A NUMBER of outreach clinics will take place across the county next month. DLDC Employment Support can help long term unemployed to get back into full time employment, identify training opportunities, prepare a CV and fill out application forms and much more. If you wish to avail of the service clinics will be taking place […]
Emergency road closure in Letterkenny to remove dangerous tree
THERE will be an emergency road closure in Letterkenny today. The N56 Business Park Road in Letterkenny will close between 11am and 12pm to allow the removal of a dangerous tree.
Power outages could continue into next week
By Róise Collins THOUSANDS of ESB customers in Donegal are today entering a fourth day without power after Storm Éowyn ravaged the county on Friday morning. It is likely that many homes and businesses in the county will remain without power until into next week. Advertisement The extreme, damaging and destructive winds associated with Storm […]
Zeus lead tributes to work colleague Kacper
By Diarmaid Doherty ZEUS Industrial Products in Letterkenny have paid a heartfelt tribute to their staff member Kacper Dudek who died in Friday morning’s road tragedy near Raphoe during Storm Éowyn. The 20-year-old from Lifford was on his way home from work when a tree fell on his car during heavy winds at Feddyglass, Raphoe, […]
N14 at Tullyrap remains closed today
THE N14 at Tullyrap will remain closed today to facilitate a clean up of the area and the removal of fallen trees following Storn Éowyn. Motorists are asked to use alternative routes. An update on the re-opening of this road is expected later today.
Weather: Blustery day with spells of rain
IT will be a blustery day today with further spells of rain or showers, possibly heavy at times. There’ll be some bright spells too, mainly in the afternoon. As the day goes on, fresh and gusty winds will gradually ease with highest temperatures of5 to 8 degrees. Advertisement Tonight, showery outbreaks of rain will continue. […]
Deaths in Donegal, Monday morning, January 27
The following deaths have taken place in Donegal: Vincent McDaid, Ramelton Madge Fahy, Donegal Town Advertisement Charles McAleavey, Inver and Emyvale, Co. Monaghan Michael Fox, Garrison and Ballyshannon Sarah McGettigan, Letterkenny and Creeslough Lorraine Wilson, Bruckless Karen Connolly, Sligo and Bundoran Patsy Duffy, Stranorlar Eamonn Harrington, Lurganboy and Tuam, Galway Dr Michael O’Dowd, Milford Philip […]
FROM THE ARCHIVES: The Way We Were in Donegal
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 […]