ELIZABETH Ferry was a 14-year-old student in Errigal College when she was diagnosed with ESKD (End Stage Kidney Disease). The shock diagnosis of kidney failure catapulted the young teenager’s life and that of her family into a world of uncertainty around her health. Six months of dialysis, six nights a week for 11 hours each […]
Letterkenny artist competing for major prize
SARA, a painting by Letterkenny artist Mantas Poderys has made it through to the second round of the UK’s Jackson’s Painting Prize 2021. The portrait is one of 400 works from artists all over the world which has made the longlist. Now in its sixth year, Jackson’s Painting Prize attracted 8,674 painting and drawing submissions […]
€5m in NTA funding for Donegal
MORE than €5m has been allocated for sustainable transport projects in Donegal by the National Transport Authority (NTA) and Minister for Transport, Eamon Ryan. A total of 27 projects in the county will benefit from the €5,311,100 investment including €1m for a one way system in Letterkenny (Cathedral Road/Convent Road-College Row/Sentry Hill Road) along with […]
Anxious for ‘road map’ to help industry through crisis
FOR more than a decade Donal Cox has been in charge at Lough Eske Castle, Donegal’s only five-star hotel. Sitting on 43 acres of woodland outside Donegal town, the 97 bedroom hotel has yet to re-open this year while the doors remained locked for six months of 2020. It’s been a frustrating time for the […]
Fears easing after daunting start last year
MARTIN McGinley has been delivering letters for An Post for almost twenty years. Over those years, the job of a postman has changed considerably – something which has been thrown into sharp focus since Covid-19. “When I started we were effectively a letter business which delivered the odd parcel. Now we’ve almost become a parcel […]
Happy working his way from the top to the bottom
DERMOT Kane, 70, has gained a reputation across the construction industry for his work on big tunnelling jobs around the world. Dermot, who was born in Benroe, Bruckless, began his career more than fifty years ago on the construction of London’s Victoria line. Since then he has worked on many projects around London and tunnels […]
Optum launches 2021 healthcare scholarship programme
OPTUM Ireland has launched the 2021 Optum Healthcare Scholarship Programme in partnership with Letterkenny IT, Ulster University and NUI Galway. The aim of the programme is to support the enhancement of the healthcare system in the North West region and invest in a diverse health workforce that meets the needs of tomorrow. Established in 2018, […]
‘I have great fears for Fianna Fáil in Donegal’
FORMER Fianna Fáil Senator Enda Bonner has expressed doubts about his party’s ability to return a TD in Donegal in the next general election. In February 2020, Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue (FF) beat off the challenge of his former Dáil colleague Pat The Cope Gallagher to join Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty and Padraig MacLochlainn, […]
Daughter of late ‘Tunnel Tiger’ takes to the road
THE DAUGHTER of a Donegal Tunnel Tiger has embarked on a 100km fundraising walk to raise money for two charities that help Irish people abroad. Katrina Boyle from Termon has taken on the challenge to raise funds for The Irish Chapliancy and the Kevin Bell Repatriation Trust. Her own father was a Loughanure man who, […]
Water outage in Letterkenny
There is currently a water outage in the Ard O’Donnell and surrounding areas of Letterkenny. Irish Water have confirmed that the outage is due to repairs being carried out to a burst water main. A spokesperson for the utility company said: “Works have an estimated completion time of 4:30pm on 25 March. We recommend that […]