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It’s been confirmed that the official opening of the outdoor gym at the Bernard McGlinchey Town Park will take place on Thursday week, May 24th. Other works at the park in recent months include the installation of a multi-play unit in the play area of the park. It’s understood that a significant number of residents […]

Main Evening News, Sport, Nuacht and Obituaries Friday 11th May:

A Donegal County Councillor claims the National Transport Authority is ignoring the needs of Letterkenny. Councillor Ciaran Brogan has repeatedly called on the NTA to visit the town to consider long and short term transport hub solutions. At the latest sitting of the Letterkenny Municipal District it was confirmed that Donegal County Council has had

Investigations are continuing after engines were stolen from two boats at Bruckless Pier on Tuesday night. It’s the third time in the space of ten months that the pier has been subject to similar such thefts. Gardai are urging anyone with information regarding the thefts to come forward. Owner of the equipment Danny Ellison is

A Donegal Deputy has hit out at Bus Éireann’s plans to recruit almost 200 new staff for roles across the country – none of which will cater to Donegal. The service is recruiting 190 new driver positions and additional mechanic jobs, to service the ongoing expansion of the national network. The roles will be in

Donegal County Council is preparing for the drafting of a new Letterkenny Town Plan, with a five week consultation period opening on Monday week next, May 21st. As part of the process, a public drop in event will take place on Thursday May 24th, with a number of other events in the following weeks aimed

There are calls for further public consultations to be held in relation to the TenT project for Donegal. Councillor Patrick McGowan is urging Donegal County Council and Transport Infrastructure Ireland to hold another drop in consultation in Lifford, Letterkenny and Ballybofey/ Stranorlar in order to ensure those affected by the proposed routes are notified. Councillor

The latest Western Development Commission report has revealed that the number of people employed in the Letterkenny labour catchment has increased by 10% over the past 10 years. Almost 20,000 workers are currently living in the Letterkenny town labour catchment with 52.5% of residents in Letterkenny employed outside the town, within the catchment area and

More than a fifth of Irish businesses who were going to expand have ditched their plans because of Brexit. According to the AIB Brexit Sentiment Index, a quarter of small and medium enterprises are also reviewing whether they should invest more. The index has found only 4 per cent of SMEs have a plan in

Main Evening News, Sport and Obituaries Thursday 10th May:

The Manager of the Donegal Donkey Sanctuary has had a lucky escape after being involved in a one vehicle collision earlier this week. Danny Curran’s jeep and horsebox left the road on Tuesday night after he swerved to avoid hitting a deer. Upon returning to the scene the following morning, Mr. Curran discovered that both

Donegal County Council is seeking projects that have the potential to enhance towns and villages across the county as part of the new Town and Village Renewal Scheme. These would include projects that support economic development, or develop specific sectors such as food, crafts, heritage, and tourism. Director of Services Liam Ward says with up

The head of the HSE has accused a TD of trying to cause hysteria over the CervicalCheck scandal. Tony O’Brien is appearing before an Oireachtas committee where he’s been accused of dancing on the head of a pin to avoid resigning. He says he didn’t know about women not being told of the audits of

Plans to twin Letterkenny with the German town of Rudolstadt are at an advanced stage, with a formal proposal likely to be discussed at the May meeting of Donegal County Council. Municipal District Mayor Jimmy Kavanagh and Cllr Michael Mc Bride both visited the town in March for St Patrick’s Day celebrations, and signed an

Serious concern has been raised once again over a severe lack of burial ground space in Donegal. Coinciding with this, it’s also been revealed that Donegal had the second highest number of grants paid out to families who can’t afford to bury their loved ones under the exceptional needs payment scheme over the last few

It’s emerged that a new business which had just opened in Falcarragh had to close over the Bank Holiday weekend over on-going water issues in the area. The news came to light at the most recent sitting of the Glenties Municipal District, with Cllr. Seamus O’Domhnaill saying that reoccurring water outages and burst pipes in

The Taoiseach has been called upon to intervene and ensure flood-relief funding is granted for Burnfoot. Last week, over €250 million in funding was announced for 50 new flood relief schemes across the country with Donegal receiving almost €6 million for flood-relief works at Lifford. While it is expected that a major relief programme for Burnfoot

A Letterkenny Councillor says there’s no doubt that the amount of money being provided for road and other infrastructural projects in the town and surrounding area has fallen drastically since the abolition of the Town Council. Cllr Ciaran Brogan says projects such as the recently opened Tadhg Culbert Car Park show what can be achieved

A late sitting of the Dáil ended in uproar last night, as TDs debated the Road Traffic Bill. The legislation’s been stalled by members of the Rural Alliance, who oppose the tough drink-driving penalties. They’ve been accused by the Minister for Transport of staging a filibuster. When a vote was called to end the debate