LIKE many restaurant owners, Jo Daly started her career in the kitchen. While there, she discovered her love for leadership, training and development. In 2001, she took over the Harbour restaurant in Donegal Town with her business partner Debbie O’Reilly before going on to buy their own premises, Quay West, in 2016. It’s been […]
Firm fined €40,000 following 2018 Gweedore fatality
A County Fermanagh company has been fined €40,000 following a fatal incident in Gweedore almost three years ago. At Letterkenny Circuit Criminal Court this morning Judge John Aylmer imposed the penalty on Deane Public Works Ltd over the tragedy at the Hydro Race Bridge, Gweedore on January 15.The company pleaded guilty to Section 8(2)(e) contrary […]
Donegal Hospice fulfils patient’s wish to return home
Donegal Hospice, the National Ambulance Service and the Defence Forces were able to grant a Donegal man his last wish of returning home to spend his last days in his beloved Donegal. Patrick (Pat) Diver from Church Street, Ramelton, who had rarely left Donegal and had never been on an airplane, was referred to […]
Sewage concerns for Gweedore hotel developers
DONEGAL County Council has sought further information on a proposal to redevelop the former Seaview Hotel in Gweedore. The Bunbeg Revitalisation project, being developed by Dublin-based property developers Vesada Private, will see a €20 million investment to include the former Seaview and Ostan Ghaoth Dobhair Hotels. Phase 1 of the project will see the construction […]
Properties raided over suspected pyramid scheme
TWO properties in Donegal have been raided as part of an ongoing investigation into an alleged pyramid promotional scheme. The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC), helped by gardaí, swooped on the premises on Tuesday. A spokesperson for the CCPC said it had carried out the searches “as part of an ongoing investigation into an […]
Budget 2022 set to be one of the most challenging
DONEGAL’S councillors have been warned that next year is shaping up to be one of the most challenging in recent history. Rising costs and dwindling income streams have left the local authority struggling to match the budget delivered in 2021. “The expectation must be that we can only do next year what we have done […]
Information event in Ramelton today
DONEGAL County Council has opened an informal public consultation to hear the views of the local community on the preliminary designs for the Ramelton Public Realm Enhancement Scheme ‘Ramelton Re-Imagined’. The scheme, which is being funded by the Department of Rural and Community Development through the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund, will take a sensitive […]
Letterkenny poet to launch new collection
A NEW poetry collection by Letterkenny-based poet Mary Turley-McGrath will be launched on the opening evening of the Allingham Festival on Wednesday. ‘After Image’ is Mary’s fourth poetry collection which is published by Arlen House. Her two previous collections, ‘Other Routes’ (2016) and Forget the Lake’ (2014), were also published by Arlen House, the Galway […]
Three Pop-Up vaccination clinics in Donegal this week
Walk-in COVID-19 vaccination clinics are taking place in Carndonagh, Buncrana and Stranorlar this week to make it as easy as possible for anyone who has yet to receive their first dose of the Pfizer vaccine, to get vaccinated. People who are waiting for their second dose Pfizer vaccine may also attend one of the walk-in […]
Conservation works progressing at historic Abbey site
CONSERVATION works are ongoing at Kilmacrennan Old Church and adjacent historic Kilmacrennan Franciscan Friary site. It is hoped that following completion of the conservation works this historic site can once more become a safe place to visit and to be appreciated both by the local community and by the general public. The friary was built […]