Author name: oisinkelly

Pic – Cllr Patrick Mc Gowan with the driver of the latest car to crash at that spot There’s been another crash on Donegal road outside Ballybofey, leading to renewed calls for safety works. Last night’s crash saw the driver walk away, but local Cllr Patrick McGowan says there have been several deaths on that […]

Up to 100 participants are set to attend a Marine Tourism Seminar in Donegal Town today. The seminar, which is taking place at the Central Hotel in Donegal Town, is examining how to grow marine tourism, with discussions on using digital technology to boost business in the sector, and also the growth in adventure holidays.

Donegal County Council is attempting to significantly reduce it’s own energy costs as part of an Energy Awareness Campaign being launched in County House on Monday Next. The campaign is being introduced to complement the Councils new Energy Management System. Paddy Mullen is an Executive Engineer with the council. He says the council’s annual energy

    €149 million was spent on on repairs, maintenance and improvement to commercial and domestic buildings in Donegal last year, according to figuresn which have been published. Over €7 million of that was spent on private homes, leading to calls for incentives to be retained. An analysis by the Construction Industry Federation showed improvement

  A 71-year-old man from Donegal will be sentenced in September after he admitted 14 charges of indecent assault. John Callaghan of Drum in Quigley’s Point in Donegal appeared at Derry Crown Court where he faced fourteen indecent assault charges against three different females. The charges relate to assaults on the three females on dates

Deputy Pat the Cope Gallagher has said for the first time publicly, he was not the politician alleged to have influenced the investigation into the disappearance of Mary Boyle. Two retired detectives have alleged in a documentary that there was political interference in the investigation of 6 year-old Mary Boyle’s disappearance. Mary was last seen

A campaign has been officially launched in Donegal with aim of reducing the amount of gum litter across the county. It is the second year of the gum litter education campaign in Donegal and is backed and funded by the council and the the gum industry. Paul Kelly is Chairman of the Gum Litter Taskforce,

Police in Derry are appealing for information following a suspected arson attack at the derelict Immaculate Conception School site on Derry’s Waterside early yesterday morning, Wednesday 6th of June. Police say the fire was reported at around 4.40 yesterday morning,  and is believed to have been started deliberately. Due to the extensive damage caused to the

An opinion poll in today’s Irish Times shows support for Fianna Fáil is at its highest point in the last eight years, with Michael Martin the most popular party leader. The party’s support has risen 9 points to 33%. Fine Gael are on 24%, down 2, Sinn Fein on 16%, up 2 and Labour on

A Donegal County Councillor is urging those eligible for the SUSI grant to make their submission before tomorrow’s deadline if they haven’t already done so. This year, SUSI has changed the process and said it will be awarding new applicants earlier than last year. Previously, Leaving Cert students would have to wait until they received

A new charge of harassment has been dropped against a garda who was previously found not guilty by reason of insanity for harassing a married female sergeant. 40 year old Garda Donal Maguire suffers from early onset dementia, and was last month committed to the Central Mental Hospital (CMH) at the end of a trial

Donegal Fianna Fail Deputy Pat the Cope Gallagher has been elected Leas Cheann Comhairle in the Dail, defeating Fine Gael’s Bernard Durkan by just one vote. Independent Mattie Mc Grath and Sinn Fein’s Sean Crowe also contested the election, which wasconducted by secret ballot usiong proportional representation. It was transfers from Deputy Crowe which proved

  The Justice Minister has been asked to address the Mary Boyle case as a matter of urgency following allegations made during a documentary about the missing child. The documentary, which was uploaded on YouTube on Monday night has gained almost 40 thousand views so far and claims that there was political interference in the

  A book of evidence is to be served on a Letterkenny-based woman accused of assaulting a Garda at a courthouse. Donegal District Court today fixed September 7th as the day on which the book is to be served on 37-year-old Mary Kamunya. The defendant, with an address at The Maples, Lismonaghan, Letterkenny, is accused

