Overwhelming response to ‘Mummy Meet Ups’ group


By Dionne Meehan KILLEA’S Sinead Feeney is on a mission to combat postpartum depression by hosting mummy meet ups around the county. Last September, Sinead gave birth to her little bundle of joy Abbie-Leigh. Advertisement Once describing herself as outgoing and bubbly, Sinead found that her moods began changing soon after her daughter arrived. Urged […]

‘The best decision I made was coming to work for BUMBLEance’


By Dionne Meehan FOR the past three years Kieran Feeney has been providing safe and comfortable transportation to Donegal’s youngest patients as they travel between their homes and hospitals. After working with Eir for over three decades, the Killea native decided it was time for a change. Advertisement Now describing the move as “the best […]

Gardaí called to car on fire close to Killea


Gardaí were called to the scene of a vehicle that got into difficulty on the R237 between Killea and Newtowncunningham, shortly after 6pm yesterday evening. The car caught fire and fire services were called to the scene to extinguish the fire. Gardaí have confirmed no injuries were reported and no offences disclosed.

Covid jar that raised over €2,000 comes to an end


A ‘Covid fine jar’ introduced by a Donegal pub to hush conversation about the virus – for a good cause –  is to come to an end.  Managers of the Alt Bar in Killea, Christopher Moore and Conor McDevitt started the fine jar in January. The men found themselves so dismayed by the constant chat […]

Substantial damage caused following Killea blaze


SUBSTANTIAL damage was caused as a result of a fire at a garage in Killea last night which took a cross border effort to put out. It took units from Derry, Letterkenny and Buncrana three and a half hours to get the fire under control. The fire caused substantial damage to the building itself, a […]