THE funeral takes place in Stranorlar on Saturday of Ronan Roddy of Trenamullin. He passed away at the Donegal Hospice on Wednesday. Mr Roddy , who was in his forties was very well-known through his job at Mac’s Mace in Letterkenny and his volunteering with Finn Harps for more than 20 years. Aidan Campbell, Marketing […]
A chance to relive Donegal’s 2012 All-Ireland victory
It’s Hill 16, Croke Park, and watching events unfold from behind the goal, ‘Dodo’ O’Donnell sees Karl Lacey take possession before advancing to within 45 metres of the target and then dropping the ball into the square where it is expertly fielded by Michael Murphy who turns to rifle it to the net. Two minutes […]
New hospital senior manager to start in spring
A new senior manager to help address governance issues at Letterkenny University Hospital has been appointed and will take up the role in spring. The move follows a series of workshops facilitated by consultancy firm Ernst & Young (EY) last year held between Saolta management and hospital staff. They were held in response to a damning […]
Fuel deliveries to resume at Applegreen in Lifford
A Lifford filling station that closed suddenly will reopen in the coming days. Applegreen shut down last week much to the surprise of the constant convoy of motorists who used it. Since first opening in 2016 the outlet had been growing steadily and at the time of closure it had almost 30 staff on its books. Advertisement Applegreen […]
Shock as Argos announces closure of all its stores
ARGOS is to close down its entire retail operation in Ireland, trade union Mandate, which represents Argos workers, has said. There are just under 40 Argos stores in the Republic of Ireland, one of them in Letterkenny. The move will see more than 400 staff lose their jobs, with the first stores believed to be […]
TD raises “catastrophic” overcrowding at LUH in Dáil
Independent TD for Donegal, Thomas Pringle, said the severe shortage of hospital beds has been raised with successive governments over decades. The deputy also repeated his suggestion that Government employ doctors from Cuba to ease the crisis in the health service, something other European countries have already done. Addressing the Dáil on Wednesday evening, Deputy […]
HSE advise vaccination ahead of Kraken varient
The HSE is advising people to top up their immunity ahead of the Kraken variant of COVID-19 becoming the dominant strain of the virus in the country. Kraken, a more transmissible derivative of the omicron strain, has taken hold in the United States and is expected to become the dominant variant in Ireland in the […]
Temperatures set to turn milder over the weekend
MET Éireann has forecast another frosty start to the day following two days of disruption across Donegal due to heavy snowfall. However, there is an end in sight as temperatures are due to turn milder over the weekend. Met Éireann forecaster Paul Downes said untreated roads will be “quite dodgy” this morning with increased possibility […]
Coláiste Cholmcille project highly commended at the BT Young Scientist Exhibition
STUDENTS from Coláiste Cholmcille in Ballyshannon travelled to Dublin last week for the BT Young Scientist Exhibition where their project was highly commended. Students Sean Murray, Thien Laitenberger and Adam Trimble set out to transform hot waste into hot water by building their own compost heap out of wood chip and lawn mowings. Through the […]
Flair Apparent: How can you play your part in a Circular Economy?
You may have heard of the phrase, ‘the Circular Economy’ and (if you’re anything like me) thought it sounded intriguing but were a little hazy on what exactly it means. This week I set out to find out more about the circular economy, what it is, and how it relates to fashion and the clothes […]