CRECHES across Donegal are scrambling to find insurance before Christmas after one of only two insurers in the market pulled out leaving many facing the prospect of closure in the new year if they do not secure policies. Local creche owners told the Donegal News this week about how they are being quoted thousands of […]
Council recognised for work on Age Friendly Programme
CATHAOIRLEACH Councillor Nicholas Crossan received a charter from the World Health Organisation (WHO) at a special event in Slane Castle on Monday in recognition of Donegal County Council’s work on delivering the Age Friendly Programme in Donegal. The Age Friendly Programme is about enabling people of all ages to actively participate in the community, helping […]
Meeting to discuss latest blow to Lifford hospital
A public meeting will be held in Lifford this Thursday evening to discuss the HSE’s decision to end long term care at the town’s hospital. The meeting has been called by the Friends of Lifford Hospital campaign group after they were informed that the two remaining long stay patients are to be moved either to […]
SF seek support from Central Bank for MICA home owners
Donegal Sinn Féin Senator Pádraig Mac Lochlainn has confirmed that his party’s Finance Spokesperson and Donegal TD, Pearse Doherty has written to the Central Bank asking that they encourage the banks and financial institutions to assist the families affected by Mica defective blocks in their homes with the 10% contribution they will have to make to the cost of making their homes safe under the forthcoming Redress/ Repair Scheme.
Flu ‘actively circulating’ in community, say HSE
If you have the flu you can seek advice from your local pharmacy or discuss you illness with your GP.
‘There is such a secrecy and silence in Donegal’
“There are definitely people out there who who know what happened to Mary. We are appealing to their conscience.”
Statue planned in honour of Donegal’s Nobel laureate
A statue is to be erected in honour of Donegal Nobel laureate Professor William C Campbell. The bronze sculpture is being designed with the aim of being erected in Ramelton in time for his 90th birthday in June. Professor Campbell, along with his co-discoverer Professor Satoshi Omura, shared the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or […]
Donegal’s courts told to get tough on drug dealers
THE sentences being handed down to Donegal’s drug pushers have been branded an “absolute joke”. A meeting of the Joint Policing Committee has heard that the number of detections for drug possession and supply have risen dramatically in the county in the past 12 months. In 2018 a total of 186 arrests were made for […]
RNLI battles storm to reach stricken boat off Donegal
FIVE fishermen had a lucky escape after their boat lost power during a storm off the Donegal coast yesterday (Saturday). The alarm was raised at lunchtime by the crew of a Mayo-based crabber boat. They managed to put out a Mayday call just before the electrics shut down. The appeal for help was picked up […]
Mickey Joe, Rory and Peadar team up for charity single
THREE well known Donegal singers have teamed up to record a Christmas single in aid of homeless charity the Peter McVerry Trust. Mickey Joe Harte and Rory Gallagher have just released their version of the Yazoo classic ‘Only You’. The stripped back rendition of the 1982 hit also features Peadar Coll on fiddle and was […]