A STATUS yellow wind warning will be in place in Donegal today as gusts of up to 110km/hr are expected. The Met Éireann warning will come into force from 3pm this afternoon (Friday) and remain in place until 6am on Saturday. “Through Friday afternoon, evening and night, northerly winds will reach mean speed of 45 […]
McDonald calls for publication of Brandon report
Sinn Féin President, Mary Lou McDonald TD, has called for the immediate publication of the Brandon report. The Brandon Report contains the details of 118 occurrences of sexually inappropriate behaviour, which impacted 18 victims, at Ard Gréine Court in Stranorlar. Deputy McDonald raised the need for the report to be published with Taoiseach Míchéal Martin […]
Entrance to Public Services Centre to be relocated
THE entrance to the Public Services Centre in Letterkenny is to be relocated from the Neil T Blaney Road to the Joe Bonner Road. Donegal County Council are currently completing the Neil T Blaney Road Section of the Letterkenny Traffic Management Project and part of this work involves the relocation of the entrance to the […]
McKinney sentenced to a minimum of 20 years for murder
A TYRONE man who murdered his wife while on a boat trip on Lough Erne has been sentenced to a minimum of 20 years. Stephen McKinney (44), previously of Convoy but with an address at Castletown Square in Fintona was sentenced by trial judge, Madam Justice McBride at the Crown Court sitting in Belfast today […]
Council’s wages bill to rise by €5m in 2022
PAY restoration, pensions and long service rewards will see Donegal County Council’s wages bill leap by more than €5 million next year. According to the local authority’s budget book the total payroll cost for cost for 2022 will be €79.6 million, up considerably on this year’s €74.5 million. Not all of the money will come […]
€800m financial redress scheme is ‘further insult’
A WOMAN whose mother was born in Stranorlar County Home says the financial redress scheme adds further insult to women and children survivors not deemed eligible. The woman, who does not wish to be named, was speaking to the Donegal News after Minister for Children Roderic O’Gorman revealed details of the €800 million redress scheme […]
Donegal man tragically killed in Manchester accident
A 57-year-old Donegal man has died in a tragic work-related accident in Manchester. It is understand he was unloading a load from a lorry on Tuesday night when he became trapped. He was taken to hospital in Manchester where he was pronounced dead a short time later. The man, who lives in West Donegal, has […]
Moves to pinpoint where smoky coal is being used
THE Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is introducing additional measures to monitor air quality in Letterkenny amid a spike in pollution levels, the Donegal News has learned. EPA staff met with Donegal County Council last week and began installing diffusion tubes at various locations around the town in a bid to pinpoint areas where there are […]
Cullinane accuses HSE of ‘lack of vision’
BAD planning, a deficiency in investment and a lack of vision on the part of the HSE – that is how Sinn Féin’s health spokesperson has characterised the situation at Letterkenn hospital. David Cullinane was in Donegal on Friday, the latest leg on a fact finding tour of the State he is embarking on. The […]
Hoping to ‘putt’ Dunfanaghy on the US map
A teenage golfer who grew up playing in Dunfanaghy will be swinging his clubs in the United States next year after securing a college scholarship. Luke Kelly is from Belfast but has played for Dunfanaghy Golf Club since he was ten. The now 18-year-old has been offered a four-year scholarship at Oakland University in Michigan […]