Looming Donegal childcare crisis – Taoiseach intervenes


40% of childcare facilities across County Donegal may have to cease operating due dangerous buildings, creating an unprecedented crisis, those working in the vital sector are claiming. Childcare managers are planning to highlight their concerns through protests as people cast their votes in the local and European elections on Friday of next week. “Letterkenny Community […]

Daniel and Majella visit Donegal’s oldest living citizen


DANIEL O’Donnell and his wife Majella paid a very special visit to Donegal’s oldest living citizen, Ruby Druce, today. In Letterkenny for Relay for Life, the pair visited the Castlefinn native who turned 108 on New Year’s Eve. Ruby, who was over the moon with the visit, receives a phone call from the star on […]

Education Minister opens new modular buildings at Errigal College


Minister for Education, Norma Foley, T.D., officially opened Errigal College’s new modular buildings in Windyhall, Letterkenny today. Earlier, the Minister was in Buncrana where she visited Scoil Íosagáin. She will also pay a visit to St. Eunan’s College in Letterkenny while she will also take time to meet some of the Fianna Fáil councillors and […]

More seats and toilets needed in Town Park – meeting told


CLLR Jimmy Kavanagh and Cllr Gerry McMonagle both called for improvements to the Bernard McGlinchey Town Park, citing the need for toilets, changing rooms and more seating at Tuesday’s Letterkenny/Milford MD meeting. Cllr Kavanagh called for more seating pointing out that the issue has been raised by people working there. “While there appears to be […]

National debate on Donegal’s local election issues


AN estimated 470,000 people tuned in to RTÉ’s Morning Ireland this morning to hear concerns and hopes from across Donegal in the context of the forthcoming local elections on June 7. Producers chose to begin their national coverage of the local elections in Donegal which would appear to somewhat dispel the ‘Forgotten County’ label. The […]

St Bernadette’s in Letterkenny celebrates mobility trike arrival


ST BERNADETTE’S Special School in Letterkenny has been presented with a new mobility trike, funded through the Variety Ireland Recycle Mobility Programme. Speaking at the handover ceremony, Donegal Minister Charlie McConalogue said, “To date, the Recycle Mobility Programme has helped deliver more than 250 special mobility trikes to children with disabilities across the island of […]

AIB Future Sparks award for St. Eunan’s College 


St. Eunan’s College, Letterkenny has won a top prize at the inaugural AIB Future Sparks School Impact Awards. The awards, celebrating schools that give back to the community, took place in Croke Park on Wednesday,  having received a staggering 123 submissions from 103 schools across the country.  Transition Year students at St. Eunan’s College initiated […]