NEXT week’s North West Garden Show in Castlefin is expected to attract in the region of 20,000 visitors as the show goes from strength to strength.
County Council get €1.4 million to build ten houses
DONEGAL County Council was this week awarded €1.4 million to develop six council houses in Letterkenny and four rural single rural dwellings in the county as part of a €68 million housing spend nation-wide.
Donegal warned of violent storm gusts on the way
MET Eireann has issued a code ‘Red’ weather alert for Donegal and the western seaboard for this evening and tonight with winds expected to gust to violent storm 11 off the north west coast. It will become stormy later today (Wednesday) and for a time tonight, in coastal counties of Connacht and west Ulster, with […]
‘My house actually vibrates from wind turbine’
A mother of two teenage children who lives only 500 metres from a wind turbine at the Corkermore site where a rotor blade broke of in last week’s storm, has for the first time spoken publicly about wind farms. On reading the comments in the Donegal News last Friday from Cllr John Boyle that their […]
Donegal man left penniless after ticking wrong box on dole form
AN unemployed man living in Letterkenny has been left penniless and could be evicted before Christmas, after his job seekers payment was stopped when he filled in a review form.
Wind turbine blade breaks off near Killybegs
THE storm force winds experienced in Donegal on Thursday caused the blade of a wind turbine near Killybegs to break off.
Deele College extension to start 2014
Minister Dinny McGinley today (Friday) welcomed the announcement by his colleague, Ruairí Quinn, Minister for Education and Skills that Deele College, Raphoe will be included in the €2 billion major school building projects.
Letterkenny one of top ten tourism towns
LETTERKENNY failed to take the prestigious title of Ireland’s Top Tourism Town but by making the top ten showed what a community working together can do.
Donegal Relay for Life raises €317,566
DONEGAL Relay For Life, the 24 hour community event raised an incredible €317,566 for the Irish Cancer Society in 2013.
Hospital flood threat was known about for years
THE HSE, planning authorities and the Department of the Environment knew there was a serious flooding threat at Letterkenny General Hospital for at least ten years, the Donegal News can reveal.