IN a vibrant show of solidarity and celebration, the Polestar Roundabout at the Port Bridge Roundabout in Letterkenny continues to be illuminated in blue and pink until tonight. The Letterkenny Public Service Centre also raised the Progress Pride Flag, celebrating diversity, inclusion and our ongoing commitment to equality for all. A new lighting system that […]
Unique book fair being held in Letterkenny next month
Letterkenny Community Centre will hold its first fundraising book fair next month. All money raised from the event on Sunday, September 7, will be used to support the centre’s work. The fair will be held from 2pm to 6pm. Advertisement A spokesperson for the centre said they were keen to hear from people who would […]
Drivers caught in speeding crackdown in Letterkenny
FIVE drivers were detected speeding in Letterkenny yesterday morning. The incidents prompted gardaí to issue a road safety warning to motorists. The five drivers, detected by members of the Letterkenny Roads Policing Unit, were driving at speeds between 130kph to 140kph. They were each given a fine of €160 and three penalty points.
New plans for major Letterkenny housing development lodged
By Louise Doyle NEW plans have been lodged for a major housing development in Letterkenny previously refused following residents’ objections. Applicant PJ McDermott is seeking planning permission from Donegal County Council for the development of 260 residential units, a créche and a large shop, at Glencar Irish and Glencar Scotch. Advertisement According to submitted plans, the […]
Reunion plans prompt memories of happy times for Gerry
By Paddy Walsh GERRY McElroy’s first memory of St. Eunan’s College wasn’t quite associated with the building itself but with the obligatory entrance examination at the Brothers School. The results of that exam were posted up – for some reason – on the notice board in the Literary Institute, he recalls. Advertisement “One of the […]
Hiroshima Nagasaki 80th year commemorative event in Letterkenny
A SMALL potent event took place in Letterkenny on Saturday morning last, to mark the 80th year since the dropping of two nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. Approximately, 546,000 people were killed in a horrific way. Some former members of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament group of the 1980s marked the occasion at […]
Coláiste Ailigh announces new deputy principal
DONEGAL Education and Training Board (ETB) have announced the appointment of Ms Aoife De Náis as the new Deputy Principal of Coláiste Ailigh in Letterkenny. Aoife vacates the post as Deputy Principal of Gairmscoil Chú Uladh, which she took up in 2022. She worked there as a Physical Education and Maths teacher after graduating from […]
Medtech company shortlisted in the Irish Healthcare Awards
Pioneering drainage device, releaze, was manufactured in Letterkenny
Witnesses sought after car windows smashed
WITNESSES are being sought by gardaí after substantial damage was caused to a car in Letterkenny. The windows of the car were smashed and damage was also caused to the front passenger headlight in the incident in the area of Glenwood Park, between 11.30am and 3.20pm on Wednesday, August 6. “We appeal to anyone who […]
Digger bucket stolen from construction site
GARDAÍ are investigating the theft of a brand new digger bucket from a construction site in Letterkenny. The black machinery, 1.6m wide and approximately 900mm deep, was stolen from a construction site to the rear of the Retail Park on Paddy Harte Road sometime between Friday, August 8 at 2.30pm and Monday, August 11 at 8am. […]