MINISTER of State for Public Health, Wellbeing and National Drugs Strategy, Frank Feighan TD will be visiting Donegal today to launch the Sláintecare Healthy Communities Programme. The minister is set to launch the programmes in Ionad Naomh Pádraig, Gaoth Dobhair and Illies Community Centre, Buncrana. Sláintecare Healthy Communities Programme (SHCP) is an interagency plan to […]
Portsalon Road to close for essential roadworks
THE Portsalon Road is set to close for two days due to essential roadworks taking place. Donegal County Council has advised that due to the works the R-246 Portsalon Road will be closed between 7am and 6pm tomorrow (Friday) and Monday, November 28. The road will be closed from the crossroads junction at the Gala […]
Gardaí investigating burnt out car in Letterkenny
Gardaí are investigating a suspected criminal damage by fire incident. The incident occurred on Iona Road, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal at approximately 9pm last night November 23, 2022. No injuries were reported and investigations are ongoing
Saolta chief to visit hospital after shock resignation
THE Chief Operations Officer (COO) of Saolta University Health Care Group is to visit Letterkenny University Hospital in the coming days following the shock resignation of the hospital’s urologist. Ann Cosgrove confirmed at the latest Regional Health Forum West meeting that Mr Asadulla Aslam, a consultant urologist at Letterkenny University Hospital, has resigned in the […]
Donegal people urged to pay final respects to Vicky Phelan this weekend
PEOPLE in Donegal who wish to pay their respects to CervicalCheck campaigner Vicky Phelan are being urged to sign up to a livestream event this weekend. Vicky Phelan’s family have invited the public to celebrate her life this weekend. Vicky (née Kelly) passed away in MIlford Hospice, Limerick, last week, aged just 48. She was laid […]
‘Tennessee is so backward it feels almost dystopian’
AS wider America digests the results of its mid-term elections a woman with strong ties to Donegal living in Tennessee says the southern state is “slipping into fascism”. The language of USA politics will mean relatively little to those on this side of the Atlantic – The Democrats have retained control of the Senate after winning a […]
HSE scaling down Covid-19 testing response
THE HSE is scaling down its emergency response to Covid-19 testing in 18 counties including Donegal. The contracts of testing staff in 18 counties will end in the coming days with future testing to be provided by GPS, supported by the National Ambulance Service. The plan was revealed in The Irish Times, which has reported […]
Huge drop in Donegal garda drug unit staff
CONCERNS have been raised after it’s emerged the number of gardaí serving in Donegal Divisional Drugs Unit has seen a dramatic drop in the last year. Figures shared to the Donegal News reveal that as of September this year, there were just five garda staff assigned to Donegal Divisional Drugs Unit. This compares with 21 […]
Errigal College students celebrate writing success
STUDENTS from Errigal College are celebrating their success at the Allingham Arts Festival. Eoin Byrne and Joe McCafferty both one prizes for their poetry, and fifth year student Jo-Ann Evans’ short story also made it to this year’s final. The festival was held in Ballyhannon and is sponsored by Donegal ETB. It includes poetry, short story writing and […]
Special wellbeing mural designed at Convoy school
Scoil Bhríde Convoy ran a very special competition, tasking their pupils to design a new mural for their school hall under the theme ‘wellbeing’. “It was not my wall, it was the children’s wall,” said the Principal Grainne Reid. Talented local artist Marty McDaid, a past pupil of Scoil Bhríde, helped to select the winning […]