A CONTROVERSIAL social housing development for Ballybofey is to proceed despite 26 submissions of concern from local residents. The scheme, which will see 19 homes built at a site in Trusk Road in a mix of two and three bedroom two-storey houses, was given the green light after the approval of a Part eight planning […]
Pandemic helps mother-of-two tackle her ‘bucket list’
LUCY Rodgers is a special educational needs (SEN) teacher who had always had an interest in creating a children’s book. The changes brought about by the coronavirus gave her the opportunity to turn that dream into a reality and the net result is ‘Sadie and Matty Bouse’. The story is about a girl named ‘Sadie’ […]
Hopes high that Gweedore hotel will be restored
ONE of the west Donegal’s best known hotels, the Ostan Gweedore, overlooks the ‘Bád Eddie‘ shipwreck resting on Magheraclogher bay. Over recent years both sites, which have become synonymous with the region, have fallen into a state of disrepair and locals and visitors alike are hopeful that their futures can be preserved. Advertisement And […]
Covid-19 starts to hit from Lifford to Dungloe
Acting Chief Medical Officer has ‘concern’ about Donegal after 71 new Covid-19 cases reported inside the last week alone.
No regrets after big family move ‘overseas’
TWO years ago primary school teacher Fiona Ní Ghloinn, her husband Jesse and their three young children turned their backs on urban life and moved to the country. The move from Dublin to Arranmore, the birthplace of Fiona’s mother Grainne, was about a better lifestyle for their family and before too long the lure of […]
Watched from Sweden as daughter confirmed in Donegal
AFTER an initial surge, Sweden now has one of the lowest coronavirus death rates in Europe. The Scandinavian country left its schools, restaurants, and gyms open, and while the government banned gatherings over 50 people and urged residents to self-isolate, their lack of strict lockdowns was in contrast to the rest of Europe. Advertisement […]
Council plan for historic Kilmacrennan abbey site
DONEGAL County Council have confirmed that a conservation plan has been developed for the historic Kilmacrennan Franciscan Friary site. The friary was built in 1537 by the clan leader Manus O’Donnell for the Franciscan friars on the site of a previous monastery of the 6th century. It is said that at this early monastery Colmcille […]
Electric vehicles are great but the problem is…
DONEGAL Local Link driver Jackie Holmes purchased the first fully electric wheelchair access hackney in Europe two years ago. Mr Holmes works as a Renal Dialysis driver and he takes passengers between Letterkenny University Hospital and their homes across the Inishowen peninsula three times a week. Advertisement The innovative zero emission hackney offers full […]
Letterkenny man retires as Fine Gael General Secretary
THE most senior employee of the Fine Gael party will turn the key in his office door for the last time this evening. Tom Curran is retiring as the party’s General Secretary after twenty-one years in the post. It’s not too often in politics that somebody can exit on their own terms but having reached […]
Local views sought on cultural quarter project
A SERIES of brightly coloured graphics will start popping up on the pavements of Letterkenny over the next two weeks. The ‘breadcrumbs’ form the first step in an ambitious project which is looking to reconnect the three cultural institutions in the town, namely Donegal County Museum, An Grianán Theatre and the Regional Cultural Centre. Banner […]