Over 100 senior doctors from Letterkenny University Hospital (LUH) and local GPs have issued an urgent call for a meeting with Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill to address what they describe as a critical threat to patient care and health equality in the North West. They point out that despite being the sole hospital […]
Manor woman was ‘well-loved’ member of the community
Susie Hamilton is the seventh person to die on Donegal’s roads this year By Dionne Meehan DONEGAL’S latest road victim, Susie Hamilton, is being remembered as a “well-loved” and “respected” member of her local community. Ms Hamilton (74), from Manorcunningham, tragically lost her life when the car she was driving collided with a van on […]
The Way We Were
Caolagh Grimes delves into the archives to bring you the news and images from yesteryear. If you have a photograph you would like published, send it to editor@donegalnews.com. MAY 24, 1975 Advertisement HALF MILLION POUND BRIDGE OVER MULROY BAY ‘UNREALISTIC’ A bridge over Mulroy Bay which would connect the peninsulas of Fanad and Rosguill, would […]
Evelyn’s Easter chick plan hatches €2,160 for Donegal Hospice
WHAT began as a simple late-night idea by an east Donegal woman has developed into an Egg-cellent success! One night, Evelyn Oliver woke up with a plan – to knit Easter chicks stuffed with Cadbury’s Cream Eggs and sell them to raise funds for Donegal Hospice. The idea quickly took flight, with friends and family […]
Double success for St Eunan’s pupils with country’s best construction projects
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By Paul McElwee TWO pupils at St Eunan’s College were celebrating this week after being awarded for having the joint best Construction Studies projects in the country for the 2024 Leaving Certificate. Gabriel Gallagher and Peadar Breslin received certificates for their projects from both the TechnoTeachers Association and were also recognised with the same by […]
Buíon Cheoil Sinsear Chloich Cheann Fhaola thank locals for making St Patrick’s Day dream a reality
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By Paul McElwee THE ‘band family’ of Buíon Cheoil Sinsear Chloich Cheann Fhaola, who recently spent time in New York for the city’s iconic St Patrick’s Day celebrations, have extended a deep and heartfelt ‘thank you’ to everyone in the local community and across Donegal who leant their support in making the trip a reality. […]
Parishioners walk in the footsteps of Colmcille on the Island of Iona
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TO mark the Jubilee Year of Hope and to honour the legacy of St. Colmcille, parishioners from Glendowan, Termon and Kilmacrennan took part in a pilgrimage to the Island of Iona in Scotland, a place deeply entwined with the life and mission of the Donegal-born saint. The group journeyed from Donegal to the sacred island […]
Exam time: Home should be a place of reassurance, not added stress
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The Leaving Certificate and Junior Cycle exams are looming large on the horizon. As a secondary school teacher, I’ve heard many parents say they feel as though they’re doing the exams again themselves, what with the LC or JC having consumed the whole house. While we can’t take the tests for them, parents play a […]
Call for new Colmcille public holiday in July
A Donegal councillor is calling on the Government to introduce a new annual public holiday every July in honour of St. Colmcille. Raising the issue at the May meeting of Donegal Co. Council, Cllr. Jimmy Kavanagh pointed out that there are three patron saints of Ireland, namely St. Patrick, St. Bridget and St Colmcille (Columba). […]
Concerns eased over downgrading of Letterkenny fire service
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By Chris Ashmore FEARS that there could be a possible downgrading of the fire services in Letterkenny have been eased – at least in the short term. Members of Donegal County Council heard this week that a review of the workings of the fire service in Letterkenny is currently underway and is due to be […]