Fifty reasons to smile in a pandemic


A Letterkenny couple will have a quiet celebration to mark their golden wedding anniversary at home today, Saturday. Eddie and Catherine Taggart, Thorn Road, had planned big celebrations with their three daughters, their husbands and ten grandchildren but like many, they have had to be paused due to the pandemic. While they will be physically […]

I honestly don’t know if we’ll get the door open again


IT’S Tuesday evening and Mark Doherty, managing director of Century Cinemas at Leckview Lane, has just turned the key to lock the front door. Little more than two months have passed since he managed to reopen his business – the Backstage Bar and Grill, Century Play and the cinema – after the lockdown restrictions were […]

Dumping in Conwal cemetery causing offence


HOUSEHOLD waste and electrical appliances have been dumped alongside graves in Conwal Cemetery and is causing upset for people visiting the resting place of loved ones. The rubbish has been discarded inside the main entrance to the burial ground, in and around a large skip provided by Donegal County Council for the proper disposal of […]

Alarm bells ring for small firms across Donegal


THE Head of Enterprise in Donegal has said that hundreds of small companies and sole traders across the county are at risk of closing due the coronavirus pandemic. Mr Michael Tunney was speaking as it was confirmed that the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the Donegal continues to rise despite the county moving to […]

28 cases in Donegal, restrictions in Derry and Strabane


The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today notified of 28 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Donegal. It comes on the same day that the Northern Ireland Executive  announced new restrictions for the Derry and Strabane area. Pubs, cafes, restaurants and hotels in the Derry and Strabane council area are to be placed under new restrictions […]

Gortahork artist dedicates book to father who died from Covid-19


A GORTAHORK artist is getting ready to release an illustrated book which she is dedicating to her father who sadly passed away from Covid-19. Maria Gasol is originally from Barcelona but has been living in Ireland for 16 years with her husband and two children. ‘The Zoo of Love’ is an illustrated book for adults […]

Work to start next year on €6 million Castlefin scheme


PLANS to develop thirty-four voluntary social housing units in Castlefin moved a step closer to reality this week. Habinteg Housing Association Ireland CLG is developing the units on Raphoe Road Castlefin at a cost of almost €6 million (€5,843,071). Habinteg Housing Association is a local registered housing charity which was formed in Lifford in 2001 […]

Thirty-one new Covid-19 cases reported in Donegal


The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been informed that 1 person with COVID-19 has died. There has now been a total of 1,804 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland. As of midnight Tuesday, 29 September, the HPSC has been notified of 429 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 36,155* confirmed cases […]