Donegal County Council & Letterkenny Rotary Club to send 300 bicycles to Africa
A joint initiative between Donegal county council and the Letterkenny Rotary Club will see over 300 bicycles sent to Africa in the coming weeks. An appeal which was launched by the Rotary Club in October to coincide with the first national Re-Use month was supported by Donegal County Council and…
North West Tesco staff to be re-balloted on strike action next week
Tesco staff in Sligo and Ballina are set to be re-balloted on strike action next week. Their colleagues in Letterkenny will also be balloted on possible action at the supermarket store there. 14 workers from the Sligo store joined the picket line in Longford this week as their own strike…
Sligo and Donegal youngsters help Irish schoolboys to Welsh win
Sligo’s John Mahon and Donegal’s Shane Blaney were both part of the Republic of Ireland schoolboys team that opened up their Centenary Shield campaign with a dramatic 2-1 defeat of Wales at Home Farm in Dublin on Thursday. Finn Harps’ Blaney from St Eunan’s College in Letterkenny captained the team,…
Special exhibition commemorates Irish women involved in 1916
A special exhibition telling the stories of 300 of Irish women involved in the 1916 Rising is on display at the County Museum in Letterkenny. Visitors to the exhibition which runs until the 30th March will see a range of previously unseen items, from personal objects to newly digitised birth,…
Locum oncologist appointed at Letterkenny University Hospital
A locum oncologist has been secured for Letterkenny University Hospital. The Saolta Hospital Group has confirmed to Ocean FM News that a second locum has been secured to fill the position until the 6th of March. There has been concern in Donegal over the past number of weeks with 51…
48 on hospital trolleys in North West today
There are 30 patients on trolleys today in Sligo and another 18 in Letterkenny. The figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation show that numbers on trolleys have spiked again today with almost 600 people on trolleys again. University Hospital Limerick is the most overcrowded with 46 people in…
Letterkenny Athletic Club Notes
Letterkenny Athletic Club’s Olympian, Brendan Boyce, had a magnificent performance on Sunday at the AAI Indoor Games in the National Sports Arena. He notched a PB of 11.28 in the 3K to finish 2nd, behind his fellow Irish Olympian, Alex Wright. Brendan was delighted with his performance and, speaking afterwards,…