Minister for Agriculture and Donegal TD Charlie McConalogue has tested positive for Coronavirus. Members of Cabinet are now self-isolating as a result, including Taoiseach, Micheal Martin and Tanaiste, Leo Varadkar. A spokesperson for Minister McConalogue said: “He is self-isolating and is following all public health guidelines. He has displayed no symptoms and he will continue […]
Nativity crib in Letterkenny damaged
A young male was captured on CCTV punching his fist through a sheet of perspex glass damaging the nativity crib in Letterkenny. Gardaí in Letterkenny have launched an investigation into the incident of criminal damage at Market Square on Saturday, December 19, at 11.30pm. The nativity crib at Market Square was attacked and the side […]
Emergency measures completed at Meenbog wind farm
Emergency measures undertaken by the developer of Meenbog wind farm, in order to stabilise the peat slide that impacted the Mourne Beg River, are substantially complete, Donegal County Council has said. In a statement this morning the local authority said: “These measures, which reduce the risk of further peat slides and mitigate against further pollution, […]
NoWDOC release details of Christmas arrangements
The NoWDOC GP Out of Hours Service has published its arrangements for Christmas 2020 by the HSE. NoWDOC provides urgent out-of-hours GP care for patients of participating practices in Donegal and south Leitrim. The service operates when surgeries close in the evening and over the course of weekends and public holidays. The NoWDOC Service Manager, […]
Dozens of cars seized in Donegal under new legislation
OVER 130 unaccompanied drivers in Donegal have had their vehicles seized in the two years since new motoring legislation came into force. The road traffic laws – which make it an offence for the owner of a vehicle to knowingly allow an unaccompanied learner or an unlicensed person to drive their vehicle – were enacted […]
Bundoran RNLI launched to assist man trapped on rocks
A man aboard a small boat which ran aground on rocks off Inis Saimer island in Ballyshannon was rescued yesterday by volunteers from Bundoran RNLI with assistance from officers from Inland Fisheries Ireland. The first call for help came from the man on the boat who had placed an emergency call to the Irish Coast […]
Donegal man leading Christmas toy appeal in Britain
A DONEGAL man is asking companies across Britain to donate towards a Christmas toy appeal to ensure as many children as possible will wake up to a gift this Friday. Pod-Trak, which has bases in London, Manchester and in Letterkenny, is calling for members of the public to donate toys to either of their British […]
New maternity theatre opens in LUH
A NEW purpose-built maternity theatre has finally opened at Letterkenny General Hospital, sixteen years after the Obstetrics unit was completed in 2004. The first three planned caesarean section births took place on Thursday with another list scheduled for tomorrow, Tuesday. Dr Kevin Bailey, Consultant Anaesthetist, said they were ‘very pleased’ that the new maternity theatre […]
‘It has taken time but I’m happy with end result’
HE’ll never go down in history for being a prolific painter, Letterkenny artist Philip Mackey admits as he walks through his latest exhibition Partes Corporis (Body Parts). Featuring both old and new works the exhibition, which opened at the Regional Cultural Centre last week, continues until January 23. It’s four years since ‘Face to Face’, […]
‘March 12 will forever be etched in my brain’
HOW do you teach 29,000 students in the middle of a pandemic? That was just one of many questions Anne McHugh was struggling to answer as she drove home from Dublin on Thursday, March 12. Advertisement Ms McHugh, Chief Executive, Donegal Education and Training Board (ETB) had been at a meeting in the Department […]