A big-hearted gesture by local singer Brí Carr reduced a Ukranian mother to tears. The soul-warming encounter took place in Letterkenny’s twin town of Rudolstadt where Brí, along with over 30 other Donegal people, spent St Patrick’s Day. The small town in Germany’s Thuringia region has become famous for its St Patrick’s Day party which this year […]
Walk for Unity to take place this weekend
THE people of Donegal and Tyrone are being urged to take part in the latest ‘Walk for Irish Unity’ due to take place this weekend. Starting at 11am on Saturday at the Diamond in Lifford and finishing at the Tinnies in Strabane, the event is the second such walk to take place in recent years. What is believed to have […]
Actress Laura is ready for take-off in Dramateurs
FROM being a flight attendant with Emirates Airline, Laura Gleeson is currently waiting in the wings to take off with the revised production of the Letterkenny Music and Drama Group’s Festival play, ‘Dramateurs’. After scooping awards at a number of the drama festivals before lockdown condemned it and other such shows to those same wings, […]
Letterkenny filmmaker’s new movie released this Friday
A new movie by Letterkenny filmmaker Gerard Lough hits Irish cinemas this Friday. Set across a number of locations thriller ‘Spears’ follows a private investigator from Ireland to Florence as he tries to track down a woman who mysteriously vanished there. Meanwhile in London a dissident republican does an arms deal with a new seller he […]
Gardaí renew appeal ten years on from dissident murder
GARDAÍ have issued a fresh appeal for information ten years on from the murder of Andrew Allen. Mr Allen, who was 24, was murdered at his home in at Links View Park, Buncrana, on February 9, 2012. The killing was claimed by micro-group Republican Action Against Drugs who labelled him as a drug dealer. This […]
‘Canine corridors’ to be developed on blue flag beaches
DOGS will be allowed on ten of Donegal’s blue flag beaches via a series of ‘canine corridors’ being developed by the local council. The plans were relayed to members of the Climate Action and Environment Strategic Policy Committee following a week of debate and backlash. Heritage body An Taisce wrote to all local authorities recently […]
Bundoran’s Waterworld set to splash again
A RECRUITMENT drive is underway at Waterworld in Bundoran following the announcement that the popular indoor water park is set to reopen in April. Waterworld has been closed for two years due to Covid-19 but in a post on their Facebook, the facility announced they will be reopening on Saturday April 9. The reopening comes […]
Missing teen found safe and well
A teenager who had been missing from Manorcunningham has been found safe and well.Gardaí had put out an appeal for the whereabouts of Ronan Quinn.“An Garda Síochána would like to thank the public and the media for their assistance with this matter,” they said after locating the 16-year-old.
Concerns mounting over missing Ballybofey woman
CONCERNS are growing for the safety of a Ballybofey woman missing since yesterday. Gardaí are seeking the public’s help in tracing the whereabouts of 25 year-old Edel McGirr. “Edel is described as being 5’ 1” in height, of medium build, with greenish blue eyes and copper coloured hair,” said a spokesperson. “Edel was last seen […]
Fifteen complaints lodged about gynae services at LUH
FIFTEEN complaints have been lodged about gynaecology services at Letterkenny University Hospital (LUH) since the start of last year. According to figures obtained by the Donegal News through a Freedom of Information request nine complaints were lodged about the service in 2020 followed by six so far this year. Last month the Health Information and […]