Lots of us have a family pet, such as a dog or cat that the whole family enjoys. Ideally, everyone helps out with its care, but I’m sure in most cases, it’s the grown ups who end up doing the heavy lifting (as well as the poop lifting!) Smaller pets like hamsters and rabbits tend […]
Fundraising efforts to save Drumoghill chapel continue
By Dionne Meehan FUNDRAISING calls have been reiterated this week in a bid to secure the future of a Donegal chapel. St Columba’s Church is a small chapel located 10 minutes outside Letterkenny in Drumoghill, Manorcunningham. Advertisement Considered by many as the “heart” of Drumoghill’s bright, caring and connected local community for almost 200 years, […]
Hundreds of new social houses on the way
A SURGE in social house building in the Letterkenny area will become evident in the coming months with plans for more than 340 new housing units at various stages of development. Councillors attending last week’s meeting of the Letterkenny-Milford Municipal District were told that site clearance work for 30 new homes in a €9 million […]
‘Fresh look’ needed for parking fine appeals
A LETTERKENNY councillor has called for a “fresh look” into how parking fine appeals are handled in the town. Cllr Ciaran Brogan said that he had not heard of one person winning an appeal for a parking fine, and claimed that the current system was being “run a bit like a secret service since the Town Council […]
Letterkenny town centre park plans gather pace
By Chris Ashmore PLANS to develop a multi-million euro two-acre urban parkland in the centre of Letterkenny – along with pedestrian linkages and a new Creative Enterprise Hub – are set to be accelerated in the coming months. Donegal County Council intends to develop a large tract of largely unused land behind properties on Upper […]
Controversial curriculum brings large turnout to public meeting
by Evelyn Cullen MORE than 100 parents and teachers attended a public meeting in Letterkenny to air their concerns about the current and proposed Social, Personal and Health Education (SPHE) curriculum for the Junior Cycle in secondary schools. Concerns cited at the meeting included that the course contains sexually explicit material that they say is […]
Donegal student awarded €24,000 Naughton Foundation Scholarship
DONEGAL student Daria Kolomiychuk was awarded a Naughton Foundation Scholarship worth €24,000 at a ceremony in the Trinity Business School in Dublin at the weekend. The award was presented by founding patrons of the Naughton Foundation, Dr. Martin Naughton, and his wife Carmel, who were joined by An Taoiseach Mr Simon Harris to present winning […]
Celtic-inspired Anime with Letterkenny ties to premiere on Cúla4
A NEW show with strong Donegal roots is launching on Cúla4 tomorrow. Lí Ban, the first Celtic-inspired Irish language anime, will bring to life old and forgotten Celtic stories. Co-creator and director of the show, Gráinne Mc Guinness, executive producer Gavin Halpin, and Sadbh Breatnach, the voice of Lí Ban, all hail from Letterkenny. Advertisement […]
Council planning more oak trees plus a feast of colour
By Chris Ashmore WHILE the future of a 90-year-old oak tree along the route of a new “active travel” cycling and pedestrian route being developed in the Ballyraine area of Letterkenny remains uncertain, the new project is set to bring plenty of colour and new vegetation to the area. Under the plans for the new […]
Something different at An Grianán tonight
LETTERKENNY Music and Drama Group will present something new to the An Grianán Theatre stage tonight. They’ll perform three short one-act plays on Saturday, October 12 at 8pm, giving the audience three very different plays for the price of one. These one-act plays have three different casts, with three different directors, making for a night […]