By Chris Ashmore YOU can drive from Donegal to Galway without seeing a Garda car, it was claimed at a meeting of the Donegal Local Community Safety Partnership in Lifford yesterday during a discussion on garda resources and the need for additional gardaí to be allocated to the county. Making the comment regarding a drive […]
ETB board meeting adjourned in moving tribute to Stephen McCahill
THE Board of the Donegal Education and Training Board met this week for the first time since the murder of board member Stephen McCahill. Mr McCahill was a member of the Finance Committee and served as an ETB representative on the Board of Management of Coláiste na Carraige. The father of two tragically died following a […]
Body recovered from Sliabh Liag following search operation
A body has been recovered at Sliabh Liag following a multi agency search operation. Killybegs Coast Guard was tasked by Malin MRSC after reports of a missing person on Tuesday, February 24 at 5pm. Following an initial search by Rescue 118 assisted by An Garda Síochána, it was decided to return to base. Advertisement At […]
‘Community is under a cloud of sorrow’ – Bishop McKeown
The Derry community is currently under a cloud of sorrow due to the tragedy in which two young men were killed, said the Bishop of Derry, Donal McKeown. Daniel Cullen, eighteen years old, and Caoimhín Porter, eighteen years old, from the Shantallow area in Derry City were killed when the car they were in collided […]
Road safety petition launched in wake of double fatality in St Johnston
THE close-knit community of St Johnston gathered in St Baithin’s Church last night for a special Mass honouring the two teenagers who lost their lives in Tuesday night’s fatal collision. Daniel Cullen and Caoimhin Porter died in the collision involving a car and a lorry on the R236 in the village at around 11.15pm. Advertisement The […]
‘If the outcome isn’t what we want, we will return to Leinster House’
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Cancer care campaigners from Donegal travelled to Leinster House on Tuesday to highlight the urgent need for the restoration of reliable, same-day, and midday medical access on the Donegal–Dublin PSO route. They met with Minister for Transport Darragh O’Brien, who assured the delegation that he would work with senior officials to resolve their concerns. He […]
Emergency Department to undergo temporary structure expansion
THE Emergency Department at Letterkenny University Hospital will be temporarily extended in the coming weeks to improve ambulance turnaround times and provide greater comfort for patients waiting on trolleys. The announcement follows Tuesday’s meeting of the Regional Health Forum West, where Councillor Gerry McMonagle said the current emergency department is “not fit for purpose”. So […]
Mass to be held for victims and families of fatal St Johnston collision
A Mass will be offered in St Baithin’s Church, St Johnston, for the victims of last night’s fatal collision, in which two teenagers lost their lives and another was left seriously injured. The Mass will be held at 7pm tonight for the teenagers, understood to be from Derry, as well as for their grieving and […]
‘News like this just stops a community in its tracks’
THERE is a deep sense of sadness across the county today following last night’s fatal collision in St Johnston, in which two teenagers lost their lives and another was left seriously injured. Gardaí and emergency services responded to the collision, between a lorry and a car, on the R236 at around 11.15 pm last night. Two male […]
Two killed in St Johnston collision
TWO teenagers have died and another has been seriously injured following a two-vehicle collision in St Johnston last night. Gardaí and emergency services were alerted to the collision, involving a lorry and a car, around 11.15pm last night, Tuesday. A male passenger of the car, aged in his late teens, was pronounced deceased at the […]