The gifted Loreto Letterkenny teacher remembered for giving ‘love and counsel’ so easily
Letterkenny man’s chance encounter with presidential candidate Catherine Connolly
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A CHANCE meeting on a street in Tuam with presidential candidate Catherine Connolly gave Letterkenny man John Nee an opportunity to share a special moment with someone he greatly admires. The fortuitous encounter came at a pivotal time for the Oldtown storyteller and musician, who, like so many others, is struggling to comprehend the genocide in […]
Voters to go to the polls in presidential election
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PRESIDENTIAL election candidates Catherine Connolly and Heather Humphreys have almost done all they can in their campaign to become Ireland’s 10th President to go to Áras an Uachtaráin, but for whom will success be sweet? Heather Humphreys will be in Donegal today, visiting Dorrian’s Hotel in Ballyshannon at 1pm before calling to Killaghtee Hall in Dunkineely at 2.15pm for a […]
Residents to fight active travel plans
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BALLYMACOOL residents are to vehemently oppose active travel plans on their doorstep, which would see the creation of a cycle lane and the construction of a parking bay to replace spaces currently outside their homes. Close to 100 people attended a public meeting in the Station House Hotel on Tuesday night, where residents voiced their fears that […]
Mullan family inquest adjourned for a year
Criminal case into the matter listed for arraignment at Letterkenny Circuit Court this month
‘This road is not safe’
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A ST Johnston business owner has launched a petition calling on Donegal County Council to urgently make safe a dangerous road close to her premises. Alice Lynch, of Maggie’s Tavern, a popular family run bar in Carrickmore, said frustration is building among drivers who use the Back Lone Road, between Carrickmore and Reteen.St The road is an […]
‘Carl was just so loved’
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A sponsored walk in memory of Carl Henderson is to take place, marking six months since the father-of-three died while climbing Errigal
Mullan family inquest listed for mention at Coroner’s Court
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AN inquest into the deaths of a father and his two children will be mentioned at a sitting of the Coroner’s Court in Letterkenny tomorrow. John Mullan (49) and his children Tomás (14) and six-year-old Amelia tragically lost their lives when the family’s car skidded into water in August 2020. The family were returning home to […]
Two awards for defective concrete crisis production
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A FILM highlighting the defective concrete crisis in Donegal has won two awards. Galar, directed by Inishowen filmmaker Niall Duffy, scooped Best Irish Short Film and Best Actor (Mark Loughran), at the Dublin International Short Film and Music Festival. While a few of the cast and crew were in Ballyliffin for the Disappear Here Film Festival, cast member Barry O’Donnell was […]
‘People didn’t have time to leave unfit homes’
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CALLS are to be made for the opening of community centres to allow people to take refuge from their structurally unsafe homes during severe weather warnings. Stormy Amy battered Donegal earlier this month, with the county recording some of the highest speed winds during the red weather warning. In response to Storm Amy, Donegal County […]