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The Northwest 10K Charity Run & Walk Committee has elected Neil Martin as its new chairperson following the organisation’s 21st AGM in the Mount Errigal on Wednesday night. The change of chief comes after the decision of James Boyle to step down from the position. Another long-serving member Grace Boyle is…

Letterkenny Athletic Club’s annual Awards Night was held on Friday night at Arena 7, one of the club’s generous sponsors. The club has had a highly successful year, which made the task of choosing winners so difficult. The list of winners is detailed below: Male Cross Country-     Ciaran…

A severe shortage of nurses is making overcrowding at Letterkenny University Hospital worse. That’s according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives north west representative. Yesterday the numbers waiting for beds at the hospital reached a high of 45 people. Today there are 24 people waiting for a bed in the…

Investigations are ongoing into an alleged sexual assault in Letterkenny last week. Gardai are investigating the incident which happened at a house in Letterkenny on 23rd October last. It is alleged a sexual assault occurred and the matter is under investigation. The alleged attack took place in the early hours…

The number of people waiting on trolleys in Sligo has risen sharply in the past decade. Sligo University Hospital had a sharp increase with 47 on trolleys in 2006 rising to 180 last month while Letterkenny saw a dramatic decrease from 204 ten years ago to 38 in May 2016.…

A building expert in Donegal says up to 5-thousand homes could be affected by defective cement blocks. Last month an investigation was launched into the presence of a substance called Mica (PRO: MIKE-A) in certain building blocks used in county Donegal. Mica has been linked to weaknesses, leading to structural…

There are 18 people on trolleys in the North West’s hospitals today. That’s made up of 17 in Sligo and one in Letterkenny. In the country overall, the number of patients waiting for hospital beds is back up to almost 300. 299 patients are on trolleys or in hospital wards,…