DONEGAL’S Covid vaccination roll-out is starting to show signs of slowing down. Latest figures from the HSE highlight the reduced demand for a programme which accelerated through much of last year. As numbers presenting to the Vaccination Centre in Letterkenny continue to drop, the HSE is looking at opening up pop-up vaccination centres at different […]
Gardaí renew appeal ten years on from dissident murder
GARDAÍ have issued a fresh appeal for information ten years on from the murder of Andrew Allen. Mr Allen, who was 24, was murdered at his home in at Links View Park, Buncrana, on February 9, 2012. The killing was claimed by micro-group Republican Action Against Drugs who labelled him as a drug dealer. This […]
Long waits at busy Letterkenny emergency department
Letterkenny University Hospital is advising that the Emergency Department is very busy and management have apologised for the long waiting times. There is ongoing pressure on bed availability in the hospital and as a result patients are facing long delays being admitted from the Emergency Department to a bed on a ward. There are currently […]
20 Donegal children waiting on Spina Bifida appointment
THE ongoing delay in appointments for 20 Donegal children who have been diagnosed with Spina Bifida has been branded as ‘pure negligence’ amid fears that children are deteriorating at a rapid rate. Twenty children in Donegal who have been diagnosed with Spina Bifida and/or Hydrocephalus are currently waiting at least 18 months for an appointment, […]
Anti-vax activist Mureddu released without charge
ANTONIO Mureddu, the man arrested and questioned as part of an investigation into the death of a Covid patient at Letterkenny hospital, has been released without charge. Mureddu appeared before Letterkenny District Court yesterday where he was charged with two counts of dangerous driving and one of assault. As he left courtroom number two however […]
‘Low day’ as Council to take legal action on McBrearty
MEMBERS of Donegal County Council have voted to take legal action against Cllr Frank McBrearty. The monthly Council meeting has been adjourned for two weeks following another day of disruption and no business being done. Cllr Frank McBrearty attended today’s (Monday) reconvened meeting in the Aura Leisure Centre despite getting a one month suspension at […]
UPDATE: Council meeting adjourned again
THE reconvened monthly meeting of Donegal County Council has been adjourned to 3.30pm. The meeting was set to resume at 3pm however a further adjournment until 3.30pm has been agreed. The adjournment is to allow councillors to discuss the next course of action against Cllr Frank McBrearty. Advertisement Last Monday, Cllr McBrearty was handed a […]
Sewer repairs to be carried out at Station Roundabout
Irish Water is working in partnership with Donegal County Council, to progress essential repairs to the sewer network at Station Roundabout in Letterkenny. To minimise disruption to homes and businesses in the area, night-time works will take place from 7pm on Tuesday February 8 until 7am on Wednesday February 9. To facilitate the safe […]
Seamus Heaney’s famed pen was bought in Donegal
A FOUNTAIN PEN purchased in Donegal may have been one of the foundation stones of the internationally acclaimed career of Poetry Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney, it emerged this week. On a visit to the Seamus Heaney HomePlace in Bellaghy, County Derry recently, Buncrana man Terry Tedstone happened to mention to the guide that he was […]
Stand-off at the Aura expected
A STAND-off at the Aura is expected tomorrow afternoon after Cllr Frank McBrearty has indicated his intention to attend the reconvened Council meeting, despite a call from Cathaoirleach Jack Murray for him to stay away. During a day of chaos and disruption, Cllr McBrearty was handed a one-month suspension at last Monday’s Donegal County Council […]