Gardaí issue warning ahead of St Patrick’s Bank Holiday weekend


by Louise Doyle GARDAÍ in Letterkenny are ramping up a roads policing operation this bank holiday weekend and are warning people to behave responsibly. There will be a visible garda presence in Letterkenny and across the county this weekend, as hundreds of people will enjoy St Patrick’s Day celebrations on Sunday. Advertisement Gardai say their main […]


Letterkenny man’s poem sparks nostalgia and dereliction concerns


My Home Town What have they done to my home town? Lower Main Street’s falling down We used to have a Market Square And everyone would gather there Butchers, bakers, real shoemakers Old style pubs and undertakers The Dolphin café, the Centre Spot There we would meet and talk a lot The Fiesta ballroom, the […]


Addiction recovery café to open in Letterkenny


by Louise Doyle A POP-up café for those in recovery from alcohol and drug addiction is to open in Letterkenny. The ‘3C’s’ Café (coffee, courage and chat) is a new initiative of Alcohol Forum Ireland. It will work with people in recovery who have raised the lack of alcohol free social spaces in the evening as a […]


Letterkenny mural highlights climate crisis


A STRIKING new mural in Letterkenny raising public awareness about the global climate crisis has been capturing much attention. Located on the front of Letterkenny Youth and Community Club, formerly Devlin Hall, Lower Main Street, the mural is one of three young people from three Donegal towns have designed. The three murals are the clarion call of […]


€18.1m urban investment will rejuvenate Letterkenny


DETAILS of an urban regeneration investment of €18.1m which will help deliver the ambitious Letterkenny 2040 Project and rejuvenate the town have been releaasewd this morning. This second round of the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund (URDF) will see €18.1M invested in phase one of the Letterkenny 2040 Project which includes the revitalisation of the […]


Gardaí discover body in Letterkenny


GARDAI in Letterkenny are investigating all the circumstances surrounding the discovery of a man’s body at an apartment at Lower Main Street, Letterkenny at approximately 11am this morning, May 15.