“It was strange and unsettling experience having people from Donegal and Peru send us messages telling us they had seen Elmhurst Hospital on the news”
Donegal priest says they should get Covid-19 payment
A DONEGAL priest has said the Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payment should be made available to priests. In an interview on Friday on RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, Fr Éamonn Ó Gallachóir, parish priest in Cill Chartha in southwest Donegal, said that priests should be entitled to the state COVID-19 payment of €350, particularly younger priests who […]
Donegal maths tutor to stream free live lessons
A LETTERKENNY maths tutor is inviting Honours Level Leaving Cert students to join him online for free classes. Dr Conor Purcell is the founder of Purcelltutor.ie, a private tuition service. But on Monday Dr Purcell will begin free Facebook Live sessions. “When the schools closed on March 14 I knew that I would have to […]
Pensioner left without phone for three weeks
“I’m a pensioner and a bit of an old hippy. I don’t have a computer but I always pay my bills on time when they arrive in the post”
Latest: 320 confirmed Covid-19 cases in Donegal
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been informed that 43 people diagnosed with COVID-19 in Ireland have died. · 34 deaths located in the east, 4 in the west, 5 in the south of the country Advertisement · the people included 22 males and 21 females · […]
“It felt like the whole community was with us”
“Paddy would have been so proud – in his own town – to have received such a lovely send off. Despite Covid it didn’t feel like a lonely time”
Applications invited under the Covid-19 emergency fund
DONEGAL County Council is inviting applications for a programme which provides funding to support community and voluntary groups involved in the delivery of Covid-19 community response efforts. The Covid-19 Emergency Fund will provide immediate and urgently needed funding totaling €2.5 million. This will be available to groups who are participating in the government’s ‘Community Call’ […]
More local businesses falling victim to cyber criminals
THERE has been a massive increase in local businesses falling victim to cyber crime since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. Speaking to the Donegal News, Dr Clare Ryan, CEO of Letterkenny based firm, ITUS Secure Technologies, said they have seen a 35 per cent increase in the number of incidents they have responded to […]
We need to focus our minds during these difficult times
LIFE MATTERS – A column by Margaret O’Donnell Thousands of stories are generated in our minds and we play them out like movies in our head many times during our day. As long as we live our life lost in our thoughts we are causing ourselves unnecessary pain. A lot of our suffering is caused […]
Letterkenny interior designer has answer to ‘lockdown blues’
LETTERKENNY interior designer Anne Tuohy has taken her expertise online in a bid to inspire and distract during the coronavirus pandemic. Every afternoon Anne takes to Facebook Live to share tips on topics such as decluttering your home, creating the perfect home office and making the best of small scale living, to name but a […]