The Detective Inspector who led the investigation into the 2013 murder of 41 year old Bogdan Michalkiewicz in Letterkenny has paid tribute to the Polish community for their help in bringing the case to a conclusion. Yesterday, 22 year old Krzystof Grzegorski was convicted of murder in the Central Criminal Court after a three week

A Donegal native who became one of the first sex offenders jailed in the UK for Internet child grooming is renewing his bid to be deported back to Ireland. 58 year old James Brennan, originally from Manorcunningham, wants to serve the remainder of his jail term in an Irish prison. However, he is serving a

The North’s Deputy First Minister has conceded that a hard border between the Republic and Northern Ireland will be hard to avoid. Martin McGuinness’ comments come as the British Irish Chamber of Commerce says we need to start thinking about how we’ll continue trading with the UK – in the wake of the BREXIT vote.

University Hospital Limerick and Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda are the most overcrowded in the country today according to nurses. The latest trolleywatch report from the INMO shows 302 people on trolleys in emergency departments and overflow areas of wards. At Letterkenny University Hospital, there were 12 patients awaiting admission, 8 on trolleys

  Donegal Deputy Pat the Cope Gallagher will find out this evening if he is to become Leas Cheann Comhairle in the Dail. On June 2nd, Deputy Gallagher contested the position with Sinn Fein’s Sean Crowe and Independent Mattie Mc Grath. he received the highest number of votes, but did not secure the overall majority

A Donegal Deputy believes the expert group on water charges is facing a crisis following the resignation of chairman Joe O’Toole last evening. The former senator stepped down following widespread criticism of his comments in favour of water charges. He has been under fire after suggesting the purpose of the commission was to find the

People in Donegal are being urged to attend a public meeting about the rising cost of motor insurance. There have been on-going concerns that it isn’t feasible for many people to get motor insurance because of the huge prices hikes. The meeting is taking place on Monday next at 7.30 in in Letterkenny’s Station House

A group which supports former members of the defence forces who are homeless – says all of its units are currently full. Army Chief of Staff  Mark Mellet and Junior Defence Minister Paul Kehoe will today launch a special fundraising drive in Dublin in a bid to help the Organisation of National Ex-Service men and women to

  A Polish man who came to Ireland to find a better life instead met a tragic death, his brother said on Tuesday after his killer was found guilty of murder. Krzystof Grzegorski (22), was found guilty today of murdering fellow Polish man Bogdan Michalkiewicz (41), at the victim’s home in Westside Apartments, Letterkenny, Co

Tributes have been paid to Séamus Mac Géidigh who passed away suddenly, aged just 54. The broadcaster and Manager of RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta’s service in Donegal died on Monday evening. Séamus was very involved in the community, and was the Secretary of the Gort an Choirce Committee for many years. He is survived by

  The Donegal County Museum in Letterkenny has retained Full Accreditation in the Museum Standards Programme of Ireland (MSPI), which is run by the Heritage Council The Donegal County Museum was one of seven of Ireland’s museums to be awarded the top standard of Full Accreditation, which requires complying with all 34 designated standards under

Gardaí are to mount checkpoints in Churchill this evening and again on Friday on the third anniversary of the unlawful killing of Kieran Callaghan. Mr Callaghan was last seen on Friday July 5th 2013, and his body was found at by a family member in his own residence at Roshine, Churchill two days later. An

This is Farm Safety Week, with farmers in Donegal being urged to improve their farm safety and focus on the potential dangers on their farms. One particular initiative introduced this year is a special deal arranged by IFA to allow farmers replace worn or damaged PTO shafts, which can cause serious death or injury. Michael

There has been a spike in the number of sick patients without a bed at Letterkenny University Hospital. Figures from the INMO show this morning there were 6 patients on trolleys and 5 on wards awaiting a bed. Nationally 344 patients are waiting for hospital beds today. The INMO has also released trolley watch figures

The chair of the commission set up to examine water charges has issued a statement reassuring the public he is ‘completely impartial’. Joe O’Toole says he will keep an ‘open mind’ and ‘listen to all interested parties during the course of the Commission’s work’. Mr O’Toole has been accused of bias after saying the group