By Dionne Meehan RAMELTON’S first radar speed sign is set to be installed in the town on Friday, May 17. The installation comes after residents and businesses in the town voiced “serious” speeding concerns. Advertisement “Delighted” to have the traffic calming measure installed, Cllr Pauric McGarvey said it had been a “long time coming”. “I […]
Fresh calls for Lifford resource centre funding
Amid funding issues, European Parliament election candidate Chris MacManus is calling for government intervention to ensure the Lifford Clonleigh Resource Centre can continue to provide its current level of service to the community. MacManus, who’s currently a Midlands North West MEP for Sinn Féin, has been meeting with management and staff at the resource centre. […]
Stranorlar crash – Damage to electricity infrastructure
A road traffic collision in Stranorlar has caused damage to an ESB pole and cables. Gardaí say a temporary road closure is still in place (as of 17:15) from Meetinghouse Street, Stranorlar, to the Kilross Junction. A technical team is making the area safe again. There is local access only as diversions are in place. […]
Some Donegal housing estates ‘A living nightmare’
CALLS are to be made for a joint approach to tackle anti-social behaviour in housing estates after residents voiced fears about leaving their homes at night time. Councillor Michael McBride has said that in some areas residents are “living in fear” because of the incidents. Cllr McBride said he became aware of the issue when out canvassing […]
Man jailed for sexually assaulting two sisters
A DONEGAL man has been jailed for 14 months for sexually assaulting two sisters when they were children. The man, who is aged in his 50s, appeared before Letterkenny Circuit Court on Tuesday for sentencing. He cannot be named in order to protect the anonymity of his victims. Advertisement The accused had pleaded guilty to a charge relating […]
‘Freedom to Run’ raises €1,200
THE Donegal screening of a film following a group of Palestinian and Scottish runners as they train for the Palestine and Edinburgh marathons in the occupied West Bank has raised €1,200. ‘Freedom to Run’ was shown in the Gallowglass Community Centre in Milford on Friday last, co-hosted with Milford & District Resource Centre and the Donegal […]
Blaney vows to lift Donegal at EU level
SENATOR Niall Blaney hosted his well publicised public meeting in the Silver Tassie Hotel on Monday night where he vowed, that if elected to the European Parliament, he would “lift Donegal and the other border counties out from being a forgotten backwater”. Thanking the public and party supporters for turning out in such numbers he […]
Man arrested following Clonmany hit and run
Man arrested following hit and run in Clonmany this mornng.
Letterkenny man’s total eclipse of the heart
By Paddy Walsh HAD The Scullery coffee shop on Derry’s Waterloo Street not been crowded Stephen Coyle and Toni MacCrossan might never have met. But fate, coupled with the extremely busy premises, directed them to share a table and soon the noise all around them was eclipsed by locked eyes and smiles. Advertisement And an […]
28 candidates chasing five MEP seats here
By Kate Heaney JUST two of the 28 candidates running for the five European Parliament seats in the Midlands North west Constituency are from Donegal. Senator Niall Blaney and former presidential candidate Peter Casey are among the large group seeking to take a seat in the EU parliament for the next five years. Advertisement Fianna […]