THE UN’s secretary general has praised the “remarkable courage” of a Newtowncunningham peacekeeper killed in Lebanon. Antonio Guterres made the remarks to Private Seán Rooney’s family in a recent correspondence. The 24-year-old was killed when a convoy of Irish troops serving with a UN peacekeeping mission was ambushed and fired upon in December 2022. Advertisement The […]
From bioweapons and yoghurt to baby wipes and beyond
A DONEGAL man has been providing expert support to the Department of Foreign Affairs on biological and toxin weapons for over twenty-five years. Dr Ronnie Russell is Associate Professor of Microbiology at Trinity College. He had just finished a lengthy week of UN bioweapons talks in Geneva when he spoke to the Donegal News. Bioweapons […]
Climate change map shows dangers for Donegal
WITH sea levels continuing to rise, vast swathes of coastal Donegal could be submerged underwater by 2030 if action on climate change is not taken. A recent UN report, which was released by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), said temperature rise will hit 1.5C by 2040 even in the best care scenario where […]