Letterkenny generates highest income from pay parking


LETTERKENNY generated the highest income for Donegal County Council through pay parking with over €310,000 paid in the Cathedral Town last year. The majority of this revenue was used for the Local Authority’s payroll expenses. New figures obtained by the Donegal News through a Freedom of Information request show that revenue being brought in through […]


Council “not doing their job” to enforce smoky coal ban


A LEADING air pollution expert has said Donegal County Council is not doing their job in enforcing the smoky coal ban in Letterkenny following the publication of graphs showing the town had the highest levels of pollution in the country during the month of November. Speaking to the Donegal News this week, Professor John Sodeau, […]


Letterkenny bus involved in crash leaving 18 injured


A BUS travelling from Letterkenny to Dublin was involved in a crash with a truck in Monaghan on Thursday afternoon which left eighteen people injured. The accident, involving Bus Eireann’s Route 32 service, occurred at around midday in Castleblayney. The injured passengers were taken to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda and local Gardai have […]