THE new County Donegal Heritage Plan will be officially launched in Lough Eske Castle, near Donegal Town on Tuesday, May 28 at 2 pm. The County Donegal Heritage Plan (2023-2030) is a strategic action plan for the identification, conservation, management, promotion and interpretation of heritage prepared by Donegal County Council and the County Donegal Heritage […]
Parenting: A story which highlights the qualities of kindness
By Louise Flanagan Last weekend, Letterkenny Babies Facebook page received an appreciation post to share. It gained great traction with well over 1,000 people reacting positively to the story: “My son had a bit too much to drink last night and was sick and unable to stand. “A young man who couldn’t have been more […]
Local elections: 91 candidates to fight for 37 council seats
THE current Donegal County Council members held their last Plenary meeting on Monday in Lifford, as some 91 candidates have now registered to stand in the June 7 Local Elections in the hope of securing one of the 37 seats. The breakdown of the number of candidates standing in each Municipal District are as follows: […]
Donegal to Glasgow flights resume
A year round service between Donegal Airport and Glasgow took off on Sunday ensuring year-round connectivity between the two places. Loganair’s summer schedule returned at the weekend offering up to three flights weekly for the majority of the season. The route will continue through the winter, with flights taking place on Fridays and Sundays, enabling weekend […]
New appliances presented at Stranorlar Fire Station
THE arrival of a new jeep and van for Stranorlar Fire Service was welcomed at the station by Cathaoirleach Martin Harley on Tuesday night. Cllr Harley spoke of the obvious sense of pride of the personnel in the state-of-the-art building and the good order they maintain it in. “When I met all the members of […]
Daniel and Majella visit Donegal’s oldest living citizen
DANIEL O’Donnell and his wife Majella paid a very special visit to Donegal’s oldest living citizen, Ruby Druce, today. In Letterkenny for Relay for Life, the pair visited the Castlefinn native who turned 108 on New Year’s Eve. Ruby, who was over the moon with the visit, receives a phone call from the star on […]
‘Rainbows Room’ dedicated in memory of Private Seán Rooney
by Louise Doyle THE mum of a Newtowncunningham peacekeeper killed in the Lebanon has spoken of her pride in her son following the funding of Ireland’s first dedicated ‘Rainbows Room’ in his memory. Natasha McCloskey was speaking at the launch of the project, which opened in Ratoath Community College on Tuesday in memory of her son, […]
St Eunan’s Cathedral – from dawn to dusk
On his recent trip to Ireland, Italian photographer Stefano Alberti from Milan captured St. Eunan’s Cathedral in Letterkenny in quite splendid lighting. Staying at the Radisson Hotel in the town centre, Stefano rose at 5am while most of the town was still soundly asleep, to photograph the Cathedral at ‘the golden hour’. Also known as […]
Conservation group’s delight after major wind farm plans refused
by Louise Doyle A CONSERVATION group which campaigned against a proposed industrial wind plant on the Gweebarra River have told of their delight that planning permission has been refused in the case. Proposed plans had included a wind farm of up to 19 turbines standing up to 200m high. Advertisement But plans have been rejected […]
Seat to be unveiled in memory of Colm Ferry
LETTERKENNY is to remember one of the town’s much loved gentlemen and popular residents when a seat is to be unveiled in his memory next week. A stalwart of Letterkenny Credit Union for 40 years, Colm Ferry passed away in June in 2019. In the almost five years since his death, he remains missed so […]