THE vibrant community of Letterkenny Cathedral Quarter are excited to announce the return of its much anticipated annual Street Feast, set to take place on Sunday, May 26. This event promises a day filled with food, fun and entertainment for all ages, running from 1pm to 4pm on the Church Lane. The historic area behind Church Street Cycles in […]
No answer for when defective concrete social houses will be fixed
by Kate Heaney URGENT calls have been made to Donegal County Council to press the Housing Department to fix social houses affected by defective concrete blocks. Councillor Pauric McGarvey raised the issue of families living in social and Specific Instance (SI) houses affected by defective concrete at the latest meeting of Letterkenny/Milford MD. Advertisement “I’ve […]
Emergency works underway on Cullion Road
EMERGENCY works are taking place on the Cullion Road in Letterkenny this week. Donegal County Council alerted motorists this morning to warn that the road will be “blocked” from “time to time” from today until Friday. A traffic light system will be operation at all other times.
First Minister Michelle O’Neill is keynote speaker at Sinn Féin’s election launch in Letterkenny
AT a packed Radisson Blu Hotel in Letterkenny on Sunday, First Minister Michelle O’Neill officially launched Donegal Sinn Féin’s local election campaign. Sinn Féin will be running the biggest team ever for the elections to Donegal County Council with 18 candidates across the county. With 19 days to go before the local and European elections […]
More seats and toilets needed in Town Park – meeting told
CLLR Jimmy Kavanagh and Cllr Gerry McMonagle both called for improvements to the Bernard McGlinchey Town Park, citing the need for toilets, changing rooms and more seating at Tuesday’s Letterkenny/Milford MD meeting. Cllr Kavanagh called for more seating pointing out that the issue has been raised by people working there. “While there appears to be […]
Councillors repeat call for modular homes for county
CLLR Michael McBride has said Donegal is facing a homeless crisis and called for Donegal County Council to meet the Housing Minister to ask for modular homes for the county. He made his comments at Tuesday’s meeting of Letterkenny-Milford Municipal District where he spoke of the lack of progress on defective council houses. Telling members […]
Housing plan for future needed – Brogan
CLLR Ciaran Brogan has called on Donegal County Council to publish their social housing plans for the next five years. At Tuesday’s meeting of the Letterkenny/Milford Municipal District, he said the whole area of housing was a “huge bone of contention” and there was a lack of land available. “Since I put in this motion there […]
Canvassing reveals 3,000 derelict or defective homes
by Louise Doyle A CANDIDATE running for the 100% Redress Party in the forthcoming local elections has spoken of his shock at the scale of dereliction he has encountered in Letterkenny while canvassing. Tomás Sean Devine, pictured right, is contesting a seat in the local government elections in June in the Letterkenny Electoral Area. Advertisement The self-employed father-of-five told the Donegal News […]
Four-lane road design faults raised again by councillors
THE design of the four-lane road into Letterkenny and its lack of room for emergency services came in for discussion at Tuesday’s Letterkenny/Milford Municipal District meeting – the last before the June 7 local elections. Cathaoirleach Kevin Bradley called on the council to engage with the council’s roads section with a view to introducing an emergency escape […]