Traffic management will be in place on the roundabout at Lower Main Street Letterkenny due to essential road works. There will be traffic management in place between Ballymacool Terrace and the roundabout and on Lower Main Street between the junction with the roundabout and the Oliver Plunket Road. Traffic management will be in place from […]
Message of support for Creeslough at SF Ard Fheis
A message of support for the people of Creeslough was given by Sinn Féin President, Mary Lou McDonald during her key note address at the party’s Ard Fheis this evening. During the televised speech at the RDS she said “the nation wraps its arms around you.” “In hard times, when the odds are stacked against […]
Vaccination clinics planned across county this week
COVID-19 vaccination clinics will be held across Donegal over the coming week as the HSE has urged people to get vaccinated in order to protect the healthcare system this winter. The vaccination centres and pop up mobile clinics are offering primary vaccinations and adapted bivalent booster doses to eligible cohorts. These new adapted bivalent vaccines […]
Weather warning for Donegal
there is potential that the Status Yellow wind and rain warning may escalate to an Orange level warning in County Donegal.
Hospital preparing for winter pressures
THE number of patients with Covid-19 at Letterkenny University Hospital has significantly increased in the last week putting huge pressure on services. It comes as health care group, Saolta announced details of its winter plan which aims to improve efficiency within the emergency department. Speaking to the Donegal News, Saolta CEO, Tony Canavan said Covid-19 […]
Man City supporters club donate to Creeslough fund
THE Donegal Branch of the Manchester City Supporters Club has made a donation of €2,640 to the Irish Red Cross Creeslough Community Support Fund. The members of the Donegal Branch had initially agreed to make a donation of €1,000 from their own funds and fundraising ventures. However, they asked other branches of the Official Supporters […]
Information day on Castlefinn flood relief scheme
THE public are being encouraged to attend an information day next week on the preferred option for the Castlefinn Flood Relief Scheme. The drop-in event will be held on Thursday, November 10, in Castlefinn Partnership Initiative (CPI) Centre, Castlefinn, from 4pm until 8pm. Members of the project team, from Donegal County Council, the Office of […]
NoWDOC experiencing high volume of calls
THE HSE has advised that the NoWDOC GP Out of Hours Service in Donegal is currently very busy and experiencing a high volume of calls. In a statement this afternoon a HSE spokesperson said: “Urgent calls are prioritised and are dealt with first. We ask for your patience due to the longer wait times.” The […]
Six Letterkenny houses for auction
SIX residential properties in Letterkenny are to be sold at auction next month. The houses are on the books of the Dublin-headquartered digital platform BidX1. They have 13 Donegal properties, both residential and commercial, going under the hammer on November 10. Advertisement The online auctioneer stresses that none of its Donegal properties have been internally inspected or measured. […]
Weather warning for Halloween
A YELLOW weather warning for rain has been issued by Met Éireann for Donegal on Halloween. The warning will come into force at 6am on Monday and will remain in place until 12am on Tuesday. The forecaster is warning of heavy rain that will lead to localised flooding and some disruption.