Call for cardiac services to be expanded at LUH


INDEPENDENT TD for Donegal Thomas Pringle has said the National Review of Specialist Cardiac Services must recognise the need for such services at Letterkenny University Hospital. Established in 2018, the review is due to be published soon. Speaking in the Dáil, Deputy Pringle said that the terms of reference say that the review is, among […]

New Students’ Union president sets out priorities


THE new president of Atlantic Technology University (ATU) Students’ Union Donegal has said he will use his role to fight for accommodation and inclusion rights. Letterkenny man Edward Grant took up his new role recently. Merging Galway-Mayo IT, Letterkenny Institute of Technology and IT Sligo, the new ATU opened on April 1, becoming one of […]

Progress for Loreto Convent extension


THE extension project for Loreto Convent in Letterkenny has received initial approval under the Additional School Accommodation Scheme. Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine and Donegal T.D., Charlie McConalogue announced the progress for the project which will consist of a sciene lab and two class SEN base. The Minister commented “This confirmation is good […]

Funeral details announced for Fr Brian Quinn


Fr Brian Quinn will be laid to rest on Wednesday. The Very Rev Brian Quinn, PP, Parish of Aughaninshin (Irish Martyrs), passed away yesterday at Letterkenny University Hospital. He was 64. Fr Quinn’s remains will repose at the Church of the Irish Martyrs, Letterkenny, today from 6pm to 9pm and from 11am to 9pm tomorrow.  […]

Recruitment drive for new factory gets underway


A RECRUITMENT drive for E + I Engineering’s new factory in Letterkenny is currently underway. The company, which is headquartered in Burnfoot, has opened a new factory at the former Unifi site at Lisnenan. Making an announcement on their social media this week the company said: “A new E+I Engineering factory has opened in Letterkenny […]

New traffic lights headache in Letterkenny – Cllr


NEW traffic lights in Letterkenny are posing difficulties for learner drivers and taxis negotiating lengthy tailbacks. Donegal County Council will tomorrow be asked to revisit the intervals of the new traffic lights system in Letterkenny following mounting complaints from motorists of extreme tailbacks on the Pearse Road. In the last two weeks, new traffic lights have […]

Minister confirms LUH angiogram service will continue


FOLLOWING this morning’s meeting about the future of the angiogram service at Letterkenny University Hospital (LUH) Minister for Agriculture, Food and Marine, Charlie McConalogue has confirmed that the service will continue. The service, which has until now been run by an independent private operator that travelled to the hospital weekly, will now be run by […]