A new horror comedy starring two Donegal actors gets its world premiere at the Kerry International Film Festival tomorrow (Saturday). Letterkenny actor Aidan O’Sullivan and Ardara native Marybeth Herron are among the cast of Follow the Dead which tells the story of four millenials in rural Ireland who stumble upon a zombie apocalypse taking place […]
Islander becomes youngest president of nursing union
A FORMER member of the Arranmore Island RNLI crew has been elected President of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation. Karen McGowan (35) becomes the youngest person to lead the largest Irish professional union for nurses and midwives. Advertisement The second eldest child of Alice and Eddie McGowan, Karen said that she was very […]
Up to eight hundred on site at Letterkenny IT
IT’S Week Three of the new academic year and students and lecturers at Letterkenny Institute of Technology are getting used to the ‘new normal’. The Port Road campus is mapped out with one-way systems and hand sanitising stations and masks have to be worn, including in lessons, by staff and students. Paul Hannigan, President of […]
Level 4 Restrictions: Message from local Gardaí
Local Gardaí in Donegal have moved to reassure members of the public of their continued commitment during the designation of County Donegal at the increased Level 4 Restrictions in respect of Covid 19 Restrictions. Sectors of the community are feeling the effects of social isolation and lack of interaction on a daily basis with their […]
Fifty cases in Donegal on a day of record high numbers
THE Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 50 additional Covid-19 cases in Donegal. As of midnight Wednesday 14th October the HPSC has been notified of 1,205 confirmed cases of Covid-19- the highest number of any single day since the pandemic began. Of the cases notified today 288 in Dublin, 173 Cork, 123 […]
Major progress at Little Angels School – McHugh
THE building project for the Little Angels School in Letterkenny moved a step closer to reality this week. Deputy Joe McHugh said that the building project has gone out to tender, with a return date of tomorrow, Friday, October 16. The next stage of the process then involves the Design Team preparing a tender report […]
Funeral of Letterkenny businessman Clement Harvey
THE death of well known Letterkenny businessman Clement Harvey at his Drumnahoe home on Sunday last was learned of with great sadness. A qualified auctioneer, Mr Harvey (75) ran the CSI Building Society for Letterkenny before opening a number of businesses in town. He started with the Square Mod Boutique clothes shop in the Market […]
Letterkenny hospital forced to cancel operations
A NUMBER of planned surgeries scheduled to take place at Letterkenny University Hospital (LUH) over the coming weeks have been cancelled due to Covid-related pressures. It follows confirmation that three patients remain in the hospital’s intensive care unit last evening. Mr Sean Murphy, General Manager, said the number of Covid cases rising in the community […]
Donegal 14-Day incidence rate double national average
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 23 new cases in Donegal. The 14-Day incidence rate per 100,000 population (14 days to midnight 12/10/20) now stands at 354.9, morfe than double the national average 177.2 There have been 565 new cases during last 14 days (14 days to midnight 12/10/20) in Donegal. […]
Churchill woman charged with falsifying receipts
A Churchill woman who is charged with submitting dud receipts for payment for laundry has had her case put back to December at Dungloe District Court. Theresa Farrell (46) of Glendowen House, Churchill is charged that at the Waterfront Hotel, Meenmore, Dungloe, she dishonestly submitted a yellow ‘Duds n Suds’ laundry receipt serial number to […]