SO FAR this year almost 500 vehicles have been seized by Gardai in the Letterkenny Garda Division alone, it has emerged.
Termon and Churchill parents produce ‘Donegal Importers’
THE American son of two local emigrants is helping Donegal businesses present their wares to a potential market of tens of millions.
20,000 surf fans expected to hit Bundoran
Up to 20,000 visitors are expected to arrive in Bundoran today (Friday) (Friday)for the European Surfing Championships, Eurosurf 2011. The event is expected to generate €3million for the local economy and considerable exposure for Donegal as a tourism venue.
Doing Friel in Donegal – it doesn't get any better
AN Grianán Theatre’s first major drama production of the autumn season is Brian Friel’s moving family drama Aristocrats which opens on Wednesday, September 28.
Ian Smith launches new album
THREE years in the making this eagerly awaited album features no less than 9 original songs among the 12 tracks. With five of the songs having definite Donegal stories to them along with a few Scottish themed songs, it has a real “Celtic Connection” and feel to it.
Viewing another world from the dentist's chair
A FASCINATION with the sky at night led a Donegal electronic engineer to create what his children describe as ‘Dad’s Astro Bike’ by recycling an old dentist’s chair.
Work to resume on new emegency department next week
WORK on the new €22 million, 72-bed medical unit and emergency department at Letterkenny General Hospital recommences on Monday with the new facility expected to open in March.
Minister of State for Health Kathleen Lynch TD is due in Letterkenny on Monday week to officially open the hospital’s new €5.9 million Psychiatric Unit and she is expected to formally announce the opening date for the new A&E facility.
Right names for wakes and funerals
Ever attended a wake or a funeral service and wondered who the other family members of the deceased are? A Letterkenny company has come up with the answer in the form of a familial name tag which will clearly identify the family members of the bereaved.
Boyle case adjourned
A LETTERKENNY man who was arrested following a stabbing incident outside Voodoo nightclub, Main Street on August 14 was remanded on continuing bail at yesterday, Thursday’s sitting of the Letterkenny District Court.
LYIT to submit plans for expansion
LETTERKENNY Institute of Technology (LYIT) is to submit a planning application within the next ten days for permission to develop a new campus extension on a site opposite the main Port Road college.