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. […]
Come Farm With Me series set to conclude with ‘bumper’ webinar next week
Agri Aware’s Come Farm With Me series is set to come to a conclusion for the academic year with a ‘bumper’ webinar taking place next Wednesday, November 26 at 11am. All five farmers taking part in this year’s series are set to join a live webinar to answer questions from primary school students tuning in […]
Taoiseach and Tánaiste announce over €50 million for 10 new Shared Island programmes
Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Tánaiste Simon Harris today announced that the Government has made allocations of over €50 million from the Shared Island Fund for 10 new projects to be delivered as part of the initiative over 2026-2030. Making today’s announcements, Taoiseach Micheál Martin said: “The Government has today made a funding commitment of over […]
€8 million PEACEPLUS boost for community-based alcohol addictions services in the border region
The Co-operation and Working Together (CAWT) Partnership has launched its €8 million PEACEPLUS-funded Community Alcohol Detox + Project (CAD+). CAD+ is a collaborative cross-border project comprising five partner organisations who will work with community and voluntary sector organisations, to support 1,000 people impacted by alcohol dependence, and their families / carers. The project is supported […]
Three men charged after €2.2m drugs seized in Donegal
THREE men have appeared before Letterkenny District Court in relation to the seizure of €2.2 million worth of herbal cannabis. This comes after gardaí and Revenue officers seized approximately 112kgs of herbal cannabis in Ballybofey earlier this year. The seizure, which was carried out on Tuesday, April 1, 2025, was the result of a joint […]