THE UKRAINIAN Community in Donegal will today hold their own private reflection to mark the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of their country. Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24 2022, instigating Europe’s largest refugee crisis since World War II. There are approximately 5,000 Ukrainian refugees now living in Donegal having fled their war-torn country, in […]
Living in a constant state of worry
A UKRAINIAN woman living in Letterkenny is in a ‘constant state of worry’ for her family’s safety as Russia continues its cruel and deadly invasion of her home country. Switlana Pirch (46) has lived in Letterkenny since 2007 with her husband and children but she is originally from Lviv in Western Ukraine, just 70 kilometres […]
Blue Plaque unveiled in memory of Letterkenny war hero
A FIRST World War hero from Donegal will be remembered this week as a Blue Plaque in unveiled in Letterkenny in his memory. James Duffy was born in Crolly in West Donegal in 1889 but was later brought to Bonagee, Letterkenny as a young baby with his parents, Peter Duffy and Kate Doogan. He was […]