THE Glengesh Road, outside Ardara, will be closed for a time this week due to essential road resurfacing works. The road will be closed during business hours from today, Wednesday, August 21 to Friday, August 23. Traffic diversions will be in place and will be adequately signed. Advertisement Donegal County Council apologised for any inconvenience […]
Dunfanaghy workshop to offer insight into the traditional weaving industry
DONEGAL is awash with activities and events with Heritage Week taking centre stage across the county. In Dunfanaghy, there’s a chance to enjoy a wonderful exhibition of work today at The Workhouse. John Heena, the traditional weaver from Ardara, will conduct a workshop from 11am until 5pm. Advertisement John comes from a family of weavers […]
Pringle criticises HSE’s silence on Ardara GP
By Tara McCormack INDEPENDENT TD for Donegal, Thomas Pringle, and independent Senator Eileen Flynn have strongly criticised the HSE for failing to provide clear answers regarding the appointment of a new GP for the Ardara community. With just days remaining until the current GP, Dr. Mirelle Sweeney, leaves her position, the community is still in […]
HSE gives Ardara GP update
by Louise Doyle THE HSE has said it is ‘actively recruiting’ for a GP for Ardara Health Centre, where the doctor there is due to work their last day in less than two weeks. Concern emerged that the surgery would be without a GP when Dr Mireille Sweeney finishes on August 22. Advertisement Dr Sweeney raised serious […]
‘My parents gave me a life I could not have had without them’
by Kate Heaney This very week 25 years ago a Donegal couple set off on a marathon journey to China to bring home their adopted daughter who was the first adoptee from the country to be brought to the north west. The Donegal News this week caught up with that baby, Rosa Kelly, now a Physiotherapist working […]
ELECTION 2024: Ardara’s Siobhán Shovlin is elected in Dublin
Ardara native Siobhán Shovlin has been re-elected in the Castleknock LEA in Dublin. Fine Gael candidate Siobhán was elected on the fifth count after exceeding the quota. School teacher Siobhán is a daughter of Conal and Bernadette Shovlin, and although resident in the capital she maintains close links with her native Donegal. She is well […]
Ardara pupil is a winner at Green Schools Water Awards
A Donegal pupil is celebrating after being named among the prize winners at the annual An Taisce Green Schools Water Awards. The artistic Niamh Chen from St. Mary’s National School in Ardara was the Regional winner of the poster competition at the Dublin ceremony. Uisce Éireann’s Geoffrey Bourke, who presented the awards alongside An Taisce’s […]
New dentist Eileen hoping to combat shortage in the county
By Dionne Meehan ONE OF Donegal’s newest dentists, Eileen McGlinchey, is planning on bringing her skills back to the North West because of the shortage of dentists in the county. The Ardara native, who has been studying dentistry in University College Cork since 2019, graduated last Friday. Advertisement Always aspiring to help those around her, […]
Donegal childcare crisis – Taoiseach Harris intervenes
BY JEROME HUGHES FORTY per-cent of childcare facilities across County Donegal may have to cease operating due dangerous buildings, creating an unprecedented crisis, those working in the vital sector are claiming. Childcare managers are planning to highlight their concerns through protests as people cast their votes in the local and European elections on Friday of […]
Major U.S. travel show to feature Donegal
FILMING for the Emmy award-winning U.S. travel series ‘Bare Feet with Mickela Mallozzi’ has been taking place in County Donegal in recent days for the show’s seventh season. The series, which attracts over 2 million viewers per episode on Public Broadcasting Service, and reaches millions more via the PBS app and website, will bring the […]