Two Ramelton businesses have teamed up together in the mission to spark a bit of joy and positivity into other people’s lives. Laura Buchanan Designs and Laura Ferguson from Little Grey Ceramics have combined their ideas to create three mugs paired with matching plates that have some words of positivity printed on them. Their aim […]
Convoy man chosen as new lead in Lord of the Dance
Convoy man, Conor Rodgers has been selected as the new lead in Michael Flatley’s Lord of The Dance. Conor, who has been Irish dancing from the age of three, began dancing professionally after winning the World Irish Dancing Championships in 2019. Conor’s training began once he was selected to be part of the Lord of […]
Letterkenny Babies’ celebrates eighth birthday
WHEN Louise Flanagan set up ‘Letterkenny Babies’ on Facebook to keep in touch with new mums she met after the birth of her first child, little could she have predicted its runaway success, and that she would meet two best friends. From an initial handful of ‘likes’, the voluntary page celebrated its eighth birthday this […]
Newtowncunningham Primary Care Centre to be fully functional from Monday
The new Newtowncunningham Primary Care Centre will be fully functional from Monday, August 8, 2022. Located at Main Street, Newtowncunningham, Co. Donegal, F93 RTF6, the new Primary Care Centre will offer a wide range of services. These include GP Services, Public Health Nursing, Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy. It also has capacity to accommodate visiting clinics for […]
‘Why the silence on key report into hospital flooding?’
FRUSTRATIONS are mounting over the continued absence of the publication of a report into flooding at Letterkenny’s hospital. A state of emergency had been declared following flooding in July 2013, which caused more than €25 million of damage at the hospital when a local drain burst its banks. The facility’s emergency, radiology, outpatient, medical records […]
Sharp rise in number of complaints against gardai
THERE has been an 84 per cent rise in the number of complaints made by the public about members of An Garda Siochána in Donegal. That’s according to the Garda Siochána’s Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) annual report for 2020, which reveals 105 allegations were made about gardaí in Donegal and referred to GSOC. That’s significantly up […]
Meeting to discuss removal of angiogram service
MUCH anger remains locally in the wake of confirmation that the angiogram service is to be withdrawn from Letterkenny University Hospital in May. A special meeting to discuss the future of cardiology services at LUH has been called for by Councillor Ciaran Brogan. He raised his concerns at this week’s committee meeting of the HSE’s […]
‘Mixed’ forecast for bank holiday weekend
THE bank holiday weekend will bring mixed weather conditions, with dry but some chilly spells. Met Éireann have forecast that temperatures today will reach between 15 and 15 degrees with light easterly winds. It will be a dry day, with just the slight chance of an isolated shower. There will be a good chance of […]
Saolta monitoring new variant
SAOLTA University Health Care Group says it is monitoring the arrival of a new variant of Covid-19. Hundreds of cases of the new Omicron variant XE have been detected in England. As of March 22, 637 cases of XE had been detected. The UK Health Security Agency said it was studying XE – a mutation of […]
Fresh calls for town park wardens after assaults
FRESH calls have been made for wardens in Letterkenny town park following the assault of three male youths by a gang of six at the weekend. The three were playing football in the park on Saturday shortly after 8.35pm when they were approached by five or six male youths who began assaulting them. One of […]