A LOVING family were finally reunited last weekend after spending four long months apart due to the coronavirus pandemic. Joan Forrest (McGinley) from Ardara, her husband Brian and their teenage daughters Aoife and Isla had a tearful reunion in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday last. They have spent the last 125 days apart after Brian found […]
New site sought for test centre in Letterkenny
For the past seven days ending on Sunday last, July 19th, 219 tests were carried out at O’Donnell Park.
Former Fianna Fáil stalwart quits ‘with a heavy heart’
A RETIRED Judge has resigned from Fianna Fáil amid claims that the party has lost its republicanism and forgotten its social democratic working class roots. In a statement issued to local media this week, Sean M MacBride LLM., retired Judge of the District Court, confirmed the news. “On Wednesday 15th July 2020 with a heavy […]
Murder victim was wanted in Donegal
Deceased was arrested and charged for a spate of burglaries in Inver in April 2017. He was before the courts but absconded over the border.
Short film features day in life of Letterkenny artist
A DAY in the life of Letterkenny ceramic artist and painter Christy Keeney will be premiered on eaf.ie on Friday next, July 10. The short film Christy Keeney – A Space in Time, made by his nephew Charlie Joe Doherty, follows Keeney’s day, as he constructs his ceramic sculptures and contemplates the fundamental meaning for […]
The most testing of times for team of ninety at LUH
“IT was like going to war. We were all scared but we had to stand up and meet the Covid-19 pandemic head on.” The words of Jacqui Clarke, Pathology Laboratory Manager, Letterkenny University Hospital, strike a chord. A native of Newtowncunningham, Ms Clarke took time out from her busy schedule this week to acknowledge the […]
‘There’re more important things in life than money’
TEAC Campbell guest house in Gaoth Dobhair will not be opening again this year due to Covid-19. In business since 1986, it can accommodate forty guests and is open all year round. It’s another big blow to the area after the four star An Chúirt, Gweedore Court Hotel and Earagail Health Club, confirmed last week […]
Double celebration for ‘lady in red’ 99-year old Polly
ONE of Liverpool’s oldest supporters is already looking forward to Juergen Klopp’s side regaining their Premier League title next year. Polly Devenney, Moneygreggan, Newtowncunningham, celebrated her 99th birthday on Monday just a few days after the club’s 30 year wait for the league crown finally came to an end. “I suppose I’ve waited this long […]
Letterkenny welcome for customers as we move to Phase 3
HOTELS, hostels, caravan parks, galleries and museums welcomed visitors again from this morning as we move to Phase 3 for the reopening of Ireland. Weddings with up to 50 guests can take place indoors until 20 July, with 100 people thereafter while people can attend services at places of worship from 29 June, with […]
Price of ‘Ireland’s cheapest house’ doubled at auction
A detached three bedroom house outside Killygordon sold for double its guide price at auction on Thursday last. Mounthall Cottage, with a guide price of €15,000, had been labelled the cheapest house in Ireland when it was first listed in the latest BidX1 online auction. However, when bidding closed and the hammer finally fell it […]