A MULTI-MILLION euro investment is to be made in two Milford schools which have now been given approval from the Department of Education to proceed with large scale building projects.
ISPCA hoping to find owner of rabbits found in Buncrana
THE ISPCA has put out a call for the owner of two rabbits found on the loose in Buncrana to come forward. The ISPCA responded to a call from a member of the public about two rabbits on the loose in the Woods Estate near Buncrana. The animals had been sighted by a number of […]
Rose Of Tralee – Donegal Rose Chloe 25/1 From 33/1
Donegal Rose Chloe Kennedy has received a series of bets to win this year’s Rose of Tralee festival, which would be a first for the county.
No second ambulance for South West Donegal–Pat the Cope
Deputy Pat the Cope Gallagher calls for more ambulance cover for South West Donegal
Donegal doctor’s fears over ‘normalisation of gambling’
FORMER Finn Harps footballer Dr Darragh McGee has voiced concerns over the normalisation of gambling which, he insists, has become culturally embedded in the modern world. Dr McGee, an assistant professor at Bath University in England, has conducted a major study which focuses on the impact of gambling on young men in the cities of […]
Fr Liam bids farewell to Arranmore and RNLI Lifeboat
OVER the past three years, Arranmore’s parish priest Fr Liam Boyle has been an important part of community life on the island. This week he bids farewell to the place he has called home as he moves to take up the role of Chaplain at Letterkenny Institute of Technology.
More than €100,000 spent on security at Moville hotel
THE State has spent more than €100,000 guarding an empty Donegal hotel which had been earmarked to open as a direct-provision centre for asylum seekers.
Fan club keeping Elvis rocking in the hills of Donegal
CLAD in leather, Elvis Presley raises a single eyebrow and announces in that low tenor voice, ‘Thank you Donegal, thank you very much’. For members of the Elvis Rocking in the Hills of Donegal Fan Club, that is heaven right there. Formed five years ago by Dungloe woman Beatrice Farrelly following a visit to Graceland, […]
Fivefold increase in homeless B&B costs
THERE has been a fivefold increase in the amount spent on emergency B&B accommodation by Donegal County Council in the last year. Figures obtained by the Donegal News from the Local Authority reveal that they spent €68,972 on B&B accommodation for the homeless last year. This is an increase from €12,000 spent in 2017. So […]
Fire service tackle blaze on farmland
THE Fire Service was called to the scene of a fire in Lifford this afternoon which broke out in a hay shed on farmland. A Spokesperson for the Gardai said: “It would appear that a fire broke out in a hay shed on farmland at Drumbuoy, Lifford. The alarm was raised at approximately 1pm. Fire […]