HOUSEHOLD recycling centres throughout Donegal have contributed €2,880 to support the local hospice and Multiple Sclerosis Ireland. Donegal Hospice offers a range of palliative care services for individuals with life-limiting illnesses, while Multiple Sclerosis Ireland provides crucial services to thousands of individuals living with MS and their families. The much-needed funds were raised by Bryson Recycling […]
€2,880 raised for Donegal Hospice and MS Ireland
Household waste recycling centres throughout Donegal have contributed €2,880 to support the local hospice and Multiple Sclerosis Ireland. Donegal Hospice offers a range of palliative care services for individuals with life-limiting illnesses, while Multiple Sclerosis Ireland provides crucial services to thousands of individuals living with MS and their families. The much-needed funds were raised by […]
Over €30,000 presented to Donegal Hospice by photographer Brian McDaid
It was a journey to remember. 1,900 kilometres, four tanks of petrol, a puncture, three boxes of Galtee cheese, six fills of a flask of hot water and a lot of tea bags! Gary Mangan’s CD stuck in the CD player in the otherwise ultra reliable wee Toyota called Betsy and an overwhelming amount of […]
VIDEO: Brian and Betsy’s homecoming
Donegal News photographer Brian McDaid completed his fundraising Drive of Ireland on Monday evening – arriving back to the Donegal Hospice in Letterkenny. Staff members from the Hospice, family and friends gathered to welcome the Letterkenny man back home. He’d set out from the Hospice on his drive around Ireland last Tuesday morning. His Idonate […]
Brian’s ‘Drive of Ireland’ nearing a successful end
By Diarmaid Doherty Six days into his charity Drive of Ireland, Brian McDaid hit the worst of the week’s weather yesterday afternoon with heavy fog causing dangerous driving conditions along the East coast. Brian was heading northwards on the M1 motorway when dense pockets of fog descended on the route. Advertisement “It was scary enough […]
Huge numbers attend Cllr Noreen McGarvey’s funeral
THE great respect and affection for the late Councillor Noreen McGarvey was reflected in the huge attendance at her funeral in St Columba’s Chapel, Acres, Burtonport on Monday morning, filling both the church and the community centre. Family, friends, neighbours, work colleagues, fellow councillors and many figures from across the political spectrum gathered to pay […]
Brian and Betsy reach Belmullet
By Diarmaid Doherty DONEGAL News photographer Brian McDaid is hoping to hit Killarney in Co. Kerry later today as he continues on his Drive of Ireland fundraiser for Donegal Hospice. The Letterkenny man, who hit the road on his charity run on Tuesday morning, has been clocking up the miles since in his trusty Toyota Passo […]
Brian hits the road on Drive of Ireland fundraiser
By Diarmaid Doherty AFTER weeks of preparation, plotting and planning, Brian McDaid and his trusty ‘Betsy’ have hit the road. This morning the Letterkenny man left his home at Old Glencar Road to start off on a journey that, as he says himself, will be as much about enjoying the moment, as remembering times past. […]
Hospice lodges plans for long-awaited extension
by Kate Heaney DONEGAL Hospice, which celebrated 20 years serving patients and their families in Donegal in March, this week embarked on a long-awaited extension and upgrade to their premises at Knocknamona in Letterkenny. The hospice which served so many people of the county, have lodged a planning application this week for four new apartments […]
Coláiste Ailigh students raise €1,000 for Donegal Hospice
TRANSITION year students from Coláiste Ailigh in Letterkenny held a fundraising Christmas market recently which raised an impressive €1000 for Donegal Hospice. The market, held on December 8 in the school sports hall, was attended by students and parents. Everything was handmade by the students with a huge emphasis on recycling materials. “It was huge success […]