Thirty-seven apprentices from Donegal recently graduated at the first in-person ceremony in the North West region since 2019. Donegal Education and Training presented the graduates with their certificates at a graduation ceremony in Carrick-on-Shannon on Friday last, November 18. The graduates qualified in the following apprenticeships: Electrical, Plumbing, Carpentry and Joinery, Mechanical Automotive Maintenance Fitter, […]
Special wellbeing mural designed at Convoy school
Scoil Bhríde Convoy ran a very special competition, tasking their pupils to design a new mural for their school hall under the theme ‘wellbeing’. “It was not my wall, it was the children’s wall,” said the Principal Grainne Reid. Talented local artist Marty McDaid, a past pupil of Scoil Bhríde, helped to select the winning […]
Letterkenny event to celebrate learning through Irish
AN event to celebrate learning through the Irish language will take place in Letterkenny this weekend. ‘Aonach na Gaeilge’, which is organised by Líonra Leitir Ceanainn, will offer the community an opportunity to find out about the benefits of Irish medium education. A variety of organisations will be in attendance, including teachers from local primary […]
Works to tackle flooding in Twin Towns to start in 2023
WORKS to address flooding issues in the Twin Towns will finally commence in February 2023, it has been confirmed. Irish Water are planning to install a new sewage network in Stranorlar, running from the Letterkenny road to the Chapel which will address the persistent problems with flooding in the area. Cllr Patrick McGowan met with […]
Hoteliers lay out growing challenges facing sector
DONEGAL’S political representatives have been told of the “skyrocketing energy costs” and other challenges facing the hospitality sector. Hotel and guesthouse owners met with TDs and senators to discuss what the future holds for the tourism industry as 2023 approaches. While there has been a welcome upturn in tourism in 2022 businesses remain in recovery mode having survived the […]
Swimming star Anna honoured at former school
GLENSWILLY National School have honoured former student Anna Hennessy with a reception at the school. Anna, a Team Ireland swimmer, competed in the Down Syndrome Swimming Championship earlier this year. She competed in eight categories in total, including four solos and four relay races, achieving three personal bests. Her former teacher Ms Gerdaline Galligan who […]
New report reveals high number of sexual offences
THERE were more than 760 sexual offences recorded in the north west region last year. New figures published by Central Statistics Office (CSO) reveal there were 761 sexual offences in the north west region in 2021. Incidents of public order offences in the north west region were high, with 5,692 public order and other social […]
Council passes €175m Budget for 2023
Yesterday Donegal County Council passed its revenue budget for 2023. The total expenditure forecast for next year is €175,555,907. This equals €480,975 daily expenditure or €1,056 council expenditure per citizen. The meeting heard that the cost increases experienced in the previous two years during the Covid pandemic did not ease and instead have worsened. Advertisement […]
Donegal tops list of destinations for actively retired
DONEGAL is among the top favourite destinations for actively retired people to visit, according to a new survey. Ireland’s actively retired are estimated to be worth over €560 million to the Irish hotel industry with the average retired person spending €956 every year on hotel breaks here. The survey amongst almost 9,000 actively retired people […]
Letterkenny author pens biography on famous healer
BY her own admission, Letterkenny woman Maddeleana Merrigan was sceptical when it came to a person possessing healing powers. That changed when a good friend, crippled with inflammation in her knees, asked her to accompany her to see international acclaimed healer, Danny Gallagher. Having witnessed at firsthand a transformation in her friend’s well-being, Maddeleana wanted […]