Qualified medical herbalist Columbia Hillen hosts event in Gaoth Dobhair PEOPLE from places as diverse as Newfoundland, Glasgow, Armagh, Nottingham, Belfast, Donegal and Dublin took part in a special herbal medicine workshop in Gaoth Dobhair, creating winter tonic syrups, herb cornbread and a sweet snack called ‘grá balls’, made with pine and maple syrup. The all-day […]
Uisce Éireann say power outages at treatment plants impacting on water supplies in Donegal
Uisce Éireann say they are actively sourcing and deploying generators at sites around Donegal where there is no power in an effort to restore water supplies. In a statement this evening, Uisce Éireann say they have crews on the ground across Co Donegal continuing to work to restore water supplies. “We are coordinating closely with the […]
Deaths in Donegal, Saturday evening, January 25
The following deaths have taken place in Donegal: Karen Connolly, Sligo and Bundoran Patsy Duffy, Stranorlar Advertisement Eamonn Harrington, Lurganboy and Tuam, Galway Dr Michael O’Dowd, Milford Philip McCafferty, Letterkenny and Clydebank John Friel, Strabane and formerly Lifford Edmund Meehan, Raphoe Noel Christopher McFadden, Falcarragh and Norway Anne McLaughlin, Dublin and Dungloe Frank Gordon, Lucan, […]
PARENTING: When the time comes to wind back on your child’s dodo
By: Louise Flanagan ALL three of my kids loved their dodo when they were tots. At the baby stage, a dodo was omnipresent; I wouldn’t have left the house unless I had at least two with me. Only an amateur would put themselves in the precarious position of relying on just one. As they got […]
Councillor claims motorists are ‘sitting ducks’ for new speed camera
By Chris Ashmore MOTORISTS are “sitting ducks” when it comes to a new static speed camera which has been erected on the main Letterkenny to Derry road, it has been claimed. And with the fine for breaking the speed limit for passing a static camera having increased to €160, the letter in the post can […]
Two more weather warnings issued by Met Éireann for Donegal
By Diarmaid Doherty AS the county recovers from the damage and impact of Storm Éowyn on Friday, Met Éireann has today issued more weather warnings for Donegal. A Moderate Weather Warning for snow-ice for Donegal will take effect from 8pm this evening (Saturday) and is valid until 9am on Sunday. And there’s a separate Moderate […]
Kerry v Donegal Division One game is postponed
Donegal’s opening National Football League game against Kerry which was due to be played on Sunday has been postponed. The game at Fitzgerald Stadium in Tralee was to played on Sunday afternoon with a large number of Donegal supporters planning to make the long trip for the game. However, after Friday’s severe storms, more bad […]
Man who died in Raphoe traffic incident named as Kacper Dudek (20)
The man who died in the fatal road traffic incident in Donegal in the early hours of Friday morning has been named as Kacper Dudek (20). Gardaí in Raphoe continue to investigate the fatal incident that occurred at Feddyglass, Raphoe. The body of the deceased man has been removed from the scene to the mortuary […]
Man killed after tree fell on car near Raphoe
A man has died in Co Donegal after a tree fell on his car during Storm Éowyn. The accident happened at Feddyglass, Raphoe, Donegal, at around 5.30am. Gardaí and local emergency services attended the scene where a tree fell on a car. Advertisement The man, who was the driver of the car, was killed during […]
Status Orange warning in place until 4pm
ESB have said that some 90 per cent of customers across Donegal were without power for a time this afternoon.