In Bundoran, they’re preparing to step it out this St. Patrick’s Day
Organisers of the Bundoran St Patrick’s Day Parade have announced this morning that this year’s event will be going ahead. The parade hasn’t taken place since 2019 because of Covid restrictions. Parade Director John O Connell said St Patrick’s Day traditionally marks the start of the tourism season in Bundoran.…
Lá Fhéile Bríde – Sligo exhibition part of global events
An exhibition of the work of 85 women artists in Sligo is one of the many events being held around the world to mark St Brigid’s Day. It’s part of the To Be Irish initiative, and Martina Hamilton of the Hamilton Gallery has been outlining the significance of such an…
Donegal councillor unhappy with increase to price of stamps
A Donegal Councillor says the latest increase in the price of stamps by An Post will disproportionally impact the older generation that continue to use Post Offices and communicate through written correspondence. It will cost an extra 15 cent to send a letter anywhere in Ireland, from next month. An…
Defiant McBrearty insists he won’t be stopped from attending Council meetings
An angry Cllr Frank McBrearty insists he won’t be stopped from attending next Monday’s meeting of Donegal County Council, despite councillors voting yesterday to suspend him from meetings for a month. Cllr McBrearty says he intends to pursue his calls for investigation into the mica building blocks controversy in the…
Record overcrowding at local hospitals during January
Sligo and Letterkenny university hospitals were among the most overcrowded in the country for the first month of 2022. According to an Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation analysis, 817 patients waited for a bed in Letterkenny and 526 waited in Sligo. It was the worst monthly overcrowding figures for both…
Doherty calls for independent investigation into Department of Foreign Affairs gathering
A Donegal TD is calling on the Taoiseach Micheál Martin to hold an independent investigation into a gathering at the Department of Foreign Affairs in 2020. Deputy Pearse Doherty has made the call after an internal review published last night had “no accountability”. according to the Sinn Fein TD.…
Fresh appeal for information in relation to the murder of Shaun Duffy
Gardaí in Donegal have issued a fresh appeal for information on the murder of Shaun Duffy who was attacked and fatally wounded in his home at Meenacross, Dungloe, Co. Donegal, in the early hours of Saturday 29th January 2005. Mr Duffy had been socialising in the Strand View Bar…