Man who died following Donegal explosion to be laid to rest on Friday
The man who died following an explosion in Donegal earlier this week will be laid to rest on Friday. Stephen Montgomery died during the workplace incident at Brinlack on Monday. An investigation in to the 43 year old’s death is continuing and the road had remained closed overnight.…
€200,000 funding pot for biodiversity projects in North West
A number of biodiversity projects in Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal are to share €200,000 in funding. Donegal gets the biggest allocation of €80,000. Four projects in Sligo are to share €70,000 under the Local Biodiversity Action Fund. €18,000 is going towards a Biodiversity Audit to inform the preparation…
Letterkenny Gardai seek information on missing giant ice-cream cone
Gardai in Co Donegal are searching for thieves who took a giant ice-cream cone from outside a shop. It’s understood that detectives in Letterkenny have scanned hundreds of CCTV images in a bid to track down the culprits. The thieves stole the oversized cone from a premises at…
Sligo Councillor urges HSE to show more urgency in completing projects at Sligo University Hospital
There are calls on the HSE to ‘get on’ with a number of planned projects in Sligo. It’s after the Government sanctioned over €16.6M to Sligo University Hospital yesterday with hopes that this will pave the way in delivering a range of acute services across the county. Local…
Minister Donnelly rejects Dáil claims that the government is failing to invest in Letterkenny University Hospital
The Health Minister is adamant that the Government is investing in health services in the North West and that there’s a ‘whispering campaign going on’ as it relates to the potential downgrade of Letterkenny University Hospital. Stephen Donnelly made the comments after being challenged in the Dail by Donegal…
€670m Coast Guard contract offered to Bristow Ireland
The Government has announced that it’s set to offer the next Irish Coast Guard search & rescue aviation contract to Bristow Ireland Limited. Current company CHC is set to lose the contract after 12 years of running the service. The new contract will provide for the day and…
Woman found dead in Roscommon home named locally
A woman who was found dead in her Roscommon home by her children has been named locally as Martina Senturk. The 32 year old mother of three was a midwife who worked at Cavan General Hospital. She was found unresponsive inside her home in Kilglass, County Roscommon shortly…