Gardaí attended the scene of a public order incident involving a group of individuals in Kildarragh near Creeslough in the early hours of Saturday August 19 2023. The incident occurred on a public road at approximately 2am. During the course of this incident, a male Garda was injured and conveyed to Letterkenny University Hospital for […]
Date for #LoveDonegal day announced
This years’ #LoveDonegal day will take place on Thursday, September 14 2023. Building on the success of previous award-winning campaign, this year’s campaign aims to promote Donegal to as many people as we can across the world and tell them why Donegal is a unique and amazing place to live, work, study, explore and invest […]
Over €3,000 worth of drugs seized in Letterkenny
AN Garda Síochána conducted an interagency search operation in conjunction with the Health Products Regulatory Authority in Letterkenny, Co. Donegal on Thursday, August 17. Three properties and two vehicles were searched under warrant in the course of this operation targeting the sale and supply of controlled drugs. €1,100 benzodiazepines, €2,000 steroids/controlled tablets and 14 boxes […]
Disparity between harvest price to growers and feed price suggests profiteering – IFA
IFA Farm Business Chair Rose Mary McDonagh has questioned the disparity between the price tillage farmers are receiving, and the animal feed prices charged by feed suppliers to drystock, dairy, pig and poultry farmers. Grain farmers are facing a massive drop in income, with many facing significant losses for this year’s harvest. While weather and […]
Letterkenny University Hospital third most overcrowded hospital in country
THERE is currently 44 patients on trolleys at Letterkenny University Hospital this morning, making it the third most over crowded hospital in the country. Sixteen patients are waiting on beds in the emergency department, while 28 patients are on trolleys in wards elsewhere in the hospital. University Hospital Limerick is the worst affected by overcrowding […]
Letterkenny man appointed as new Director of the Donegal Education Support Centre
LETTERKENNY man Kieran Mc Taggart has been appointed as the new Director of the Donegal Education Support Centre by the Minister of Education, Norma Foley. The Centre provides quality professional and personal development courses for teachers and educators at a local, regional and national level. Kieran is from Glencar Letterkenny and is a former student […]
Huge demand for Castlefinn school uniform swap shop
THE organiser of the uniform pop-up shop in Castlefinn believes the initiative should be replicated across the county due to the great demand for back to school support. The Castlefinn Uniform Swap Shop, a pop-up school uniform exchange, was held in the Mary’s Hall, Castlefinn on Sunday and a queue formed outside the door before […]
Incidents of unruly behaviour prompt concerns
STRONG claims that violent assaults in Letterkenny are becoming a common occurrence have prompted a call for the Garda Commissioner to revisit the allocation of just one newly attested Garda to Donegal. Inside 24 hours on Tuesday, two serious altercations occurred in Letterkenny town centre. Once again, there have been calls for an increased Garda presence in the […]
Two males arrested in connection with burglaries in West Donegal
Gardaí have arrested two males in relation to an ongoing investigation into a number of burglaries that occurred in West Donegal between January and August 2023. The arrests were made this morning, Friday August 4 2023, following a planned operation by Gardaí in Ballyshannon. A male teenage juvenile and a man, aged in his 20s, […]
Council launches plan for Ballybofey/Stranorlar, Buncrana, and Bundoran
COUNCIL publishes draft County Donegal Development Plan 2024-2030 incorporating area plans for Ballybofey/Stranorlar, Buncrana, and Bundoran. Donegal County Council has published the Draft County Donegal Development Plan 2024-2030 (‘the Draft Plan’). A public consultation on the Draft Plan has commenced and runs from Friday 4th of August to Friday 13th of October 2023 (inclusive). The […]