A rates waiver for Donegal businesses cost the exchequer almost €15 million last year. Thousands of businesses availed of a suspension in Donegal County Council’s commercial rates between March and December due to the impact of Covid-19. The waiver scheme has been extended to cover the first quarter of this year with talks ongoing about […]
Letterkenny cafe to mark autism awareness day
One of Donegal’s best-known cafes is joining the national campaign to #LightItUpBlue to mark World Autism Awareness Day on Friday. Mac’s Deli in Letterkenny will be selling novelty blue cupcakes this Friday with 100% of sales going towards local school, St. Bernadette’s Special School. The limited-edition cupcakes cost €1.50 each and are expected to sell-out […]
Funding announced for 11 Donegal heritage projects
A total of €72,000 has been awarded to 11 built heritage projects across Donegal. Heritage Minister Malcolm Noonan announced the cash this morning under the Built Heritage Investment Scheme. Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine and Donegal TD, Charlie McConalogue, today welcomed the announcement of Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform, Malcolm […]
Eight projects announced for Decade of Centenaries
A funding boost from the Department of Culture will enable Donegal County Museum to deliver eight projects as part of its Decade of Centenaries Programme The projects are: Historian in Residence A historian in residence will carry out research on two of the Donegal County Archives Collections – The Joseph Murray Collection (Vice Brigadier, 4 […]
Council to establish year-round waste paint collection
DONEGAL County Council is to establish a year-round collection of waste paints at its recycling centres. The local authority will also introduce a paint reuse scheme with the possibility of establishing a paint reuse social enterprise. Letterkenny Councillor Jimmy Kavanagh said it was good news as many people had old tins of paint and no […]
Young woman highlights importance of organ donation
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 […]