […]


Uncle jailed for vile harassment campaign against niece


A Donegal businessman who bombarded his niece with sexually explicit and racially offensive text messages has been jailed. Martin Hughes (68) of Three Trees, Quigley’s Point, was given a three year prison sentence at Letterkenny Circuit Court this morning after admitting a disgusting campaign of harassment against Michelle Doherty over a five year period. Ms […]


Record number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Donegal


DONEGAL has moved to the top of the Covid-19 charts. It follows confirmation that the HPSC has been notified of 75 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Donegal today – the largest number ever recorded in a single day.  It moves Donegal 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population over the 300 mark (300.3) almost 100 over […]


Letterkenny’s Errigal College gets new principal


Donegal ETB has appointed Danny McFadden as the new principal of Errigal College in Letterkenny. Mr McFadden will replace Mr Charlie Cannon who is retiring at the end of December after almost 40 years with Donegal ETB, 35 years in Errigal College and eight years as the college’s principal. Errigal College opened in 1914. Planning […]


Trailer released for new movie from Donegal director


MOVIE lovers have been given their first glimpse of the new film from Donegal director Gerard Lough. Billed as a complex thriller, ‘Spears’ comes five years after the release of Lough’s first feature film, the well received science fiction horror ‘Night People’. The Donegal man’s latest offering has a much larger scope and was shot […]