Council budget meeting adjourned amid heated exchanges


By Chris Ashmore COUNCILLORS  have failed to approve Donegal Co. Council’s plans to spend a record €224 million under its Draft Revenue Budget for 2026. Members met today to give the green light for the local authority’s day-to-day expenditure next year. However, the big stumbling block was the Council’s proposed increase of 5 per cent […]

New whale species for Ireland washes up in Donegal


The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) has today  confirmed that a species of whale, never before recorded in Ireland, washed up in  Donegal last weekend. The body of a female Narwhal was retrieved by the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group, working with regional staff in the National Parks and Wildlife Service. The Narwhal is […]

Roads close for Letterkenny Christmas lights switch on


A NUMBER of Letterkenny roads will be closed this Sunday for the town’s Christmas lights switch on. On Sunday, November 23, Main Street, from Rosemount Lane to St Oliver Plunkett Road, Castle Street, and from Church Lane to Market Square and the Market Square itself will be closed between 5.30pm and 8.30pm to facilitate the event. […]

Weather: Cold, dry and bright day ahead


TODAY will be cold, dry and bright at first with frost and any icy patches slow to clear. It will turn cloudier this afternoon with patchy rain and drizzle developing. Highest afternoon temperatures of 3 to 5 degrees, but turning less cold later, with light winds increasing moderate to fresh towards evening. Advertisement Tonight will […]

Letterkenny taxi driver sounds alarm over safety
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A LETTERKENNY taxi driver has spoken of how he has been left with a scar above his left eye and had his vehicle attacked with a billhook in separate incidents while working the night shift. The man told the Donegal News that many local taxi vehicles are now fitted with inward and outward facing cameras […]

Public warned over ‘tarmac scam’ incidents


GARDAÍ have received reports of ‘tarmac scam’ bogus callers in the Newmills and Drumkeen areas over the past week. A spokesperson for the gardaí explained how the bogus callers have caught people out. “A man or men typically go door-to-door, claiming to be a builders working on a contract who have some leftover tarmac and […]

Weather: Very cold start to the day with sunshine developing later


THERE will be a very cold start to the morning with a few lingering showers slowly dying out. Sunny spells will break through later however one or two isolated showers will remain. Rather chilly with highs struggling at 3 to 6 degrees in a cold northerly breeze. Advertisement Tonight will be largely dry and clear, […]

Snow and ice warning in place until midday tomorrow


Temperatures across Donegal are expected to drop to freezing tonight, with a yellow weather warning for snow and ice issued by Met Éireann remaining in place until midday tomorrow. The warning comes as the county braces for more wintry showers of hail, sleet and snow, with some modest accumulations in places, especially on high ground. […]