As Global Congenital Heart Disease Awareness Month takes place this February, the Donegal News spoke with Christine Callaghan from Dungloe, whose daughter Aran was diagnosed with congenital heart disease prenatally. Christine and her husband Michéal Ó Bhaoighill discovered they were expecting identical twins during their first ultrasound. The twins shared a placenta, which was unevenly split, […]
Donegal Hospice is set to relocate during renovations
Donegal Hospice is set to temporarily relocate to the new Letterkenny Community Nursing Unit later this year while renovations take place at its current facility. The announcement of this temporary move was made during this week’s Regional Health Forum meeting. The extension and refurbishment of the existing Donegal Hospice facility in Knocknamona, Letterkenny, were approved […]
Weather: Largely dry and sunny day
ANY frost, ice, mist and fog will clear this morning, leaving a largely dry and sunny day. It will become hazy through the afternoon. Highest temperatures will be 7 to 9 degrees. Advertisement Tonight will be dry at first with clear spells. Outbreaks of rain or drizzle will spread from the west later. Lowest temperatures […]
Deaths in Donegal, Friday, February 28
The following deaths have taken place in Donegal: Ernest (Ernie) Sterritt, Letterkenny Christopher (Christy) McDaid, Dublin and Bundoran Advertisement Seamus McCaffrey, Sligo and Donegal Charlie Harevy, Letterkenny Charlie McDevitt, Kilcar Anne Kinsella, Killybegs Jimmy Friel, Churchill Robert John Roulston, Newtowncunningham Patrick Morgan, Creeslough Ernest (Ernie) Sterritt, Letterkenny The death has occurred of Ernest (Ernie) Sterritt, […]
Danny remembered as an ‘angel sent from heaven’
By Dionne Meehan BABY Danny McLaughlin was remembered as “an angel sent from Heaven” at his requiem Mass on Tuesday. Danny, of Tirargus, Trentagh, Churchill, was just months away from his second birthday when he passed away on Sunday. Advertisement Born with an inoperable brain tumour, he received constant care from both his family and a team […]
Funeral to take place tomorrow of man who died in farm tragedy
A Service of Thanksgiving will take place tomorrow for Robert John Roulston, Moneymore Little, Newtowncunningham who died in a farm accident in Newtowncunningham on Monday. Gardaí and other emergency services attended the scene of the fatal workplace accident at approximately 1pm on Monday. Mr Roulston, who was in his 60s, was pronounced dead at the scene. Advertisement […]
Údarás na Gaeltachta to host exciting event in Croithlí Distillery next week
AN EXCITING event exploring how our ancient heritage, wild landscape and vibrant community spirit continue to shape life in Donegal will take place in Crolly next week. Údarás na Gaeltachta is proud to host ‘Believe in Home: How Donegal’s Spirit Shapes us’, an evening to explore the many ways a sense of place not only […]
Locum consultant neurologist is appointed at LUH
By Dionne Meehan THE Health Service Executive has confirmed the appointment of a locum consultant neurologist for Letterkenny University Hospital. It comes as new figures revealed that almost 800 people are on the waiting list for an appointment, almost 300 of whom have been waiting for their appointment for over 12 months. Advertisement In October last […]
Letterkenny councillor has major concerns over Active Travel proposals
By Chris Ashmore RADICAL plans to transform the appearance of some of Letterkenny’s busiest roads with a network of paths and cycleways could backfire, it has been claimed. Donegal County Council could spend in the region of €6 million plus on a variety of Active Travel schemes in the town. Advertisement These are designed to […]
Letterkenny man to spend final night in shed for Hospice fundraiser
By Róise Collins TONIGHT Gary Ramsey from Letterkenny will spend his seventh and final night living in a shed in the town’s Market Square, all in aid of the Donegal Hospice. By tomorrow afternoon, Gary will have spent a total of 168 hours inside a 10×8-foot shed outside Greene’s Shoes. Advertisement “The people of Letterkenny […]