Donegal’s Bathing Season begins in earnest this weekend as beach lifeguards take up duty at 13 beaches around the county. Lifeguards will be on duty seven days a week from Saturday until the end of August and also for the first two weekends in September. Lifeguards are on duty at all sites from 12:00pm […]
Search is on for Ireland’s most talented young drummer
EARAGAIL Arts Festival and David Lyttle have launched a search for the island’s most talented young drummer. David Lyttle is Ireland’s most celebrated jazz musician today and its only MOBO Award-nominated artist. He has collaborated with visionaries from the jazz and hip hop worlds and his latest album Faces was described by Rolling Stone as […]
Covid latest: Three deaths and ten confirmed new cases
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been informed that a total of 3 people with Covid-19 have died. There have now been a total of 1,720 Covid-19 related deaths in Ireland. Advertisement As of midnight Monday 22nd June the HPSC has been notified of 10 confirmed cases of Covid-19. There is now a […]
Repairs to burst water main ongoing
Irish Water and Donegal County Council are working to repair a burst water main in Buncrana which has caused major outages in the county today. Supply has been impacted in Fahan, Cristlamore, Inch, Brunfoot, Bridgend, Newtowncunningham Moyle, Manorcunnigham, Whin Hill, Burt and high grounds in Newtowncunningham and surrounding areas of Buncrana. Local traffic management will […]
Third of new Covid-19 cases are in people under 35
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been informed that a total of 2 people with Covid-19 have died. There have now been a total of 1,717 Covid-19 related deaths in Ireland. As of midnight Sunday 21st June the HPSC has been notified of 4 confirmed cases of Covid-19. There is now a total of […]
Map reveals impact of Covid-19 on local areas
DETAILS on where confirmed Covid-19 cases are located in Donegal are published in a new publicly accessible database on the pandemic outbreak in Ireland. The updated Covid-19 dashboard shows figures by electoral districts. Donegal has seen just one recorded case of the virus in the past month. It reveals that Letterkenny Rural, with a population […]
McGeehin keen to pass on his top Tipps
MICHAEL McGeehin has been working with intercounty teams for almost thirty years now.
The Lemon Tree to go gets the green light
After 14 weeks of closure, the popular Lemon Tree Restaurant, Letterkenny, is finally reopening this Thursday the 25th June, introducing the new Lemon Tree to Go and Hatch services. The Lemon Tree to Go, a new click and collect service, will allow customers to pre-order online at www.thelemontreerestaurant.com for collection from the pickup hatch located […]
Covid-19 latest: No new deaths, six new confirmed cases
There have been no new deaths reported to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre today. There have now been a total of 1,715 Covid-19 related deaths in Ireland. Advertisement As of midnight Saturday 20 June the HPSC has been notified of 6 confirmed cases of Covid–19. There is now a total of 25,379* confirmed cases […]
Death announced of James ‘Gouldie’ McGettigan
ONE of Letterkenny and Donegal’s best known GAA figures James McGettigan has died. McGettigan (89) was inducted in the prestigious St Eunan’s GAA Club Hall of Fame in 2003 was known all over the county and further afield as ‘Gouldie’. He won three county senior championship medals with his home town club and four […]