First confirmed case of Covid-19 in Donegal in 23 days


The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been informed that a total of 5 people with Covid-19 have died. There have now been a total 1,705* Covid-19 related deaths in Ireland. As of midnight Friday 12 June the HPSC has been notified of 46** confirmed cases of Covid-19. There is now a total of 25,295*** […]

Corner of Letterkenny had baby boom during lockdown


TROPICAL World in Letterkenny has enjoyed a baby boom over the past two months. While its doors have remained closed to visitors due to Covid-19 the new arrivals include a pair of rare Bali Straling chicks, a baby Aracari, the first bred in Ireland, together with twin cotton top tamarins and twin baby pygmy marmoset […]

Plan to revitalise Creeslough starts to bear fruit


  INNOVATIVE plans to revitalise a struggling Donegal village are starting to bear fruit. It follows confirmation that three parties are now benefiting from incentives to attract new business in Creeslough. Advertisement Two years have passed since Creeslough born cousins Charles and Martin Sweeney first unveiled their ambitious plans to offer rent-free shops and office […]

Three more deaths, 13 new cases of Covid-19 confirmed


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 1,705* Covid19 related deaths in Ireland. As of midnight Thursday 11 June the HPSC has been notified of 13 confirmed cases of Covid19. There is now a total of 25,250** […]

Covid-19 testing down to 14 daily at Letterkenny centre


FOURTEEN tests, on average, a day were provided in the Letterkenny Covid-19 testing centre in the first nine days of this month, new figures reveal. ST Eunan’s GAA club pitches have been used by the HSE as a drive-through Covid-19 testing centre since March 27. The test centre in Letterkenny has completed 2,478 tests, and […]

Bishop of Raphoe outlines plans for public worship


THERE will be major changes ahead for mass-goers as parishes across the county get to grips with new guidelines for the opening of churches for public worship from June 29. Speaking to the Donegal News Bishop of Raphoe, Alan McGuckian acknowledged it will be difficult to get used to social distancing in churches but he […]

Clans differ on Red Hugh’s final burial site


DEBATE has arisen in Donegal as to where the remains of Red Hugh O’Donnell, King of Tyrconnell should be buried if they are confirmed found in the former Franciscan Monastery in Valladolid, Spain.

No new Covid-19 cases reported in three weeks


TODAY will mark three weeks since a new case of the Coronavirus was confirmed for Donegal. The number of cases in Donegal has not increased since Tuesday, May 19 and remains at 470, with the vast majority of those cases now recovered. There were just 18 cases in the county throughout the month of May. […]

Letterkenny Tidy Towns launches website


  LETTERKENNY Tidy Towns is publicly launching its new website today, Thursday, and a new competition to coincide with the start of National Spring Clean which resumes this week. The competition called – ‘Keep it Local. Keep it Beautiful’ encourages people to pick up a few items of litter while out enjoying their normal daily […]