A LETTERKENNY company has been named as ‘Best New Start’ at a prestigious competition final. Itus Secure Technologies scooped ‘Best New Start’ regional trophy at the Connacht and Leinster regional final of the 2022 InterTradeIreland Seedcorn Investor Readiness Competition. The company developed a machine learning driven platform called CYBRISC, which can quantify the level of cyber […]
Minister ends countrywide tour with Donegal visit
THE Minister of State for Business, Employment and Retail, Damien English ended his countrywide tour of all Local Enterprise Offices with a visit to Donegal on Thursday. The Minister was greeted at the Donegal Enterprise Fund Business Centre in Letterkenny by the Cathaoirleach of Donegal County Council, Cllr. Liam Blaney, Chief Executive of the Local […]
Aura Letterkenny named one of Ireland’s Best Workplaces
AURA Leisure in Letterkenny has officially been certified as a Great Place to Work 2022-23. This comes after a thorough and independent analysis conducted by Great Place to Work® Institute Ireland. The accreditation process is based on direct feedback from employees, provided as part of an extensive and anonymous survey about the workplace experience. Advertisement […]
Donegal Enterprise Awards return to celebrate small businesses across the county
The Donegal Enterprise Awards are back for 2022, celebrating the achievements of Donegal’s small business sector over the past year. Organised by Local Enterprise Office Donegal, the awards recognise and celebrate the successes of small business owners around the county. This year’s award ceremony takes place on Friday, 2nd December, with a total prize fund […]
Applications now open for Europe Direct public speaking competition
Do you have a strong opinion on youth issues, education opportunities, employment, travel, global warming, sustainability, gender equality, or animal welfare? Whatever the topic, it might be a fit for this year’s EU Direct Letterkenny Soapbox Competition which is now open for entries. The theme of this year’s public speaking competition is: Is Europe listening […]
Rachel Botha shares exciting work as curator of new exhibition
LETTERKENNY’S Regional Cultural Centre screened the premier of a film on Thursday night entitled ‘The Land Question’ as part of the two centre Swallowing Geography Exhibition curated by Rachel Botha. Rachel is the RCC’s first early career curator-in-residence and in the seven months to October she has pulled together a vast array of works both […]
New recipe book to help the people of Ukraine
A RATHMULLAN grandmother took great pride in her grandson’s new bread recipe book which he created to help ease the situation of people in Ukraine. Mrs Annie Green of Ray received a copy of appropriately named ‘Knead Peace – Baking for Ukraine’ recently written by her grandson Andrew who lives in Totnes in Devon. She […]
SPAB Recognition for Ramelton Historic Towns Initiative
The Ramelton Historic Towns Initiative was one of three projects from Ireland and Britain to be shortlisted for the Sustainable Heritage Award at the inaugural Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings [SPAB] Heritage Awards. Attended by over 230 people in person and a further 500 people online, the event was held on Thursday, November […]
Anti-Ukranian graffiti hurtful – Councillor
LETTERKENNY Councillor Jimmy Kavanagh has called on those daubing anti-Ukrainian graffiti around the town to stop, pointing out that it is very hurtful to people who have already come through so much hurt. Speaking to the Donegal News after a gate near Sentry Hill was graffitied with a crude message, Cllr Kavanagh thanked who ever […]
Traffic management in place due to essential roadwork
Traffic management will be in place on the roundabout at Lower Main Street Letterkenny due to essential road works. There will be traffic management in place between Ballymacool Terrace and the roundabout and on Lower Main Street between the junction with the roundabout and the Oliver Plunket Road. Traffic management will be in place from […]