A LETTERKENNY councillor has blamed the unauthorised infilling of land on the outskirts of the town for some of the worst flooding in the area for more than half a century.

THE Chairman of a Letterkenny conference of St Vincent de Paul has paid tribute to the generosity of local businesses, who have made considerable donations to the charity.

LARGE tracts of East Donegal suffered some of its worst flooding in decades as a result of high winds, heavy rain and high tides on Tuesday and Wednesday.

DONEGAL fishermen are watching anxiously for the outcome of fishery talks taking place in Brussels yesterday and today (Friday).

MORE than 1,500 ESB customers in West Donegal were left without electricity for a time yesterday (Thursday) as winds of up to 160 kilometres an hour (100 mph) battered the county.

AN inquest opened in Letterkenny yesterday (Thursday) in to the deaths of two elderly Glenties women who died as a result of suspected gas leak in 2009.

SANTA Claus came early this year for two enterprising young Loughanure brothers when they received an investment of €4,500 for their unique pen manufacturing business.

Six out of ten divorce applications received by Letterkenny Circuit Court last year were granted, according to the Central Statistics Office Statistical Yearbook.

WITH snow and freezing temperatures forecast for the north west this weekend, Donegal County Council has launched its winter information website.

AS the clamour continued unabated across Donegal yesterday (Thursday) following the publication of a long awaited audit into clerical child sexual abuse, Children’s Minister Frances Fitzgerald did not rule out a full statutory inquiry.