Róise Collins delves into the archives to bring you the news and images from yesteryear. January 25, 1975 MAKE BETTER USE OF EXISTING SERVICES, COUNCIL TOLD Advertisement Limitations may be placed on housebuilding on the outskirts of Donegal’s towns and villages, and greater effort made to make better use of the building land within the […]
Letterkenny house building boom ready to take off
By Chris Ashmore A multi-million euro house and apartment building boom in the Letterkenny area is set to really take off this year, with a stream of council backed projects expected to get underway. Major advances have been made regarding plans for two major flagship multi-million euro projects in the town which will lead to […]
Omagh bomb inquiry to resume next week
By Emmet McElhatton THE Omagh Bombing Inquiry which claimed the lives of 29 people, including unborn twins, and three Donegal schoolboys, is to resume next week. The public inquiry will resume in the Strule Arts Centre in Omagh, as the team returns to the task of establishing whether or not the bloodshed of August 1998 could have […]
ESB say customers may be without power for another week
By Diarmaid Doherty THOUSANDS of homes and businesses in Donegal may well have do without power for several more days as efforts continue to restore normal service following Storm Éowyn. Many homes in the county have not had any power since early on Friday morning when the worst of the storms battered the county. Advertisement […]
Rape survivor urges women to report behind closed doors abuse
by Louise Doyle A WOMAN raped by her former partner in her own home has urged other women experiencing sexual abuse behind closed doors to “take a deep breath and report it to gardaí”. Paul Arthur, 59, from Conwal, Letterkenny was jailed for ten years after a jury found him guilty on Friday of three counts of […]
St Brigid’s Cross-making in the Cathedral Quarter
A special cultural event to celebrate St. Brigid’s Day and the beginning of spring will be held in Letterkenny. The event hosted by the Letterkenny Cathedral Quarter will be held in Dillon’s Hotel on Thursday, January 30, from 6.30pm-8.30pm. It will include making St Brigid’s crosses and celebrating the many special traditions connected to Brigid of Ireland. […]
Deaths in Donegal, Sunday morning, January 26
The following deaths have taken place in Donegal: Karen Connolly, Sligo and Bundoran Patsy Duffy, Stranorlar Advertisement Eamonn Harrington, Lurganboy and Tuam, Galway Dr Michael O’Dowd, Milford Philip McCafferty, Letterkenny and Clydebank John Friel, Strabane and formerly Lifford Edmund Meehan, Raphoe Noel Christopher McFadden, Falcarragh and Norway Anne McLaughlin, Dublin and Dungloe Frank Gordon, Lucan, […]
Adapting Mother Nature’s gifts to our health needs
Qualified medical herbalist Columbia Hillen hosts event in Gaoth Dobhair PEOPLE from places as diverse as Newfoundland, Glasgow, Armagh, Nottingham, Belfast, Donegal and Dublin took part in a special herbal medicine workshop in Gaoth Dobhair, creating winter tonic syrups, herb cornbread and a sweet snack called ‘grá balls’, made with pine and maple syrup. The all-day […]
Uisce Éireann say power outages at treatment plants impacting on water supplies in Donegal
Uisce Éireann say they are actively sourcing and deploying generators at sites around Donegal where there is no power in an effort to restore water supplies. In a statement this evening, Uisce Éireann say they have crews on the ground across Co Donegal continuing to work to restore water supplies. “We are coordinating closely with the […]
Deaths in Donegal, Saturday evening, January 25
The following deaths have taken place in Donegal: Karen Connolly, Sligo and Bundoran Patsy Duffy, Stranorlar Advertisement Eamonn Harrington, Lurganboy and Tuam, Galway Dr Michael O’Dowd, Milford Philip McCafferty, Letterkenny and Clydebank John Friel, Strabane and formerly Lifford Edmund Meehan, Raphoe Noel Christopher McFadden, Falcarragh and Norway Anne McLaughlin, Dublin and Dungloe Frank Gordon, Lucan, […]