The Road Safety Authority is advising all road users to prepare for hazardous conditions on roads and footpaths as Met Eireann has issued a warning for low temperatures and ice. This will include low temperatures by day and sharp or severe frosts and icy patches at night and into the weekend for all of Ireland. […]
Cardonagh Public Services Centre to remain closed today
The Public Service Centre in Carndonagh will remain closed today, Friday, December 9. The centre closed yesterday following a planned protest by mica campaigners, essentially blocking the protest. Another protest planned for today has since be postponed. Advertisement If you require Council services, please contact offices by phone on 074 91 53900. Normal services will […]
Continued demand for online shopping drives up parcel volumes for An Post
CONTINUED demand in online shopping is primarily driving up parcel volume for An Post staff in Letterkenny’s sorting office. Hardworking staff at the Carnamuggagh-based facility are carefully sifting through festive parcel and letter deliveries to ensure they reach their recipients before Christmas. With post-pandemic online shopping continuing to prove popular locally, as well as the […]
Pieta House braced for busy period
MORE than 1300 hours of face to face therapy have been provided by Pieta in Donegal from January to date this year, as the charity says it is braced for significant contact over Christmas. The suicide and self-harm prevention charity is estimating that 324 people will get in touch with its helpline on Christmas Day. Speaking to […]
Enquiries ongoing following crash in Castlefinn
Enquiries are ongoing following a road traffic collision on the N15 in Castlefinn yesterday evening. Gardaí attended the scene of a road traffic collision involving two vehicles but no serious injuries were reported.
Five from Donegal recognised at the Water Safety Ireland’s National Awards Ceremony
FIVE rescuers from Donegal are set to receive recognition at the Water Safety Ireland’s National Annual Awards Ceremony for saving lives from drowning. The awards ceremony is set to broadcast online this evening at 7pm. Francis Doherty, Maureen Devenney, Paul Sweeney, Garda Mark O’Sullivan and Josh Marley from Donegal are set to be honoured at […]
Lighting up the star this Christmas in Letterkenny
WITH the Christmas lights shining bright in Letterkenny, the countdown is on until the big day. The town is getting busier and shops are trying to get used to the hustle and bustle of Christmas shopping. To mark the Christmas season members of Letterkenny Chamber Council gathered at the Polestar to mark the switching on […]
New documentary to celebrate 50 years of Raidió na Gaeltachta
In a brand-new authored documentary, commissioned to mark 50 years of Raidió na Gaeltachta, musician and national treasure Mairéad Ní Mhaoinigh explores the role the station has played in shaping her own career as a musician – and that of many other musicians of her generation and beyond. The journey begins in 1960s Donegal, where […]
Barney hands over €4,280 to Donegal Hospice
BARNEY McDaid of ‘Barney and the Circle’ fame has handed over a cheque for €4,280 to Donegal Hospice. The money was raised when he got the band back together to mark his 80th birthday. The Circle played to a sell out crowd at the Amharclann in Gaoth Dobhair on August 26 – the first time in almost […]
Animal rights campaigners criticise calls for a county-wide deer cull
ANIMAL rights campaigners have criticised calls for a county-wide cull of deer. Councillor Michael McClafferty has proposed that Donegal County Council bring about an “organised deer culling policy for County Donegal to cut down our deer numbers in a humane way”. The Falcarragh independent said the move would be in the interest of road safety and […]