A Donegal man who “sneaked” into an apartment through an unlocked door and raped a sleeping woman has been jailed for four years. Justice Alex Owens said that Desmond Leitch’s incorrect insistence that the victim was a prostitute demonstrated a lack of remorse. He said Leitch had no business entering into the woman’s apartment block […]
€1.2m in funding to retrofit social housing
MORE than €1.2m has been allocated to Donegal for the retrofitting of social housing following an announcement this morning. The government funding has been made available under the Energy Efficiency Retrofitting Programme and includes an initial allocation of over €1.2m for the retrofitting of 45 homes in the county. The balance of funding (€10m) nationally […]
Politicians call for salaried Cathedral Quarter officer
FOUR Donegal TDs have written to Heritage Minister Malcolm Noonan asking him to appoint a paid officer to oversee the development of Letterkenny’s Cathedral Quarter. The move comes amid a campaign by Sligo politician Nessa Cosgrove who has been highlighting the issue of low pay within the voluntary and community sector. Ms Cosgrove has been […]
RCC and Chamber team up for St Patrick’s Day
THE Regional Cultural Centre and Letterkenny Chamber are putting in place plans for a virtual St Patrick’s Day celebration that will invite a worldwide audience into the Cathedral town. The online celebration will feature a host of Donegal’s top musical talents, Irish dancers, and a late night live-streamed after party. This year’s celebration will feature […]
Fundraising family offering farmhouse in prize draw
A Bruckless family is offering their Donegal farmhouse in a prize draw to raise funds for Beaumont Hospital Foundation. The Gallagher sisters are fundraising in honour of their parents who passed away less than weeks apart in 2018. “Our parents were both diagnosed as terminally ill in October 2016 when Dad was 74 and Mum […]
WOMEN’S VOICES FROM THE PAST – Revolutionary Times
Donegal County Museum, the Regional Cultural Centre and the Museum and Heritage Service of Derry City and Strabane District Council have commissioned and produced a series of six short video pieces which highlight the experiences of women during the Revolutionary Period (1919-1923). These videos provide snapshots of the period, exploring the stories of women during […]
Son resurrects old tractor in honour of his father
A forty-year-old Massey Ferguson tractor is back on the road in a poignant salute to its original owner. Raphoe man Alan Robb spent six months restoring the broken down vehicle which belonged to his father, John. John, who had Alzheimer’s, passed away in November just a week after the restoration job was complete. Advertisement The […]
LYIT to be location for Donegal’s vaccination centre
LETTERKENNY Institute of Technology has been confirmed as one of 37 vaccination centres across Ireland for the COVID-19 Vaccination Programme. These centres will support the vaccination of the general population in a safe and efficient manner. While currently vaccines are being administered in healthcare settings and by GPs, many people will be offered their vaccination […]
Donegal woman has key role in bringing jobs to Ireland
THE director of IDA Ireland, the government inward investment agency for the Australian and New Zealand market, is Letterkenny woman Kathryn O’Shea. The eldest daughter of Aidan O’Shea and Janet Gaynor, Kathryn first moved to Sydney in 2012 to complete a masters degree. When she saw a vacancy to work in the IDA office in […]
What happened the Creeslough man who left school early?
THE founder of an Irish pharmaceutical services company, which has begun trials on a new Covid-19 nasal spray vaccine is Donegal man Cathal Friel. Mr Friel (57) from Creeslough was a finalist in the International category as part of the EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2020. He left school after his Junior Cert to work […]