Drive-in graduation as Convoy school says farewell


THE children in 6th class from Scoil Bhríde, Convoy will get the opportunity to see each other one more time tomorrow evening, Friday, before they set off on their secondary school journeys in September. The school is organising a drive-in graduation for the twenty-nine boys and girls who are set to continue their education at […]

Chronicling the life of a great chronicler


FOR over fifty years, journalist Joe McGarrigle chronicled the life and times of Donegal and its people. His contribution to television, radio and press made him one of the best known and most respected provincial journalists in the country. He left behind him a collection of over 800 photographs, audio recordings (including the last known […]

Corner of Letterkenny had baby boom during lockdown


TROPICAL World in Letterkenny has enjoyed a baby boom over the past two months. While its doors have remained closed to visitors due to Covid-19 the new arrivals include a pair of rare Bali Straling chicks, a baby Aracari, the first bred in Ireland, together with twin cotton top tamarins and twin baby pygmy marmoset […]

Plan to revitalise Creeslough starts to bear fruit


  INNOVATIVE plans to revitalise a struggling Donegal village are starting to bear fruit. It follows confirmation that three parties are now benefiting from incentives to attract new business in Creeslough. Advertisement Two years have passed since Creeslough born cousins Charles and Martin Sweeney first unveiled their ambitious plans to offer rent-free shops and office […]

Covid-19 testing down to 14 daily at Letterkenny centre


FOURTEEN tests, on average, a day were provided in the Letterkenny Covid-19 testing centre in the first nine days of this month, new figures reveal. ST Eunan’s GAA club pitches have been used by the HSE as a drive-through Covid-19 testing centre since March 27. The test centre in Letterkenny has completed 2,478 tests, and […]

No new Covid-19 cases reported in three weeks


TODAY will mark three weeks since a new case of the Coronavirus was confirmed for Donegal. The number of cases in Donegal has not increased since Tuesday, May 19 and remains at 470, with the vast majority of those cases now recovered. There were just 18 cases in the county throughout the month of May. […]

Letterkenny Tidy Towns launches website


  LETTERKENNY Tidy Towns is publicly launching its new website today, Thursday, and a new competition to coincide with the start of National Spring Clean which resumes this week. The competition called – ‘Keep it Local. Keep it Beautiful’ encourages people to pick up a few items of litter while out enjoying their normal daily […]