Drama group to play part in regenerating Churchill


A NEW drama group is being set up in Churchill in order to raise funds for the village development project. Tonight will see the group meet for the first time and they are looking for actors and volunteers to get involved. Churchill resident Colin Blades came up with the idea for the drama group and […]

Hospital spent €10,000 on debt collectors


THE HSE spent €10,000 on debt collection services at Letterkenny University Hospital (LUH) last year to recoup outstanding patient fees. The Donegal News obtained the figures through a Freedom of Information request from the Hospital’s Finance Department. The use of debt collectors has been condemned by Chairperson of Donegal Action for Cancer Care (DACC) Betty […]

Preferred options for TEN-T project published


DONEGAL County Council has published the preferred options for the TEN-T Priority Route Improvement Project. The three sections prioritised include Section 1 – N15/N13 Ballybofey/Stranorlar Urban Region, Section 2 – N56/N13 Letterkenny to Manorcunningham and Section 3 – N14 Manorcunningham to Lifford / Strabane / A5 Link. The Option Selection Report (OSR) will be on […]

Green party announce general election candidate


THE GREEN party has announced their candidate for the general election in Donegal will be Chairperson, Michael White. The Greencastle resident, who has been a member of the party since 2017, said he is delighted to have been selected. Mr White is originally from Moville and attended school in Moville and Carndonagh before going on […]

Team investigating gynae services to visit LUH


THE review team carrying out an investigation into gynaecology services at Letterkenny University Hospital will visit the hospital mid-January, the Donegal News can reveal. Following a request for an update on the review health care group Saolta has now released information on the identity of those who will be carrying out the investigation which will […]

Steep rise in number of over-65s on dole


THE NUMBER of 65-year-olds registered with Social Welfare Offices in Donegal and are in receipt of jobseeker’s payments has increased by fifty per cent since the Government increased the pension age by a year. Figures provided to the Donegal News from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) show that in 2014, the year the pension age […]

Shock as Finn Harps Stadium left off funding list


DONEGAL TD Pat the Cope Gallagher (FF) has expressed his shock that the Minister for Transport, Sport and Tourism has left the Finn Harps Stadium project off the government’s funding list. This afternoon the Leas Cheann Comhairle accused the Government of false promises and failure to deliver on the project. Last year an allocation of […]

Green party to hold national conference in Letterkenny


THE DONEGAL branch of the Green Party has won a bid to host the party’s National Convention in Letterkenny during the summer. Up to 700 members will descend on the Cathedral Town. A detailed submission was sent to the party’s executive council and they unanimously agreed on Donegal for the 2020 event. Speaking to the […]