AURA Leisure in Letterkenny has officially been certified as a Great Place to Work 2022-23. This comes after a thorough and independent analysis conducted by Great Place to Work® Institute Ireland. The accreditation process is based on direct feedback from employees, provided as part of an extensive and anonymous survey about the workplace experience. Advertisement […]
Traffic management in place due to essential roadwork
Traffic management will be in place on the roundabout at Lower Main Street Letterkenny due to essential road works. There will be traffic management in place between Ballymacool Terrace and the roundabout and on Lower Main Street between the junction with the roundabout and the Oliver Plunket Road. Traffic management will be in place from […]
Call for traffic flow in Letterkenny to be reviewed before Christmas rush
AN urgent call has been made for the review of traffic flow in Letterkenny before the Christmas shopping rush. Councillor Michael McBride said taxi drivers, driving instructors and local business people have expressed their frustrations to him that traffic jams are crippling them financially. He will bring the issue before tomorrow’s meeting of Letterkenny-Milford Municipal […]
Saolta to appoint new senior manager
A NEW senior manager is to be appointed to help address governance issues at Letterkenny University Hospital. The move follows a series of workshops facilitated by consultancy firm Ernst & Young (EY) earlier this year held between Saolta management and hospital staff. They were held in response to a damning report by the Health Information […]
Rail campaign group to host Letterkenny event
Local group ‘Into the West’ are set to launch a campaign in the hopes of reopening the ‘North West Rail Corridor’. ‘The North West Rail Corridor’ combines two former rail segments into a new corridor reconnecting most of the largest towns in west Ulster to the island’s rail network. It is almost 60 years since trains last ran […]
Gardaí appeal for vigilance after spate of burglaries
GARDAI in Letterkenny are appealing to people to exercise vigilance as winter approaches following a spate of burglaries around the county in recent days. In the most recent incident, the back door of a house at Long Lane, Newtowncunningham, was forced open and entry gained on Saturday, October 29, at 9.20pm. One bedroom was ransacked […]
Retired consultant hits out at emergency department plans
RETIRED Consultant Peter O’Rourke this week took issue with the Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly’s announcement that four new ED Consultants for Letterkenny University Hospital would ease pressure on an already struggling system. Announcing that commencement of recruitment would begin for the Emergency Department consultants, Mr O’Rourke said the measure will not solve the current […]
Letterkenny family reaches quarter finals
The Gallaghers from Letterkenny will be competing in the first of two quarter finals on Ireland’s Fittest Family. The first quarter final will be shown on RTE One this Sunday at 6.30pm. When Lisa Gallagher applied for the show not all of her children were keen on the idea. However after a lot of persuading […]
Major plan for ‘Square’ approved
A MAJOR plan that will see the transformation of Market Square in Letterkenny was approved at a special meeting of Donegal County Council on Wednesday. The decision to move forward with the planned redevelopment was deferred in September so that objections from local businesses and taxi operators over the relocation of taxi bays could be […]
Road project €3.5m over budget
A MAJOR roads project in Letterkenny could be €3.5 million over budget by the time it is completed. At Monday’s budget meeting of Letterkenny-Milford Municipal District, Cllr Ciaran Brogan raised questions about the cost of the Four Lane road project. He said he had heard a figure of €10 million which is a dramatic increase in […]