There was great excitement in Downings yesterday when Hollywood star Pierce Brosnan popped in to the McNutt store for a surprise visit. The former 007 actor is in Donegal to film scenes for the film ‘Four Letters of Love’ and has been spotted in various locations around the county including Glenveagh National Park and in […]
Culture & Creativity project awards scheme now open
Applications are being invited for the Donegal Culture & Creativity Project Awards Scheme 2023. The Scheme is offering 25 Project awards of €2,000 each to projects that encourage cooperation and collaboration between communities and heritage specialists, artists, culture professionals and/or creative industries to preserve, conserve, research, practice, exhibit, perform, instruct, engage, enhance, promote or address […]
RCC announce its spring season of cinema screenings
THE Regional Cultural Centre has just announced its spring season of world and cultural cinema screenings featuring everything from Oscar-nominated Irish language films to epic dramas based on true events. The Letterkenny centre’s Look! Film Club has been growing in popularity as it continues to screen top class world cinema. The spring season of screenings […]
Wreath laying ceremony at Drumboe today
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue TD will attend a formal wreath laying ceremony today to commemorate the centenary of the executions at Drumboe. The ceremony, organised by Donegal County Council, will commemorate the execution of four men –Charlie Daly, Daniel Enright, Timothy O’Sullivan and Séan Larkin at Drumboe Castle, Stranorlar on the […]
NoWDOC’s move to new location imminent
PLANS are progressing to relocate the NoWDOC surgery from its current site to the Errigal Chronic Disease Management Hub in Letterkenny. A lease for the current NoWDOC premises at Oldtown, Letterkenny has been in place since April 2005, but a notice to quit the building was issued in December 2022 by the landlord’s solicitor to the HSE. Dermot Monaghan, Chief Officer, […]
Mica Action Group going through regulations closely
The Mica Action Group (MAG) is currently going through the latest version of the draft regulations with “a fine tooth comb”. The long awaited updated regulations were published earlier this week. The Chair of MAG, Lisa Hone told the Donegal News that the group is currently reviewing the highly detailed regulations, ensuring their understanding and […]
Annagry entrepreneur left star-struck
A YOUNG entrepreneur from Annagry was left star-struck when a TikTok icon turned up at her business as part of a new TV series set in the Donegal Gaeltacht. The RTÉ series follows five familiar faces who ditched the sunshine and spent their summer holidays at Coláiste Bhríde, Rann na Feirste in Réaltáí na Gaeltachta […]
Picture Special: Remembering Noel McDermott at special day at Ards Forest Park
AROUND 200 adults and children turned out at Ards Forest Park on Sunday to cycle and walk in memory of Noel McDermott (43) who died in a cycling accident near Gortahork five years ago. Noel had been an active member of Errigal Cycling Club and its members and Chairman Eugene McGettigan wanted to do something to […]
Progress on hospital fire-proofing after five year delay
FIVE years after fire proofing works at Letterkenny University Hospital were first to be carried out, Saolta say “significant progress” is now being made. A Saolta spokesperson told the Donegal News this week that the scope of works to address fire proofing in the hospital’s medical block is currently being agreed between the HSE Estates and the […]
Nursing home resident wandered into storage room with chemicals and medication
A RESIDENT of a private Convoy nursing home wandered into an unsecured storage room containing chemicals and medication during an unannounced inspection. While this incident was addressed by the staff nurse on duty at Brentwood Manor Nursing Home after HIQA inspectors brought the incident to their attention, the inspectors were dissatisfied by a number of other […]