BY DIARMAID DOHERTY THE owners of a Donegal holiday home say the lack of electric vehicle charging stations around the county is keeping some potential holiday-makers from visiting the county. Brian and Siobhan Gilfedder own the Mountain View holiday home in Falcarragh which they rent out as a holiday cottage. Advertisement The couple recently installed […]
Massive rise in STIs across the county
BY RÓISE COLLINS CASES of gonorrhoea in Donegal have risen by close to 500 per cent in recent years. Sonya Keeney is the Clinical Nurse Manager at the Sexual Health Clinic in Letterkenny University Hospital. She told the Donegal News that there has been a massive rise in Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) across the county. Advertisement […]
Staffing crisis among top issues for new INTO president
BY DIONNE MEEHAN RESOLVING the staffing crisis, increasing pay and reducing paper work are just a few changes Donegal woman Dorothy McGinley intends to bring about as the newly elected INTO President. Dorothy, who is now the voice of a 50,000 member union, said it is a massive honour for her to wear the chain […]
Brian O’Donnell leaves the roads a safer place as he retires
By Róise Collins ALMOST forty-four years ago Brian O’Donnell embarked on his career with Donegal County Council. He spoke with the Donegal News about his recent retirement and reflected on the many challenges and triumphs he faced in his role as Road Safety Officer. Advertisement His four decade tenure started in the print department of […]
Letterkenny musician reflects on US tour and what lies ahead
BY PADDY WALSH It’s a Thursday night on San Francisco’s Valencia Street and in a tiny office space, a handful of stairs away from the stage on which ‘The Murder Capital’ have just performed, Gabriel Blake is reflecting on the band’s U.S. tour which is drawing to a close. Just fifteen minutes previously the Irish […]
War of Independence flying column monument to be unveiled
BY RÓISE COLLINS A monument honouring Paedar O’Donnell’s flying column that fought in Donegal during the War of Independence is to be unveiled in Ballymacool Park this weekend. Pat Doherty will be the guest speaker at the event being held on the outskirts of Letterkenny. Ballymacool is significant as this is where the IRA flying […]
Self-Care Wellness Fair to take place in Letterkenny
BY DIONNE MEEHAN A Self-Care Wellness Fair is set to take place in The Silver Tassie Hotel on May 28, from 1pm to 4pm in a bid to showcase the services available in Donegal that promote mindfulness. The fair was organised by Letterkenny woman, Claire Coughlan, to help guide people on their self-care and wellness […]
RNLI crew member Sharon passes out as a coxswain
BY DIONNE MEEHAN AFTER many months of training and assessments, Árainn Mhór RNLI volunteer crew member Sharon O’Donnell recently passed out as a coxswain and is now the first woman in Ireland to take command of the Severn class all-weather lifeboat. Sharon O’Donnell, who is an early educator, passed out on April 4 on the […]
Letterkenny gears up for new Irish language festival
BY RÓISE COLLINS A new Irish language festival, An Focal Beo, is set to kick off in Letterkenny next week. Irish language development co-ordinator for Letterkenny, Bairbre Uí Chathail, said the festival is a celebration of the richness, the imagination and the beauty of the Irish language. The festival has been created for people of […]
Gaoth Dobhair producer’s film to be shown in cinemas this weekend
BY LOUISE DOYLE A FILM to be shown in Donegal cinemas this weekend about a teenage girl who died giving birth at a religious shrine almost four decades ago gives the young woman back her voice, its writer has said. ‘Ann’ has been produced by Gaoth Dobhair man Ferdia Doherty, who now lives in Chicago, […]